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Great Posts I Came Across This Week: June 5

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Each week I travel around the internet visiting blogs. Here are a few posts that I loved, learned from, or gave me great ideas:

Child Related Posts:

My friend Valerie introduced me to babalisme’s post of Fairy Tale Paper Dolls. These would be great to have on a road trip this summer.

Mozi Esme’s Tot School post on Goats and Bridges has given me great ideas of activities to do with JDaniel. He is really into bridges right now.

The Pumpkin Patch has a post called Messy Monday: DYI Puff Paint Art. This looks like a lot of fun.

The Home Teacher has great post called Happy Trails that includes a scavenger hunt sheet you can take on your hike.

Recipes:

Gourmet Mom on-the-Go had two great posts I found this week. The first is called Mom?! There’s something in my dinner. I guess they didn’t like their dinner’s big monster eyes. The second post was mentioned by Steph and Randy in their Muffin Tin entry this week. It is called Peter Rabbit’s Garden Snack.

Macaroni and Cheese has a wonderful recipe for Sugar Cakes: The Best Sugar Cookie Ever (This year). They have a caramel icing that looks amazing.

I Needed to Read That Posts:

Mommy of a Monster( I Mean Toddler) and Infant Twins wrote a great post called Cuz I Gotta Have Faith.

Life of a Mom Post:

The Practical Mom Guide explains how she uses her interest in archeology today in a post called Archeologist Mommy.

An Ordinary Mom invited people to join her in reading a proverb a day in her post called A Proverb A Day Keeps the Foolishness Away. I joined her in the journey.

Great Posts I Came Across This Week: May 29

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Each week I travel around the internet visiting blogs. Here are a few posts that I loved, learned from, or gave me great ideas:

Deckside Thoughts has a great post called I’ll Rest When I Get Home about visiting with returning soldiers. It is a simple and short post filled with meaning.

Southern Savers had a post called Free Admission to Military Families that tells about museums military families can visit between Memorial Day and Labor Day for free.

Recipes

Deep South Dish has a post on wonderful Memorial Day Recipes.

Connecting with Other Bloggers

Mayhem and Moxie has a post called Giveaway Link Ups That Show Your Blog Some Love. It highlights their favorite places to link up giveaways.

Mommy Moment has a great tutorial on How to Make a Scrolling Sidebar Widget. I hope I am brave enough to try it.

It’s Come 2 This even had post called Top Ten Reasons Memes have been great for me I read this week.

Needed This Reminder

Ooops…There Goes My Mind had a great post on forgiveness called Erase! Erase! Erase! I needed to read this post.

Sitting Straight on the Sofa on Sunday

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My parents were divorced when I was eight. My sisters and I got to spend time on Sundays with my dad. More often than not he took us to his mother’s apartment. We called his mother and my grandmother Gigi. Gigi was a very formal lady who believed young ladies should sit straight and tall on the sofa. She would chat with us about school and ask my dad about his week. Sometimes my sisters and I would look through copies of her McCall’s or Good Housekeeping magazines as we sat. Other times my dad would put on an old movie or a sports program and we sat silently and watch it too.
Things would liven up at three o’clock when Gigi would put out a bowl of corn chips and a plate of Lemon Cooler cookies. She would also pour everyone mixed drinks. My dad, sisters, and I would have Coke with orange juice mixed into it. Gigi would have rum and Coke. (I didn’t realize until I was much older than she had rum mixed in her drink.)

Once the snack was over we would help her gather up the glasses and bowls and take them to the kitchen. Then it was time for quick hugs and goodbyes before we headed back to our house.

I never remember being bored or feeling stifled by the Sunday we spent at her apartment. I do remember thinking that she expected our best manners and liked order. My other grandmother was the direct opposite, but she is another story for another day.

 

 

Muffin Tin Monday- Exactly What He Likes

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I decide to do an egg theme. JDaniel doesn’t like eggs. So, I tried to make some of JDaniel’s foods look round like eggs this week. I am not sure I succeeded. He ate grape tomatoes, sweet peas, roundish watermelon, turkey lunchmeat (It comes from a bird that hatched from an egg, leftover stuffed bread that looked speckled like an egg, and roundish sweet potatoes.

This isn’t the best example of this week’s theme. You will have to visit other Muffin Tin Monday Moms to see that. JDaniel did think that this tin was filled with foods exactly the way he likes them.

 

Almost Wordless Wednesday- Helping Others with the Harvest

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Our local emergency food center decided to use a piece of land in front of it to help others grow fresh vegetables. Anyone can come to help with the planting and care of the vegetables. If you help with the garden, you get to share in the harvest.

 

We haven’t been able to help this year due to JDaniel’s allergies. I hope this is a project we can do another year.

Muffin Tin Monday- Nests and One Bird Gather Together

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Muffin Tin Monday- All Kinds of Nests The theme for Muffin Tin Monday is nests and birds. JDaniel’s first nest has a nest of cottage cheese surrounded by peaches. The second nest in raisins in a nest of quinoa salad (see recipe on last Thursday’s post). The third nest is vegetables in a nest of ham. The third nest is ranch dressing in a nest of cucumbers. Only one bird was in the meal. He was toast with shredded Mozzarella cheese.

The first thing JDaniel noticed was that there was an empty cup. He really wanted it filled to start the meal. I suggested he eat the meal and he would get to pick what we filled it with. He agreed with a little sigh.

Oh! If you get a chance, please check out my guest post on Quirky Mama’s blog. It is called Learning at the Grocery Store: Have a Color Hunt.

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Children’s Books on Flower Gardens and a Circular Flower

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This week we have been reading books on flower gardens. I thought I knew which book JDaniel would like best and I was wrong. He really loves the book with the most detailed drawings and just a few words.

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We read:

Mortimer’s First Garden by Karma Wilson is about a mouse that decides to plant his last sunflower seed instead of eating it when he hears the people in his house say that planting seeds makes more seeds.

A Cottage Garden Alphabet is a beautifully illustrated book by Andrea Wisnewski. We have read it many times this week. I have walked in on him gazing at the pages on his own.

Zinna’s Flower Garden by Monica Wellington follows Zinna’s garden as it grows. She documents its growth in journal entries.

JDaniel made his own flowers by gluing circles onto paper plates. They made their way very quickly to the refrigerator.

Quinoa Salad with Veggies, Fruit, and Honey

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When I was reading this month’s issue of Family Fun magazine, I came across this recipe. I have modified to include ingredients I already had at home. Quinoa is a grain-like crop grown for its seeds.

Ingredients:
1 cup rinsed quinoa

2 cups of water

2 tablespoons of honey (My friend Kathleen says honey is supposed to help with JDaniel’s allergies.)

1/4 cup of lemon juice
1/2 teaspoons of coarse salt
3 tablespoons of olive oil
1 cup of cut-up pieces of apple (It calls for Granny Smith and we had Gala.)
1 cup of finely cut celery
1/3 cup of raisins (It called for golden raisins and we had regular brown ones.)
1/3 cup of finely chopped parsley (We didn’t have parsley.)
1/2 cup of chopped almonds, toasted ( I took a handful of almonds from a can of mixed nuts.)
Directions:
    1. Bring the quinoa and water to a boil.

 

    1. Reduce heat and let simmer for 15 minutes. The quinoa will be tender and the water absorbed.
    2. Let it cool.

 

    1. Mix the honey, lemon juice, and salt. Slowly add oil until blended.

 

    1. Add remaining ingredients to the quinoa and toss well.

 

    1. Add the dressing and toss.

 

    1. Season with salt and pepper.

 

  1. Serve cool.
This recipe will feed 6 to 8 people. Both JDaniel3 and JDaniel4 had seconds of this.

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