JDaniel4s Mom

Winter is a Time for…..

January 29, 2011 By Deirdre

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. ~Edith Sitwell Lately, it has been much colder here in South Carolina than it normally is. We have had more snow and ice. There have been many days it is too cold to go out and Continue Reading

Read.Explore.Learn.- One Snowy Day

January 28, 2011 By Deirdre

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 Continue Reading

Pruney Fingers and Pickled Toes

January 26, 2011 By Deirdre

Many years ago my sister Michelle asked me to give her oldest son a bath. I asked her about the water temperature and she said he liked cold baths. I thought it was odd, but filled the tub with mildly cold water. When the tub was ready, I lifted my nephew into the tub. He screamed loudly about ice cube water and stood shivering in the tub with his Continue Reading

These Mittens Don’t Fit

January 25, 2011 By Deirdre

> Last year I brought JDaniel fleece mittens online on sale. They were a little big for him even though they were size 18-24 months. He has little hands. This year I pulled out the mittens when we got snow at Christmas time and tried putting them on him. They were still too big. I had hoped that his hands would have grown a little in a Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday-Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Lunch

January 24, 2011 By Deirdre

The theme for Muffin Tin Monday today is big, little, short, and tall. I decided to go with small and call the meal the Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Lunch. I borrowed the name from the song about the itsy bitsy teeny weenie bikini. There are no bikinis in this lunch or anywhere in my house as a matter of fact. I just thought it would be a cute Continue Reading

Read.Explore.Learn.- Snowman

January 21, 2011 By Deirdre

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

My Husband is King of the Dishwasher

January 20, 2011 By Deirdre

Something unique you love about your significant other.When my husband and I were dating, we cooked a lot at each other’s houses. During the clean up after a dinner at his house one night, I rinsed the dishes and started putting them into the dishwasher. He commented on how I wasn’t putting them in correctly. Considering the fact that I have been Continue Reading

Outraged at Objectionable Treatment of Books

January 19, 2011 By Deirdre

>On Monday last week we received seven inches of snow and ice here in South Carolina. I remembered sometime on Monday afternoon that we had library books that were due. Since I would be unable to return them on time, I got on the library website and renewed them online. On Wednesday afternoon JDaniel and I headed to the library after been Continue Reading

How to Make a Cardboard Sled

January 18, 2011 By Deirdre

When the snow arrived last week, we found ourselves without a sled. With the amount of snow, we get each year it never occurred to us to buy one for JDaniel. Thankfully I remembered using cardboard sled during a Let’s Pretend session at the library in the fall. Once I had gathered the materials it was so easy to put Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday- The Weather Outside Was Frightful!

January 17, 2011 By Deirdre

Well, the weather outside was frightful but, the lunch inside was delightful. We had snow! We had snow! We had snow! With all the snow and ice we had in South Carolina I went with a snow and ice theme for the muffin tin. I started a simple turkey and cheese sandwich cut it out with a snowman cookie cutter. The scraps from the Continue Reading

Virtual Valentine’s Day Party- Feb.6th- 14th

January 15, 2011 By Deirdre

Beginning February 6th JDaniel’s Mom will be hosting a Virtual Valentine’s Party. There will be four giveaways offered during that nine day period along with a Virtual Valentine’s Day Party Link Up. I wanted to give you a heads up in advance so that you could plan to be a part of the festivities. Virtual Valentine’s Day Party Continue Reading