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Muffin Tin Monday- A Trip to a Farmer’s Market

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This is the last in a series on trips to special markets to explore new foods. Next week's Muffin Tin Monday meal will be based on a book called Yankee Doodle. The months of July and August will be reader's choice. I am calling this series Serving Lunch with JDaniel4's Mom. You will have an opportunity to suggest recipes I should try to use in Continue Reading

Father’s Day Sunday

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8:00Dad combs my cowlicks down and makes sure I look great for church.8:15We drive in my dad’s big car to church. I am not supposed to kick the leather seats, but sometimes I do it anyway.8:35Mom gets me out of the car and we start into church. Mom reaches out to hold my hand and I reach out for my dad’s. I love it when we are all holding Continue Reading

Mom Loop Displaying Independence Link Up on July 4th

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  “The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.”   Denis Waitley   How are you children displaying independence?   Are they trying to do more and more things on their own?   Are they scaling trees in your yard or learning to tie their own shoes?   What are they trying to do by Continue Reading

Instructions Needed the Right Tools to Follow

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So, I bought a wading pool for JDaniel and his friends to play in when they come over for playgroup. The directions that came in the box suggested that the pool could be blown up in 10-20 minutes by two adults. Playgroup would arrive at my house on Monday so, on Friday I tried blowing up one section of the pool for 10 minutes and got very little Continue Reading

Pause Life for a Moment- Bungalow ’56

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Pause Life for a Moment

I first came across Bunaglow ‘56 on Mrs. Matlock’s Alphabe Thursday link up. I loved her photos, her sense of humor and her joy of life. Since then I have found her on many blog lists, I guess that there are many who adore her. I hope you will be joining the throng of people that love her just as I have. Please stop by her blog and share your Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday- A Visit to a Hispanic Market

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This week we are continue our visits to local ethnic markets. The stop this week was to a Hispanic market right here in town. It was a small store that carried groceries on one side on the store and dresses for First Communion on the other. JDaniel had a great time exploring and selecting items to try this week. He selected corn chips with lime, Continue Reading

Read.Explore.Learn- My Big Boy Bed

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Welcome to week two of The Read. Explore. Learn Challenge! 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 post counts as an entry Continue Reading

He has geeky feet!

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We live in the land of flip flops here in South Carolina and JDaniel wears socks with his sandals almost every day. Thankfully there are people from all over the world that live in our area. My husband says that if people notice they will just think we are from a European country where socks with sandals are fashion trend in the toddler set. (I am Continue Reading

Do Dust Bunnies Hatch?

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I talk about dust bunnies a lot with JDaniel as we remove them from our house. They seem to gather frequently behind tables and under furniture in our home. One day while riding in the car JDaniel started asking questions about dust bunnies. JDaniel: Where do the bunnies come from? Me: Well, they form when dead skin, hair and other things gather Continue Reading

Pause Life for a Moment- a belle, a bean and a chicago dog

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Pause Life for a Moment

Liz of a belle, a bean, and a chicago dog is an  amazing blogger. She understands social media, loves to collaborate with and support other bloggers, and runs several communities and a media consulting firm. What I love best about her is the way she loves her husband and her girls. I have never seen them together in person, but the pictures she has Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday- A Visit to the Chinese Market

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Chicken stir fry, mango gelatin, rice cookies, and tropical fruit We are so blessed to live in a community with many cultures. I thought it would be fun to take JDaniel to explore the Chinese market in Greenville. He had a wonderful time taking in all that the market had in store. Some of the things he selected to try were things I couldn’t Continue Reading

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