JDaniel4s Mom

Trick or Treating Pictures

November 3, 2010 By Deirdre

We went trick or treating with our next-door neighbors. JDaniel wore a Dalmatian costume his Aunt Kate sent him for Halloween. Nathan, the little boy next door, was a police officer. As you can see JDaniel was always a few steps behind Nathan in their search for and seizure of candy. < He had a great time! Continue Reading

Mandate for Change- Pacies Will They Go or Stay

November 2, 2010 By Deirdre

JDaniel has a major problem with his pacie collection. There are four pacies in the collection that lives in his crib. These particular pacies have been in the crib for over a year. They have aided in JDaniel’s restful naps and uneventful nighttime sleep. They have traveled up and down the East Coast and have even visited Mississippi. They no Continue Reading

Tea Party Lunch- Muffin Tin Monday

November 1, 2010 By Deirdre

In honor of Election Day tomorrow JDaniel had a tea party lunch in a muffin tin. I love having high tea. JDaniel's tea is nothing like the ones I have had at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin or the Augusta Snow House in Cape Cod. He did really seem enjoy it as much as I enjoyed those. There were vegetable cream cheese and turkey sandwiches, Continue Reading

Halloween Day Fun (Celebrated on Saturday)

October 31, 2010 By Deirdre

The development we live in decided to celebrate Halloween on Saturday instead of Sunday. I decided that we would do all kinds of Halloween things on Saturday. We roasted pumpkin seeds and most of them survived. Some were burnt and set off the smoke detector. JDaniel created a Halloween picture of he and his friends dressed in Continue Reading

Great Posts I Came Across This Week- October 30

October 30, 2010 By Deirdre

Child Related I love the Personalized Subway shirts that The Mother Huddle made. I wish I had the talent to make one for JDaniel. The Ramblings of a Crazy Woman has a great Halloween Bottle Bowling or Just a Cute Craft. This looks really fun. Honorable Mention has a really cute post on Spider Treat Pouches for Kids. Fantastic Find Continue Reading

Read.Explore.Learn- Things in the Dark

October 29, 2010 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 Continue Reading

Freaky Fungus or I Found a Brain in the Yard

October 27, 2010 By Deirdre

I found this huge mushroom in my front yard. It looks a lot like a brain to me. The corpus callosum is missing from the mushroom. It makes it hard to see the right and left hemispheres clearly. The rippled effect one sees in brains is most easily seen on the edges of the mushroom. What do you think? Does it look like a brain to Continue Reading

Mom Wants Extra Sleep! Learning to Make a Bed! The Cat in the Hat!

October 26, 2010 By Deirdre

This morning when I went into get JDaniel out of his crib I found him laying down with his blanket over his head. Yes, he was laying there clasping a blanket over his face and head. I was frantic and shouted, “JDaniel get that blanket off your head!” What are you doing?” “Oh! I am camouflaged, “he said calmly taking the blanket off his head. “You Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday- Two Spiders Have A Halloween Lunch

October 25, 2010 By Deirdre

I tried to make a spider web with sour cream, but I couldn't make a fine enough line. After three attempts I laid some whole wheat spaghetti on the nachos and prayed that people looking at it would think it was a web. The second challenge as trying to make the muffins look like spiders. I thought using green peppers would Continue Reading