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Muffin Tin Monday- Friendship and the 4th of July

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  JDaniel and I recently had friends over for lunch. It was great to get together with friends. Since school got out, JDaniel has missed seeing some of this favorite people. I thought they would enjoy having a Fourth of July themed lunch. While I put together muffin tin meal for the kids, JDaniel set the table with placemats and Continue Reading

Small Hands Creating Hope

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I have been blessed to "meet" amazing people that I may never really see in person. They have touched my life and made it better. When an opportunity comes up to reach out and help one of these wonderful friends, I jump at it. MaryAnne of  Mama Smiles is one of those amazing people. When she asked if there was anyone who would like to help her Continue Reading

Memories Captured- Enjoying Summer Rain

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Today I am sharing how to make Red, White, and Blue Frozen Smoothie Stars on Come Together Kid. If you get a chance, would you please stop by and check it out. Some afternoons when you head out to play, you find that along with the bright sunshine there is a light sprinkle of summer rain falling.When you see the fine rain from the edge of the Continue Reading

Puffin Muffin Recipe Served in a Bento

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Puffin Muffin Recipe Served in a Bento

  I came across a wonderful recipe for The Magic Puffin muffins. They sounded like the perfect thing to serve my husband for breakfast on Father’s Day.  Last Tuesday JDaniel saw the movie Happy Feet 2 and it had  a puffin in it.  Along with the puffin muffin I created a tortilla puffin, I wanted to share with you  and the meal I wanted to Continue Reading

Read.Explore.Learn.- That’s Not How You Play Soccer, Daddy!

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    I love the dad in the book That's Not How You Play Soccer Daddy by Sherry Shahan! The dad in this wonderful book realizes his son is taking his job as team captain and his playing of soccer over seriously. He wants him to enjoy the game the way the other kids do. Actually, the other kids would gather explore an anthill rather than plays Continue Reading

Playing Outside: Chalk

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This is the time of year when many of our family's spend time playing outside. Whether it is early in the morning or late in the afternoon in warmer climates or all day long in cooler ones. Children need to time to play and explore the world outside their homes. The fresh air and the sunshine do them good in my opinion. Because I believe that Continue Reading

Pausing Life for a Moment- Remembering My Dad

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Pause Life for a Moment

Father’s Day is right around the corner so, I thought I would pause for a moment to thank my dad. When I sat down to write this, I realized that I probably haven’t even mentioned him on the blog. He lives about seven hours away from us and we get to see him a few times a year, but he hasn’t appeared in a post yet.When I was growing up, I had a Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday- Father’s Day Fish

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Father's Day Fish Sandwich

The father fish in this meal is trying to head of a couple of his little ones that are heading for the worm dangling from the hook in the corner. They don't seem to have learned that gummy worms are carrot hooks lead little fish to become tiny fish sticks for someone else's meal. Many of his other fish children have learned the lesson. They are Continue Reading

Read.Explore.Learn.- Gilbert the Goldfish Wants a Pet

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Welcome to Read.Explore.Learn.! This meme was designed to be a place for you to share the learning opportunities, crafts, field trips, and other activities you have done this week that tie-in to children’s books. I look forward to seeing ways you have learned with and explored books My Book Tie-Ins of the Week: Gilbert in the story Continue Reading

Capturing Memories- Our Time in New York with Family

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Capturing Memories- Our Time in New York with Family

My sister Kate lives outside Syracuse, New York. She and her family have a wonderful home that sits on what used to be farmland. They have acres of land to explore and a tree fort that JDaniel loved. If we could move all of JDaniel's friends and my husband's job to a farm area like this JDaniel would be thrilled. He was outside most of the time Continue Reading

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