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{Dig Into Gardening} M.O.M. Herb Container Garden and Link Up

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Digging Into Gardening- Mom Herb Garden for Mother's Day

When I head that the theme for summer reading was going to be Dig Into Reading, I was thrilled. There are so many wonderful concepts and activities that children dig into. The first concept or theme that came to mind was gardening. My family loves to work on our yard and to garden. I also noticed that a large number of members of the Kid Blogger Continue Reading

Cute Snack Idea – Tangram Rose

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Cute Snack Idea - Tangram Rose

A Mother's Day Breakfast Sundae JDaniel made for me is featured today on B-Inspired Mama today. Please take a moment to show that post some love. I wanted to share another food creation too. This tangram rose is such cute snack idea. Dig Into Gardening a link-up I am co-hosting starts tomorrow so, I have had gardening on my mind a lot Continue Reading

Dig Into Reading- 22 Garden Themed Books

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Dig Into Reading - 22 Garden Themed Books

  The summer reading theme for 2013 is Dig into Reading. There are so many wonderful garden themed books that feature a dig into it theme. I thought I would share some wonderful garden themed books for children that you can dig into that feature a gardening theme. Garden Themed Books Counting in the Garden This is a wonderful book Continue Reading

Spring Craft for Kids – Weather Headband

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Spring Weather Headband Craft for Kids

I usually come up with activities for JDaniel and I to do after we read a book. This week we did it backwards. We made this spring craft for kids that displays spring weather in a  headband first and then explored our home library for a book that talked about spring time. It's Spring Time! by Elizabeth Bennett is a wonderful board book I Continue Reading

100 Days of Play : Party Blower Frog Catching Game

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100 Days of Play - Party Blower Frog Catching Game

Watching frogs stretch out their tongues to reach out and grab a passing fly is fascinating. We have really only seen it shown in slow motion in an animal documentary at my house. It was so cool to see that the frog's tongue is able to keep the fly attached to it as the frog drew it in to enjoy. Trying to catch flies with a party blower in a frog Continue Reading

Parenting- You Teach Me

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Parenting -You Teach Me

There are times that activities that I create end being learning times for me. Parenting and teaching just seems to work that way sometimes. Let me give you an example. Just last week I sat down with JDaniel to work on a letter and sound recognition game.(It was featured in last week's Read.Explore.Learn. post.) JDaniel was supposed to place the Continue Reading

White Cloud Diapers and My Local Food Bank

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White Cloud Diapers and My Local Food Bank

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of White Cloud Diapers.When I was asked to write a post about Walmart's White Cloud Diapers, I thought I won't qualify for this Walmart campaign. JDaniel has been potty trained for ages.  Then I remembered our last visit to the Gold Strip Relief Center to drop off food at their food bank. Continue Reading

Kids Lunch Ideas – Painted Milk Sandwich

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I like to give him a sandwich that is special in some way. Just plain bread is nice, but it isn't fun.  I have a few kids lunch ideas that focus on sandwich presentation. Sometimes we don't have the correct cookie cutter to cut out a shape for JDaniel's lunch. I love it when I do, but many times we just don't. Then I try to figure out if shape can Continue Reading

Kids Crafts – 14 Ways to Paint with Kids

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14 Ways for Kids to Paint

  With days filled with rain this spring or days filled with pollen at my house, children are looking for activities to do inside.I looked through my archives of post last week and found 14 different ways to paint. Painting is a wonderfully fun way to spend time when you have to be indoors. I hope you will find a new way on this list that Continue Reading

Rosie Sprout’s Time to Shine- Read.Explore.Learn.

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JDaniel and I were browsing at the library last week when I noticed the book Rosie Sprout's Time to Shine sitting on top of the shelves. I have been wanting to start some spring planting projects with JDaniel so, I took it down and added it to our library pile. It is a wonderful book. The librarian that set it up on the shelf deserves my Continue Reading

{Mother’s Day Craft} How to Make Paper Flowers

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How to Make a Paper Flowers for Mother's Day

  A simple bouquet of flowers make a wonderful Mother's Day gift. A simple bouquet of paper flowers crafted  by their child or children will melt their hearts. I love to get Mother's Day crafts from JDaniel so, I set out to show him how to make paper flowers. Wouldn't you like to get this bouquet?We looked at three types of flowers. The Continue Reading

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