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Needle Nosed Pliers Were the Right Tool!

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When you are doing yard work, you need to right set of tools. It is only through the vast experience you have working on your Cozy Coupe and watching your father do work on the house that you learn about the right tools to use. You will still  need to bring your tools out of the garage and sort through them to make the right choice. Once Continue Reading

Pause Life for a Moment- My Thoughts on Fear and Swimming

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Pause Life for a Moment

I sat against the wall in the pool area watching JDaniel participate in his first big kid swimming class last week. We had take the Mommy and Me class when he was about one. Now he declared he didn’t need me. He was one of the big kids. He maybe one of the big kids in the age 2-4 swimming class, but he also one of the most fearful of the water. I Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday on Sunday- National Ice Cream Day

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Today is National Ice Cream Day! Today’s muffin tin is filled with frozen treats! There is an ice cream cone toasted cheese sandwich, scoops of grape tomatoes, frozen banana pureed with a blueberry (see recipe below), breaded chicken, a cupcake with created with cake mix and melted raspberry sherbet (see recipe below), and frozen Continue Reading

Read.Explore.Learn.- Counting Chickens, Ducks and Marbles

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Welcome to week two of the Read. Explore. Learn Summer Reading Challenge- July Edition! 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 Continue Reading

The Big Mouth Frog Joke

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On Saturday night after the dinner dishes had been cleared we sat around the table discussing our day. We talked about all the yard work we had done and the great books that we had checked out of the library. It is such fun to have three year old that can join into discussions and share. JDaniel remembered specific details about the edging project Continue Reading

Managing the Hedge Trimmer

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If you went over with the teenager that lives next store exactly how you wanted the bushes trimmed and shaped in the backyard, you would probably trust him to do the job exactly has you had described it. Your three year old might think that the teenager needed a supervisor. He might feel the need to supervise the work while standing on a stepstool Continue Reading

Pause Life for a Moment- Good Day, Regular People

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Pause Life for a Moment

Today’s Pause Life for a moment blogger is the Empress. She reigns over Good Day, Regular People with a kind heart, a generous spirit, and a sense of fun. I love to stop by to read her posts. Her blog shares her insights as well as her son Baby E’s. Life can get you down at times. The Empress’ posts can brighten your day and  can make you Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday- Summer Storm

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We seem to be having major rainstorms every other day here in South Carolina. We’ve see wind and we’ve seen rain. We’ve heard thunder and seen lightning . There have also been rainbows. Some storms have been strong enough to break limbs off the birch trees in the backyard. This limb cracked in an earlier storm and then fell down completely in one Continue Reading

Rockin the Baby Link Up with Things I Can’t Say

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The amazing Shell of Things I Can't Say is hosting a  link up called Rockin' the Baby. Rockin' the Baby is a wonderful opportunity to share your favorite baby pictures and maybe win a prize. It offically starts tomorrow, but I am sharing my post a day early. There were over 200 bloggers that linked to her Rockin' the Bump link up last month. I had Continue Reading

Serving Lunch with JDaniel Recipe Search

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Last  week I started the Serving Lunch with JDaniel4's Mom series on my Muffin Tin Monday posts. It will run through July and August. JDaniel is cutting out stars for potato salad. How does the Serving Lunch with JDaniel4’s Mom work? You just leave me a comment on this post or an upcoming  Muffin Tin Monday post  with a link to a recipe you Continue Reading

Letting Him Have a Cup and a Cone

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We decided to go to a wonderful ice cream spot in our town on the 4th of July. It used to be small train station along railroad tracks. Now it is small ice cream spot along the railroad tracks. They serve soft serve chocolate or vanilla ice cream with a wide array of topping for a very reasonable price. While he waited in line JDaniel watched for Continue Reading

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