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Learning To Be A Butterfly While You Are A Caterpillar

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JDaniel is still learning so much about everything in his world. He would love to fly freely and explore the world on his own terms much like a butterfly. There are times during the day that we need to crawl like a caterpillar through the lessons needed to grow into a beautiful butterfly. They are not always his favorite times of the day. Some Continue Reading

Butterfly Fingerplay and Song

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Roly-Poly Caterpillar Roly-poly caterpillar (wiggle right pointer finger) Into a corner crept, (place right pointer finger in left cupped hand) Spun around himself a blanket (spin around) Then for a long time slept. (place head on folded hands) Roly-poly caterpillar (wiggle right pointer finger) Wakening by and by, ("stretch" right pointer Continue Reading

Pollen! Pollen! Go Away! JDaniel wants to go out and play!

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On Sunday as we got in the car to go to my mothers-in-law in Georgia JDaniel must have touched a little of the green pollen that coated my husband’s car. He started rubbing his eyes within minutes of getting in the car. I washed his hands and face with Cetaphil to clean them off. (I carry small bottles on Cetaphil in his diaper bag.) He continued Continue Reading

Easter Quotes

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And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him. For He departed, and behold, He is here. ~St AugustineHe takes men out of time and makes them feel eternity. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Picture taken from Flikr.com. Continue Reading

Great Posts I Came Across This Week- April 3

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Each week I travel around the internet visiting blogs. Here are a few posts that I loved, learned from, or gave me great ideas: Here are some child-related posts: Picky Apple has a great way to paint using a salad spinner in her Tot School post this week. Teach Mama has a post on What You Need From Your Local Yard Sales. It includes a cheat Continue Reading

12 Ways to Learn Using Plastic Easter Eggs

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Learning Activities with Eggs

1. You can place a toy in a stack of eggs and search for the one with the prize. 2. You can put a capital letter on one end of an egg and its lower case letter on the other. Break them open, mix them up, and have your child search for the match. I did eggs with matching capital letters for JDaniel. 3. You can put together a set of toys or Continue Reading

Kate and One Special Egg

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My mom loves to tell the story of my sister Kate and her one special egg. Mom and Kate were at an Easter egg hunt that featured one special golden egg. For some reason my mom decided that egg was going to be theirs. Kate must have been about two and at this hunt two year olds were allowed to have their moms accompany them on their hunt for eggs. Continue Reading

Almost Wordless- Easter Eggs and Books

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Today I am going to share with your an Easter egg dyeing experience JDaniel has with his friend Morgyn. At the end of the post, you will find some of my favorite Easter egg themed books. You may want to read with your children before they dye eggs. JDaniel and his friend Morgyn had a great time dying eggs.   JDaniel and I read Continue Reading

Remembering Blessings Daily

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A few weeks ago the pastor of our church encouraged us to think about praying as he does. He starts by thanking God for all the blessings of the previous day. Then he prays for the things and people he will encounter on that day. Finally he prays for things that are coming up that week.Here are some blessings from yesterday:JDaniel and I had a Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Muffin- Blue and Purple Foods

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JDaniel and I had fun tracking down blue and purple foods. BiLo had purple cauliflower on special this week and we found the purple potatoes from Peru at Whole Foods. His tin contained blue tortilla chips, blueberries, purple potatoes (They are boiled in the picture above. I later mashed them.), meatloaf (non-purple meatloaf), a blueberry muffin Continue Reading

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