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Our Back to School Traditions

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I have read everyone's wonderful Back to School Traditions posts and thought I would share what we did for JDaniel's first day. If you haven't had a chance to share your back to school traditions or first day of school pictures, the link up will stay open until September 8th. Labeling Clothes Before school started we labeled all of JDaniel's Continue Reading

Read.Explore.Learn.- Maisy Goes to Preschool

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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

Parenting: Tell Me About Your Day with a Communication Frame

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Tiggerific linked a post about Back to School Traditions that mentioned taking pictures of her grandson’s classroom. She wanted her grandson to feel more comfortable at a new school he was attending so, she made a poster of things that were in his new room. That idea stuck in my head as a went to JDaniel’s preschool open house last week. I took Continue Reading

Trail of Tears at the Grocery Store

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I have read many tips for moms sending their children to school for the first time. One of them was to avoid the grocery store. I think this tip is really for mom’s whose children are starting in a public school. The problem with going to the grocery store on a first day when many emotion filled moms seems to be there is the fact that they will all Continue Reading

Pause Life for a Moment- Mommy of a Monster and Twins

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Pause Life for a Moment

JDaniel starts preschool this morning. This wonderful post by Natalie of Mommy of a Monster and Twins reminds me that time is fleeting and JDaniel will not always be there to ask me to play. I love visiting Mommy of a Monster and Twins. Natalie write very honest and funny posts about being a mom. I know I will find posts that will challenge me, Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday- Back to School

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Muffin Tin Monday- Back to School

JDaniel starts preschool tomorrow! I thought a Back to School Muffin Tin would be a perfect way to celebrate. His tin has cheese bus with mini Oreo tires and Chex windows on crackers. There is also a Rice Krispy treats apple with a grape leaf. Finally there are tiny carrot sticks shaped into numbers on a slice of turkey and a cupcake tin of Continue Reading

Life Lessons for Kids from Team Sports

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JDaniel is old enough to start some of the sports programs at our local YMCA. While he is old enough to attend the programs, I am not sure that he would really be playing the sports they are teaching him. This picture comes from PreschoolRock.com. Have you ever seen the three year old soccer games? A bunch of children are all running the same Continue Reading

Read.Explore.Learn.- Back to School Worries

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Welcome to week four of the Read. Explore. Learn Summer Reading Challenge- August! 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. Remember each Continue Reading

Starting School and Apple Turnovers with Mary Lee

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This is the second Mary Lee story I have shared. Over By the Tree Sits a Memory was the first. It features a lovely older lady named Mary Lee and her thoughts on how quickly children grow up. _  _   _   _   _  _   _  _   _   _   _   _   _   _   _   _   _ Sarah sat in a rocking chair beside her mom cradling a tall glass of sweet tea as she rocked. Continue Reading

Pause Life for a Moment- Bees with Honey

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Pause Life for a Moment

Today’s guest poster is a mom after my own heart.  Bruna of Bees with Honey is truly special. I see beauty in her lovely blog, get to read her heartfelt words in her posts, but it was really through chatting with her via e-mail and on Twitter that I really saw her inner beauty. We have never met in person yet I feel like I have had wonderful Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday- Happy Tooth Fairy Day

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Today is National Tooth Fairy Day! I decided to celebrate by having JDaniel sink his teeth into teeth. He had pickle lips with green pea teeth, a carved apple, veggie chip lips and a tongue with a rice inner mouth and raisin teeth, banana lips with red grape lips, and a ham and cheese sandwich mouth. JDaniel ate everything except the rice. I Continue Reading

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