Month: November 2012
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Paper Plate Santa {2 different ways!}
Paper Plate Santa Paper Plate Red Construction Paper White Glue Cotton Balls Googly eyes (for version 2) Version 1: Cut the center of the paper plate out so you are left with a circle made from the rim of the plate. Cut a hat shape (I just free-handed it) out of red construction paper. Spread…
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Bedtime Blues {how we made bedtime better}
We’ve always had some form of bedtime battles with Landon – really since a few months after going to his big boy bed and discovering that he could get out of bed on his own. I am pretty sure our story is not alone. One more drink, potty one more time, down to I don’t…
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Everyday Life {Fire Station Tour}
When we moved to Chico I joined a great mom’s group. We have weekly play dates and several activities each month for the kiddos (and moms!). This last event was a fire station tour. Landon has been to a few before – once when I was still teaching he came along for the field trip,…
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Acorn Craft
This is a super simple fall craft. If you lived near a tree with acorns you could use the acorn tops in place of the bird seed! Acorn Craft Acorn pieces (cut from brown construction paper) Bird Seed Ric Rac Cut the shapes for the top and bottom part of the acorn separately. You can…
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Turkey Hat
We made this turkey hat to help bring in Thanksgiving (and show the true “turkey” nature of Landon!). It was very easy and fairly quick to do, but Landon really loved it! He loved it so much he wanted ME to make one to wear (I passed). Turkey Hat 1 9×11 piece of white or…
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Freezer Crock Pot Meals {Round 2}
With such a great turn out for my first post (over 1,200 likes of that post alone on facebook!) in freezer crock pot meal preparation I couldn’t leave you all hanging without posting for each and every time I did something crazy like that again! Today we had Chicken Taco Soup (one of my favorites!) and…
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Everyday Life {Jumping in leaves and applesauce}
It’s finally fall here. Our weather finally got the memo from a month and a half ago that it’s fall. There are a ton of trees in our neighborhood and town and it’s just beautiful to drive through and see all the vibrant colors. Fall is by far my favorite season. Our backyard has a…
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Corn Art
We’ve been doing (and will be doing more) harvest and fall type art and craft projects with the fall season on us. We’ve done a ton of pumpkin crafts and now that corn is in full harvest we’ve been talking about and doing some corn projects. Corn Art Corn husk picture in black and white…
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Painting with Corn
We had a great sensory and art experience using corn to paint. This is a great fall time activity as corn is fully in season. We started by talking about how corn grows and how to shuck corn. Shucking corn provides many different sensory experiences as well as a life skill lesson. The different textures…
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Everyday Life {Pumpkin Patch}
So this is a bit late, as we went quite a bit ago but I figured I would share our pumpkin patch adventure. We went to a new place that I had heard good things about. They are also a non profit organization that helps kids and their families with terminal or severe illnesses. It…