JDaniel4s Mom

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

Read.Explore.Learn- Playing in the Snow

January 14, 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

They Make My Heart Melt

January 13, 2011 By Deirdre

The last time my heart melted was because… I spend all kinds of time with JDaniel due to the fact that we are home together all day. I love to hear and sometimes watch my husband playing and chatting with JDaniel. It just melts my heart. Sometimes I just listen on the fringes of where they are playing. I am afraid to look in and disturb these Continue Reading

Not Good Mom!

January 12, 2011 By Deirdre

When we had snow on Christmas Day, I decided JDaniel would need to have his first snowman. At first, he was interested in helping roll the snow into balls. After a few minutes, he picked up his shovel and moved to a different part of the yard to dig in the snow and do work. I continued to work on the snowman building a second and third snowball. Continue Reading

I Don’t Like Singing in the Middle of the Night

January 11, 2011 By Deirdre

My sister Michelle gave JDaniel a stuffed rabbit that had Jesus Loves Me embossed across his chest that had been given to her sons almost a year ago. We hate this rabbit my sister had informed me. She also mentioned that her sons loved to throw it into the bedroom of one another after pushing his chest to activate box that causes the song Jesus Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday- Owl Moon Lunch

January 10, 2011 By Deirdre

Owl Moon is one of my favorite wintertime tales. Jane Yolen does a wonderful job involving the reader into a hunt for owls one cold winter night. The pictures by John Schoenherr draw you in and make you want to go on your own owl hunt. JDaniel is now dying to search the backyard in the dark to look for owls.>I decided to create an Owl Moon muffin Continue Reading

Read.Explore.Learn.- Calendars

January 7, 2011 By Deirdre

Waking Up to Find New and Old Dreams

January 6, 2011 By Deirdre

“If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.” ~J.M. Power The quote placed at the top of this post talks about waking up to live your dreams. As the mom of an almost three year old, I find that some days are not filled with fulfilling my dreams or even building towards them. Some days are about making my Continue Reading

If Mrs. Matlock Offers You Lemons, Take Them and Make a Pie

January 5, 2011 By Deirdre

Every week for about nine months I have written a post for Mrs. Matlock’s Alphabe Thursday. There are about seventy bloggers a week that join Jenny Matlock in sharing ideas, thoughts, reflection and more that begin with a particular letter of the alphabet. Reading each of the posts along with the comments Mrs. Matlock leaves for all of her Continue Reading