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How to Make Confetti Eggs

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“Mama, can you find out how to make confetti eggs and make some?” JDaniel asked. “Sure! I will find out and make you some confetti eggs,” I said. Every year JDaniel’s school fun fair has confetti eggs available for purchase for one ticket. For the last two years he had bought a few eggs and then chased his dad and I around until he was able to Continue Reading

Grilled Chicken Taste Test at Chic Fil-A

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Grilled Chicken Taste Test at Chic Fil-A

  I have told you how much my family likes the tasted of food that has been grilled. Recently JDaniel and joined several local bloggers to taste test some wonderful new grilled menu items at Chick Fil-A. The owner Matt Webber sat down with us and shared his insights on the new products and his history with Chick Fil-A. He has been Continue Reading

Interactive Reading Game- Soccer Kick Sounds

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Interactive Reading Game Soccer Kick Sounds

Part of learning to read is being able to identify the sounds in words. I recently took JDaniel's love of soccer and a desire to work on beginning, medial and ending sounds together in a game.  I call this interactive reading game game Soccer Kick Sounds. It ended up being a fun game to take outside and play although it could be played inside with Continue Reading

Kids Fun Color Activities {The Sunday Showcase}

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Kids Fun Color Activities {The Sunday Showcase-May 17}

I am thrilled to be joining the Sunday Showcase team of  Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas, Here Come the Girls, Inspiration Laboratories, and Learn Play Imagine.  It has been a long time since I co-hosted a link party and I am thrilled that I get to co-host with the amazing blogs. I have been linking my post up to this link for a while. How cool is it that Continue Reading

Visiting the Georgia Aquarium and More

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Visiting the Georgia Aquarium and More

  Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post. When we were invited stay at the Hilton Garden Inn in  Downtown Atlanta for a night and to spend the next day exploring the Georgia Aquarium,  we jumped at  the chance. I have been dying to take JDaniel to the Georgia Aquarium since it first opened. We  had decided to wait until he was old enough Continue Reading

Soccer Themed Books for Kids

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Soccer Themed Books for Kids

JDaniel has really enjoyed playing soccer this spring. He started playing last spring and has really liked getting onto the field to participate in drills and games. I thought it would be fun to look for children's books with a soccer theme that might interest him. While searching I came across I wide variety of fiction and non-fiction books for Continue Reading

Kindergarten Games- Tape Web Sight Word Activity

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Kindergarten Games- Tape Web Sight Word Activities

We have had a lot of rain and then blazing heat days here lately. Coming up some kindergarten games that could be played in the coolness of our garage seemed like a necessity! So I took a roll of masking tape into the garage and created a tape web that we could use to work on sight words and other kindergarten skills JDaniel has worked on this Continue Reading

Math Games for Kids- Outdoor Math Web

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Math Games for Kids- Outdoor Math Web

Spider webs on my mind lately.  I think it is because our spider web trellis plant has come back again this summer. Right across from the spider web trellis I drew a spider web with chalk on the backyard fence. In various areas of the web, I wrote numbers. The numbers were written large in the large areas and small in the small areas of the Continue Reading

Paper Crafts for Kids- Patriotic Wind Sock

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Paper Crafts for Kids- Patriotic Wind Sock

  Sometimes it is a simple paper plate crafts that brings the biggest pleasure. Recently JDaniel and I hung a simple paper craft paper plate  in a tree in our backyard. We both found ourselves looking up at it as it twisted and swirled in the breeze. When I said simple, I meant simple this paper craft requires only eight supplies to make. Continue Reading

Stories for Kids and Moms for Mother’s Day

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  There is something wonderful about curling up and reading stories for kids and moms with your own child or grandchild! There are dozens of stories that feature kids and their moms. While they can be read all year long, I think reading one of these stories for kids and mom on Mother's Day makes Mother's Day extra special. This post Continue Reading

Teacher Appreciation Week- Fun Snack

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Teacher Appreciation Week- Fun Snack

Now that I am the parent of a school aged child I am totally into remembering his teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week. For many years before JDaniel was born I taught school and loved being remembered by parents during Teacher Appreciation Week. As a parent I am so thankful for all that his teachers have taught him the year. Doing special Continue Reading

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