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Kid’s Lunch – Apple Chicken Salad Bento

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 We are all trying to eat more fruit at my house. JDaniel and my husband have always been great about eating fruit. The one that really needed to work on it was me so, that means I will be serving more fruit. Since I plan most of the meals and search for new recipes, I decided to find one for a salad that would great for lunch and had fruit in it. Continue Reading

{Read.Explore.Learn} The Pirate of Kindergarten Activities

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Activities Based on the Kindergarten Pirate

The Pirate of Kindergarten (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover)) is about a little girl just starting kindergarten named Ginny. Ginny loves books and she loves the reading circle. When she tries to get to the reading circle, she runs into real chairs while trying to avoid the unreal ones. When she tries to read, she sees double words and Continue Reading

On the Floor Playing With Him

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"Mom, come play Plastic Mat Village with me!" JDaniel would call from the living room. He would have the mat out and a collection of dinosaurs, vehicles, and plans would be spread out all over it. Sometimes I would call back to him that I would be there in a minute. Sometimes I was the perfect time to stop whatever I was doing and join him on the Continue Reading

Back to School Picture No-Nos (You May Not Want to Post These)

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            The first day of school is often filled with lots of Back to School pictures. While some of us have already started school, many of you haven't.  It seemed like a great time to share with you picture no-nos for bloggers and anyone else who is going to post pictures on the internet. (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, etc..)   Don't Share Continue Reading

{Healthy Lunch Idea} Seas of Success Lunch

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The cruise ship is really a ham and cheese sandwich made with a tortilla, American cheese, honey baked ham, and string cheese.  I was so pleased to see that he ate the whole ship when I cleaned out his backpack. The ship is cruising on a sea of blueberries. JDaniel loves blueberries so I knew these would be missing from his Easy Lunch Box Continue Reading

{Read.Explore.Learn.} Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten?

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Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten?Well, is he? The buffalo in this wonderful book by Audrey Vernick thinks he is ready and so does friend. Kindergarten does have some challenges for him. He doesn't cut well with scissors. He does eat grass at recess and have trouble fitting on a swing.  He can't finger paint due to not having fingers. He can Continue Reading

New School Year Prayer

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New School Year Prayer

Up until this month I have been with JDaniel most of the day. This month he has started kindergarten at a big elementary school. He is so excited and I am too. There will be so many wonderful things that he will learn and encounter this year. Still my mother's heart has concerns and worries that I know I need to hand over to God.Last Sunday I sat Continue Reading

Polly-O Get Back to Routine Review and Giveaway

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JDaniel has been asking me to buy string cheese to have for snacks and to put in this lunch box. When I was asked to review Polly-O/Kraft cheese and look over some wonderful products from Get Back into Routine or as I call it  Back to School gift pack, I knew I would be making his day.We have tried a variety of string cheese at our house. Some we Continue Reading

Bread Recipe- Apple Cinnamon Bread

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  Whether you are looking for a special treat to send into your child's teacher or you just love desserts with apples, you are going to love this apple cinnamon bread recipe. JDaniel and I made a trial loaf last week to make sure it would taste great and turn out well. Both my husband an JDaniel loved it. Actually I love it too. It is a Continue Reading

Kids Lunch Apple of My Eye Sandwich Sushi

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With school staring on Wednesday we have been field testing a wide variety of ways for me to pack JDaniel's Easy Lunch Box container. One of his favorites was this kids lunch sandwich sushi meal with an apple theme. Part of the reason I think he liked it was that it had a fun name. I think he also liked that the foods were all compressed together Continue Reading

Back to School Shape Craft- Circles

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This week JDaniel and I looked at the book Away We Go! by Chieu Ann Urban and explored circles while doing a Back to School shape craft. It is a wonderful board book about transportation. Each page has shape cutouts that allow you to view shape cutouts on the upcoming pages. The cutouts are each a part of a vehicle. There are kinds of vehicles in Continue Reading

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