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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.

Great Posts I Came Across This Week- May 1st

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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:

 

Quirky Momma has post on a great learning tool called a Learning to Read with a Cootie Catcher. I am dying to make one.

 

Mama Jenn has post of Colored Rice. I see colored rice in sensory container posts all the time. She has the recipe to make colored rice in this post.

 

Life and Helping

 

Penelope’s Oasis has a great post on How To Plant Your Garden Of Life. I like her peas of mind and squash indifference.

 

Fifth Sister has an amazing poem filled with “O” words called Ordeal. It is awesome.

 

 

Great Recipes

 

Confessions of a Homeschooler has a wonderful recipe for Fruit Salsa and Cinnamon Tortilla Chips.

 

The Young’ns have a great recipe for Homemade Corn Dog Mini Muffins. It looks and sounds great.

 

 

Opportunities for Bloggers

 

Domestic Dork is participating in a walk for MS. She will make a blog signature for a $10 donation to her walk.

 

Our Mommyhood has a great list of memes for moms.

Great Posts I Came Across This Week- April 17

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This week I have spent a lot of time visiting blogs participating in the Ultimate Blog Party hosted by 5 Minutes for Mom. I have been amazed and in awe of the wonderful blogs that I visited. This week I want to share some of them and a taste of the posts.

Bushel and a Peck wrote a special piece about the wonderful man she married called I’m Not Sure What’s Better.

 

Quirky Momma has 40+ Tips for Road Trips with Toddlers/Pre-schoolers. I need to use many of them when JDaniel go to my sister’s in New York next month.

 

Helping Little Hands has an amazing picture of Hungry Caterpillar cupcakes!

 

Layton Family Joy has a thoughtful post on Split Second Decisions. God gives you opportunities. Do I take them? Sometimes I do and sometimes I let them slip by.

 

Mozi Esme has amazing crafts to do with each letter of the alphabet. I started by looking at the “A” crafts.

 

 

Recipes I need to try:

 

Crystal’s Cozy Kitchen has a wonderful Chicken Soup Pizza.

 

My Family My Forever has Homemade Cinnamon Rolls that look awesome.

 

 

Other posts I found that I loved this week:

 

Barbara’s Bakin N Bits has a great post on 88 Words or Phrases That I was Surprised to Find in the KJV. Who knew “A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME” was in there.

 

 

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