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Great Posts I Came Across This Week- September 25th

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Child Related

 

Childhood 101 has a great post on creating Our Toddler-Friendly Sewing Basket. I have the shelf liner they use in their sewing basket. I may have to take it out on a shelf and try this activity with JDaniel.

 

I Needed to Read This

 

Gold in the Clouds has a wonderful post called Higher. It really reminded me about where my focus needs to be.

 

Recipes
Oh my! Sugar High has a recipe for Addictive Vanilla Caramel Corn that sounds great. I really need to try it soon.

 

Fun Posts
Kind of Matter has a free download for her Printable Thanksgiving Fortune Cookies. I think they could be used for lots of fall parties and events.

 

Great Posts of the Week- September 18th

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Connecting with Other Bloggers

And Then There Were 4 hosts Surfin Saturday. Each week they feature a different type of social network follows. It could be Twitter, Networked Blog, etc.. You have the check each Saturday and see what they are featuring.

I Needed to Read This

In the hush of the moon has a great post called Beauty in Hard to See Spots. It really makes you think about all the beauty we see and walk by each day. You will love the pictures she has in this post.

Recipes

Lunchbox Limbo has a great bento box with a five senses theme. I love the rhyme she has to go with it.

The New Hampshire Nanny’s Pork and Apple Meatballs look so yummy. I haven’t been successful with meatballs, but I want to try these.

Child Related

The Imagination Tree has a post-Messy Play-Jelly. It looks like a fun activity, but there must have been jelly everywhere.

Yellow Mums has a great shape activity called Dinosaur Shape Activity. It is a really cute free download.

Mom Related

Sowing Dandelion Seeds has a terrific post on Counting Compliments. Did you know children do that?

 

Great Posts I Came Across This Week- August 15

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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 Post:

Nurture Store has a fun post on Bean Bag Games. I love chalk and bean bag activities.

A Bunch of Keys has a great idea for Painting with Condensed Milk.

 

I love the imaginative play in Little Victories post called It All Started With A Box.

Homeschool Creations has a wonderful post on Our Chore System & Chore Chart Printables. I love that there are morning chores, evening chores, and chores that earn money. Even the three-year-old has chores.

I love visiting Counting Coconuts. This week the posting on Beach Theme Activities is amazing. I love all the math and sensory activities.

I Learned Something from This Post:

Owning Single has a great to do list that will make an emergency trip to the hospital go more smoothly. Here post is called I’ve Fallen… I Can’t Get Up. It is filled with great ideas.

 

Six Feet Under has a great post called Blogging is like being in high school- But, in a good way. It has great tips for bloggers getting started and people who have been blogging for awhile.

Dear Crissy has a great post on The 5 Best Sites for Mom Bloggers to List and Promote Giveaways. I used most of them. Two were new to me. I need to check them out.

Recipe Post:

Banana Split Pops–So Good is a wonderful post by My Family, My Forever.

Great Post I Came Across This Week- July 17

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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:

 

Mom Related Post

 

Becoming Versed has a great post on potty training called Happy One Year Plus Master J.

 

Fabulous on a Teacher’s Salary has a great Travel Organizer for children. This would be wonderful to have.
Child Related Post

 

Oopsey Daisy has a really fun game called Baby Food Jar Lid Game. I wish I had kept some of the lids from JDaniel’s baby food jars.

 

Attached Mom has a great collection of alphabet crafts in a post called Introducing the Ultimate Craft Collection.

 

Sevin Family has fun photos of one of their children decorating a cake. I think he likes icing.

 

Fowl Single has a great wreath made of cones described in her post-Red, White, Blue, and Tardy. She made it for the 4th of July. I bet you could make it for any holiday.

 

Serving Pink Lemonade has a great post on an Airplane Tray Cover that has really fun activities for kids to do on it.

 

Moore Minutes has an amazing Retro Ice Cream Bar post. I would love to visit her ice cream bar it looks wonderful.

 

 

Thank You!

 

I want to thank Personalized Sketches and Sentiments for giving me the Blogger Buddy Award Below. She is a fellow student in Mrs. Matlock’s Alphabe Class. I love visiting her site.

 

 

Great Posts I Came Across This Week- July 3

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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:

 

Mom Related Post:

Katie Dailies wrote a wonderful post called A Love Affair With The Library. It is wonderful to find people that love the library the way my family does.

Living Montessori Now has a great post called How to Teach Your Preschoolers Manners Using Montessori Principles. It has great tips.

Child Related Posts:

The Cow Queen found a way to find alphabet letters and enjoy a visit to a farm at the same time. You need to see her fun letter pictures in her post Farm Alphabet and Making Hay.

Counting Coconuts has a number of 4th of July learning activities I would love to try with JDaniel. The math activity with star and the flag looks so cute. Her post is called Fourth of July Activities.

Crunchy and Green have a great Patriotic Sensory Bin post. I am dying to put together a sensory bin.

Toile in the Family has a great post on how she made a lemonade stand for her family in a post called W is for Wages.

A Beautiful Mess has a recipe of DIY Fourth of July Chalk that looks great. She has pictures that illustrate each step in the process. I need pictures.

 

Recipes:

 

Red Couch Recipes has a wonderful post on how to make Watermelon Rice Krispies.

 

Let’s Dish has an amazing recipe for Homemade Three Musketeer Bars that will make you drool.

 

Be Different… Act Normal has the cutest Independence Day Cupcakes to make. I love Uncle Sam.

 

Teaching Tiny Tots has a great recipe for Broken Glass Jello that creates red, white, and blue stars. This looks so cool.
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Great Posts I Came Across This Week- June 19

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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:

 

Mom Related Posts:

 

Dancing in the Rain wrote a beautiful post about taking care of a sick child at night called The Sun Does Rise! The photos she chose to go with the post are wonderful.

 

I’m a Full-Time Mummy had a great post called It’s Not Fair. I really needed to read this post this week.

 

Just Beautiful Posts:

 

Dropped Stitches wrote of the simple things in life that make her happy. She called the post They Make Me Happy.

 

Child Relate Posts:

 

Quirky Mama wrote 40+ Tips for Road Trips with Toddlers and Preschoolers. This is a wonderful list that covers it all. While you are on the Quirky Mama check out her Edible Paint post too.

 

No Time For Flashcards has a great post on a Travel Sized Craft Box. Her idea of using an old cloth placemat in the box is genius.

 

Connecting with Other Bloggers:

 

The Online Nanny Diaries is hosting a giveaway for a $60 CSN GC. If you tried to win one here and didn’t, this is a great site to enter for a chance to win.

 

Great Posts I Came Across This Week- June 12

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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:
Havin’ Fun Yet has a fun clothes pin idea for counting called Clothespins. This would be a easy counting tool to put together. I bet you have all the things you need to make it at home.
Monkey See Monkey Do has a wonderful idea for making shadows with potato chip lids. She tells you how to create it in her post The Lion and the Mouse and Some Shadow Fun.
I am still looking for ways to use all those plastic Easter Eggs I gathered a few months ago. I found a fun idea on Child Central Station called Easter Egg Caterpillars.

The Picky Apple did an wonderful Gardening Sensory Bin. I think JDaniel would love to have one of these.

Recipes:
5 minutes just for me has a wonderful recipe for Ugly Cookies. These look great!
Mom Related Post:
Amaria’s Blog has a wonderful post on her daughter composing her first musical piece. The post is called Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord.
I Needed to Read This:
Totally Tots had a wonderful post called Intentional. It really reminded me that if I want JDaniel to understand God’s good news. I needed to act like it was good news.
Connecting with Other Bloggers:
Muffin Tin Mom is having a Muffin Tin Monday Swap 2010. This looks like a lot of fun.
Mariann Johansen Ellis is giving away a set of her bird prints. All you have to do is leave a comment. I love her work.

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.

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