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Muffin Tin Monday on Sunday- Football is Here!

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I found these cute muffin liners and flag picks at Hobby Lobby on clearance over the summer. They made a really cute addition to my football themed tin. Along with two football shaped sandwiches are a collection of grapes that look like footballs if you squint. One of the grocery stores near us was having a Grapeapalooza Festival and I thought it Continue Reading

Read.Explore.Learn.- Baby Brains and Robomom

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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 the ways you have learned with and explored books. Steps: Link your activity below. Continue Reading

Mary Lee Remembers a Xanthous Haired Boy

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This is my third Mary Lee Tale. The first was Over Near the Tree Sits a Memory and the second was Starting School and Apple Turnovers with Mary Lee. If you like this story, I hope you will give the other two a read. Xanthous- Of the fair haired type; having brown, auburn, yellow, flaxen or red hair. Mary Lee sat in one of the rocking chairs Continue Reading

Pause Life for a Moment: hands on: as we grow

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Pause Life for a Moment

I am so excited about having Jamie of hands on: as we grow guest posting here today. She runs an amazing play blog filled with great ideas, she co-hosts a wonderful link up on Thursdays called It's Playtime,and so much more. I could go on and on about all the things in the blog world she is a part of, but the thing I am most proud of sharing with Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday- Easy Apple Crisp

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We decided to celebrate the beginning of fall with some of JDaniel's favorite comfort foods and a super easy and wonderful apple crisp. What are some of his favorites?  He loves carrots and cauliflower (aka while broccoli), sweet potato french fries, and grilled ham and cheese. The apple crisp recipe is based on one I found in the Clearbrook Continue Reading

At the Beach- Myrtle Beach South Carolina

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We left on Sunday for a few days at the beach. We have been to other hotels in Myrtle Beach, but this was our first time at Dunes Village. We loved it so much we plan to go back next year. The weather was overcast the whole time we were there. We loved the cooler weather and lack of sun beating down on us. It looked like this most of the time we Continue Reading

Read.Explore.Learn.-How Did That Get in My Lunchbox?

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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. Steps: Link your activity below. Please place the Continue Reading

Waiting is Hard!

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When I went to pick Jdaniel up from his first day of preschool, he was one of only three children sitting on the rug staring at the door.I wasn’t late. I was five minutes early. Apparently the other parents came very early to pick up their children.His eyes lit up when he saw me in the doorway. I don’t’ know what he was thinking, but I know what I Continue Reading

Parking for Handicap Toy Vehicles

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JDaniel notices everything and hears everything too. Two weeks ago he heard me say that we were going to have to park further away from the store than I wanted to, because the only spots close in were handicap spots. No sooner did we get out of the car than he wanted me to show him the handicap spots. I showed him the signs on the spaces and in Continue Reading

Pausing Life for a Moment- We need to pause in the afternoon

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Pause Life for a Moment

JDaniel has stopped taking naps. He would still take them if I wrestled him down and forced it, but then he would be up until ten o’clock chatting in his bed. So, we have stopped with naps. He still needs to slow down in the afternoon and read, rest or play upstairs. We are calling this time “quiet time”. It isn’t always quiet and he spends a Continue Reading

Three Attempts to Make a Dessert

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So, we were asked to bring snacks to our community group on Sunday. It meets from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. to discuss the sermon and it is always nice to  have a snack for the group members and their kids.We are going to be at the beach on Sunday and won’t be there, but the host family served everyone dinner last week. I really wanted to do something Continue Reading

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