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Muffin Tin Monday-Christmas

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I have really enjoyed reading the postings in December by other Muffin Tin Moms that involved decorating part of your meal. I decided to create a decorate your meal muffin tin for JDaniel. He wasn’t interested in creating though. He was really interested in eating what was in his tin! The meal was made up of flat bread Christmas trees, cheese and Continue Reading

Birthday Promise to Jesus-Last Minute Christmas Idea

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My friend Elaine’s family writes birthday promises to Jesus every year. She places a box like the one above under their Christmas tree. In the box are birthday cards to Jesus and a set of pens. The first present they open Christmas morning is this special box. Each member of her family given their card to write a promise to Jesus they would like to Continue Reading

Thirteen Things JDaniel Should Know According to Kevin

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My sister Michelle’s family spent the night on Friday on their way to a wedding in North Carolina. We love having them come and stay. JDaniel adores his cousins Jason(9)and Kevin (6). His cousin Kevin quickly discovered that he could get JDaniel to do what he wanted him to do if he demonstrated it first. Kevin announced to him, “I am going to Continue Reading

Tinycandy’s Gift Review

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Susan E. Estes has written a touching book about a special elf called Tinycandy's Gift. Tinycandy has trouble discovering what special gift he can create for Christmas. It doesn’t help that he has limp, uses a cane whittled by Santa, and appears to be one of Santa’s favorites. The other elves don’t see him as useful and resent that Santa favors Continue Reading

Shannon’s Mexican Chicken Salad

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Ingredients:Cooking spray2 ears fresh or frozen cob corn, thawed4 reserved cooked chicken breast halves, diced (I used 2)1 (15-ounce) can pinto beans, drained (I used black beans)1 cup Monterey Jack or pepper Jack cheese, shredded1/2 cup Spanish olives, sliced1/2 cup tomatoes, diced1 Granny Smith apple, cored and diced 1/4 cup pickled jalapenos, Continue Reading

Watching My Toddler Play is Fascinating!

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JDaniel and I attended a birthday party for Jesus today thrown by the Upstate Christian Moms Group. We listen to the Christmas story. (I listened and he tried to wiggle out of my lap.) We ate cake and sang “Happy Birthday too. The best part of the party was watching JDaniel play in the nursery. He took care of a baby doll in a highchair. JDaniel Continue Reading

Picture Walking- Holiday Storytelling

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I have a number of favorite picture books that have way too many words for JDaniel to sit still and listen too. Many of these books are favorites because of the pictures in them. Rather than set them aside for later, JDaniel and I picture walk through them. What is picture walking? Picture walking involves looking through the various images in the Continue Reading

Holidays are a Time for Family Storytelling- Mommyhood Tip

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We went to visit with my in-laws recently. I was able to spend the large part of an afternoon talking with my mother in-law. She told me stories about raising her five children. Then she focused on the various girlfriends and boyfriends each had brought home to meet her and my father in-law. I have heard many of the stories before. This time she Continue Reading

Beautiful Christmas Books for Storytelling

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I checked out a variety of Christmas books from the library and want to tell you about the ones I enjoyed the most.Hark! The Aardvark Angels Sing by Teri Sloat is a really fun book about how aardvark angels help the mail service deliver all the holiday mail. Its rhythm and rhyme go right along with the Christmas carol “Hark the Harold Angels Sing”. Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday- Christmas Books and Stories

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The Muffin Tin theme this week is a meal based on a book. I selected The Donkey’s Christmas Song by Nancy Tafuri. It is a story about a donkey that fears his song will be too loud for the Baby Jesus. He lets the doves, cows, chickens, goats, sheep, and mice all sing first. It takes a look and a smile from the baby to get him to sing. When he does Continue Reading

There Were Animals at the Drive Thru Nativity

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We took JDaniel to a drive thru living nativity on Friday. He loved the camels at the beginning. He really loved the sheep and donkeys that surrounded Mary and Joseph. JDaniel also like the huge horses the Roman Centurions were riding. Although we read him all the signs that were posted on the route, talked about the people in each setting, and Continue Reading

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