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Muffin Tin Monday- Shapes in a Sandwich

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Muffin Tin Monday- Shape Lunch

JDaniel has enjoyed constructing his own sandwiches lately. I thought he would love to do it with the ingredients in this tin. He was even given a tin with heart-shaped muffin cups. I even made him some sandwich samples. He ate each piece individually. Why? I think it was because he can and he is two. He had square and diamond-shaped bread, Continue Reading

Being Two at the Beach is Wonderful!

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Two at the Beach

The beach in September is a wonderful place to be. We headed to Myrtle Beach last Sunday for five days. JDaniel had never been to the beach before. I had read him books about the beach and he had been given a set of sand toys by my mom to enjoy at the beach but wasn’t until last week that he actually gained firsthand knowledge of the beach. We Continue Reading

Great Posts of the Week- September 18th

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Great Posts I Came Across This Week

Connecting with Other Bloggers And Then There Were 4 hosts Surfin Saturday. Each week they feature a different type of social network follows. It could be Twitter, Networked Blog, etc.. You have the check each Saturday and see what they are featuring. I Needed to Read This In the hush of the moon has a great post called Beauty in Hard to Continue Reading

Answers To Questions About JDaniel’s Teeth

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As part of a Oral Health Media Tour, I was able to ask some questions of an expert on teeth care.Please click, here to view the answers to my questions.Disclaimer: I was asked to send in questions on children's dental health and post the answers to the questions. I am not being compensated for this in anyway. Continue Reading

Angel Hair Attracts Ageless Ladies

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  Two weeks ago we went to spend the weekend with my mother-in-law in her new apartment. JDaniel was thrilled. He fell in love with the idea of apartment living when we first toured her apartment before she moved in. Now that she is living in the “Big House” (The apartments in her senior living community are in a place they call the “Big Continue Reading

Finding the Beat and Sounds in Words-Phonological Awareness

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>Last week I wrote a post called Let’s Talk While We Read. This week’s literacy topic phonological awareness is also based on a lot of talk. Phonological awareness has to do with the rhythm and rhyme of words.Ways to Work on Phonological Awareness:Birth to 2-years oldSay or read nursery rhymes so your child hears the rhyme. Stress the rhyming Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday- Curious George Lunch

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JDaniel isn't old enough to sit through a movie. I decided to make him a lunch based on his favorite television show. Curious George has been a favorite for a long time.   He had a toasted cheese monkey sandwich, a yellow hat made from a banana, banana yogurt (just because we had it), Curious George fruit chews, along with C and G made with Continue Reading

Bella- The Fairy Ball and a Bubble Wand Craft

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Bella- The Fairy Ball

All summer I have been sharing Tiger Tales books I was sent to review. Today’s book is the last one in the box I was sent of Spring releases. The book is called Bella-The Fairy Ball by Mandy Stanley. I have shared Bella with you before when she visited a birthday party. In Bella- The Fairy Ball a beautiful fairy chain Bella has made is whisked out Continue Reading

The Purple Flash Taught Latin Class

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When my sisters and I were in high school, we all took Latin from Mrs. Sleeper. She was in her early seventies at the time but acted like the youth she taught. She seemed to sprint around the room rejoicing in a language she loved to teach. She must have been exhausted by the end of the day. During class this slight woman with a bun wound around Continue Reading

Cleaning Up Grocery Store Parking Lots or Laboring in Lots

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Rubber Gloves

JDaniel hates to see trash in store parking lots. He points to it and declares, “A mess.” I started to pick up the less messy pieces of trash and put it in the trash to show JDaniel that it is important to take care of the environment. If there is a trashcan nearby it hasn’t a problem to pick up the corner of a bag or smashed can and carry it to Continue Reading

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