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26 Acts of Kindness For Kids and Families

December 22, 2012 By Deirdre

You know I think that it is important for children to give back to others. I have talked about it a lot on this blog. This is a wonderful time of year to show kindness to to others. People that we have know for a long time. People that we will only know briefly and people that we will probably never meet.Here are twenty Continue Reading

A Christmas Spider’s Miracle- Read.Explore.Learn.

December 21, 2012 By Deirdre

This week we read a wonderful Christmas story called A Christmas Spider's Miracle. A very poor mom has very little to give her children for Christmas. She heads into the woods near by to find a tree. Her children deserve to at least have a tree. There will not be ornaments this year, but they can have tree. A very poor mother spider has very little Continue Reading

Christmas Meal- Bethlehem Dinner

December 20, 2012 By Deirdre

I did some reading to find out what might have been served for dinner on that amazing night before Christmas dinner and found that we have been eating many of the same foods they did. Long ago in Bethlehem, Mary and Joseph may have dined on a simple meal filled with bread, a vegetable, fruit, a dip and maybe even a special treat. Here is what I Continue Reading

Live Your Life- Enjoying Gingerbread Cookie Making

December 19, 2012 By Deirdre

Last Thursday was a normal day at our house. JDaniel doesn't have preschool on Tuesdays or Thursdays. A normal non- school day is usually filled with a couple of errands, crafting, cooking, time outside and maybe a trip to the library. JDaniel decided we needed to make gingerbread cookies to take to his Nana on Friday and to give to his Uncle Continue Reading

Taking Time to Play- Christmas Decorations

December 17, 2012 By Deirdre

Sometimes when we craft I just put out the craft supplies and we just explore ways to use them. JDaniel and I sometimes end up with similar end products and other times we come up with totally different ideas. This is exactly what happen when we made these Christmas decorations. After gathering a small stack of paper plates I cut out Continue Reading

How to Make a Gingerbread Man Lunch

December 17, 2012 By Deirdre

The links below are affiliate links. The Virtual Book Club is celebrating Jan Brett this month. She has written several books featuring gingerbread people. I decided to create a gingerbread lunch for JDaniel to celebrate her books Gingerbread Babyand Gingerbread Friends This is the time of year when gingerbread men and women are trying to Continue Reading

The Hobbit- Read.Explore.Learn

December 14, 2012 By Deirdre

The links below are affiliate links.This week we looked a simple children's book that looks at a section of The Hobbit . It has amazing illustrations and only looks at brief section of the book. JDaniel really seemed to enjoy it. I think he will like reading or having the whole book read to him when he gets older. JDaniel is a little like a Continue Reading

Recipe- Delicious Christmas Soup

December 13, 2012 By Deirdre

I love to try new recipes around holiday time. I found a recipe for a delicious Christmas tortellini soup and altered it fit the taste of my guys. We all enjoyed it and now I would like to share our version of Christmas soup with you. How to Make Christmas Soup Ingredients 1 can of beef with vegetables soup1 1/2 cups of tricolored Continue Reading

Christmas Activities- Christmas Treasure Tree

December 11, 2012 By Deirdre

One of the things on our list of twenty five things to do before Christmas was to go visit the Festival of Trees in downtown Greenville at the Hyatt Hotel. JDaniel's preschool had sponsored and decorated a tree that was to be on display and I wanted him to see it. JDaniel's school tree had a Happy Birthday Continue Reading

Christmas for Kids- Creating a Reindeer Lunch

December 10, 2012 By Deirdre

This post contains affiliate links.I usually share with you JDaniel's reaction to lunches I have created or how I put them together. Today I thought JDaniel and I would walk you through how we put this reindeer lunch together in a bento box. JDaniel used a barely sharp plastic knife to cut antlers out of Swiss cheese. He ended up cutting out Continue Reading

Holiday Hop for Goodies- Christmas Wreath Pasta

December 9, 2012 By Deirdre

Time to get this Holiday Hop of Goodies going! For the next 3 weeks I will be posting holiday skinny mini recipes, crafts, decorating ideas, giveaways and more! Today I am starting the hop off with a Christmas wreath pasta. snack. Your kids will love helping to put it together and taking it apart to eat it. Christmas Wreath Continue Reading