JDaniel4s Mom

Muffin Tin Monday- Some of My Favorite Foods

February 28, 2011 By Deirdre

Dear Mom,Thank you for fixing me a meal with some of my favorite foods. Sometimes I look down and my muffin tin and want to add an extra sentence to my mealtime prayer. I would say something like, “Thank you God for this great food to eat. Mom made some of my favorites today.”I just love your meatloaf. I don’t know if it is the tomato juice you add Continue Reading

A Quiet Quit Hand Signal

February 26, 2011 By Deirdre

JDaniel and I went to our local children’s museum on Thursday. It was crowded due to several school having field trips there.Eight to ten year olds were running all over the water play area when we arrived. Water was flying out of the water pools. Waterwheels were spinning wildly shooting water across the pools and on to the children. Each child Continue Reading

Read.Explore.Learn.- Presidents

February 25, 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

Belly Laugh Leads to a Faucet Retreat

February 24, 2011 By Deirdre

On Mondays JDaniel and I go to playgroup. We have been meeting with many of these moms for two years. The kids know each other, each other’s toys, and homes like the back of their hands. Two days ago we met at Joe’s house. Joe’s house is known for its fenced in backyard as well as a sand/water table. When I tell JDaniel we are going to Joe’s, he is Continue Reading

Trimmings from a Tree Become a Beaver Home

February 23, 2011 By Deirdre

He Loves Sticks JDaniel has always loved to gather sticks. He started gathering them as soon as he could walk. We have spent hours picking up sticks and carrying them to the woods behind our house. There have been times when his friend Nathan, our next-door neighbor, has wanted to do something else and JDaniel has told him he has to finish his Continue Reading

Chopping Down Trees a la George Washington

February 22, 2011 By Deirdre

George didn't have a chain saw like the man we hired to trim our trees. He probably didn't have cherrypicker as he had either. He might have wished he had them if he knew they would be this much fun. JDaniel and my husband were mesmerized. I don't think JDaniel was scratching his head about how the cherry picker could go up and Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday- Lunch by George

February 21, 2011 By Deirdre

In honor of President’s Day JDaniel had a George Washington lunch. Allegedly George Washington chopped down a cherry tree as a young boy. It was fun to try and come up with foods that had cherries or would relate to George's tree experience. The first items in the tin are turkey sandwiches. George probably hunted for turkeys on his various Continue Reading

“No, Thank You” Could Lead to a Coup Attempt

February 19, 2011 By Deirdre

“No, Thank you” should be a wonderfully polite phrase uttered when you are offered something that you have no interesting having or shouldn’t. It could be really wonderfully delicious second slice of chocolate cake that you really don’t need.It could be a cup of coffee offered when you walk into playgroup.JDaniel has started saying, “No, Thank Continue Reading

Read.Explore.Learn. – Finding Love

February 18, 2011 By Deirdre

Sunday Sleeping Lead to Silently Listening to My Husband and Son

February 16, 2011 By Deirdre

On Sunday afternoon I decided to take a nap when JDaniel did. My sinuses were driving me crazy and I has sneezed or coughed during most of church that morning.I must have been in a hard sleep. I totally missed JDaniel’s screams for mama that fill the house when he wakes up from his nap. (He hasn’t figured out that he can get out of bed yet. He just Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday- Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2011 By Deirdre

We have been sick at our house for about a week with head and chest colds. I first noticed JDaniel coughing a week ago Saturday. We kept him home from church on Sunday and playgroup on Monday. I knew he was really sick on Monday at lunchtime when he ate two pancakes and a marshmallow for this lunch and announced he was done. He was so Continue Reading