Thursday
May 6, 2010
My community has been dealing with devastating flooding. It has been labeled the thousand year flood. It is so sad to see so many of our friends who have lost so much and have no flood insurance to rebuild and recover. Thankfully, our county has been one of the counties in TN officially considered a Federal disaster area. My city was somewhat grid locked due to many road closures. We have two rivers that flooded swallowing up main roads, businesses and homes. The Cumberland River crested at 62.5 ft, 16.5 ft above flood level. As of 3 pm today, the river is still at 56 ft (flood stage is 46 ft.). Please pray for all of those affected by this flood and consider giving to the American Red Cross to help those who are in desperate need.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Haircut for Locks of Love
Tuesday
April 13, 2010
Meara told us she wanted to cut her hair. So we told her she had to wait a month and see if she still wanted to do it. Considering she had barely any hair for the first 15months of her life we have only trimmed it in her six-years. It's been at least a month and she asked again if she could cut her hair and give it to a little girl who doesn't have any hair. How can a mother say no to that? With a tear in my eye we said, yes and that we were so proud of her! We found a Salon in town who offered to cut it for us for free. Thanks to Desiree at Gist Salon for cutting 13 inches off! Now, we are off to place it in an envelope and mail it to Locks of Love.
April 13, 2010
Meara told us she wanted to cut her hair. So we told her she had to wait a month and see if she still wanted to do it. Considering she had barely any hair for the first 15months of her life we have only trimmed it in her six-years. It's been at least a month and she asked again if she could cut her hair and give it to a little girl who doesn't have any hair. How can a mother say no to that? With a tear in my eye we said, yes and that we were so proud of her! We found a Salon in town who offered to cut it for us for free. Thanks to Desiree at Gist Salon for cutting 13 inches off! Now, we are off to place it in an envelope and mail it to Locks of Love.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Galloping the Globe Passport
Monday
April 12, 2010
We have started using Galloping the Globe. So far we have found it to be very fun and exciting. I wanted Meara to be able to have a passport that we could stamp after we visit each country. I am a frugal mom so I decided to make one instead of spending money and want to share it with you here. We are going to use a stamp I found in the scrapbooking section that looks like the old library stamp from when I was a young child to stamp the dates.
April 12, 2010
We have started using Galloping the Globe. So far we have found it to be very fun and exciting. I wanted Meara to be able to have a passport that we could stamp after we visit each country. I am a frugal mom so I decided to make one instead of spending money and want to share it with you here. We are going to use a stamp I found in the scrapbooking section that looks like the old library stamp from when I was a young child to stamp the dates.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Punctuation Posies
Thursday
April 8, 2010
Meara is practicing with punctuation. We found this idea on The Mailbox Magazine website and thought it would be fun. We filled our flower pots with dried beans to help the sticks stand up easier.
Color one side of jumbo craft sticks green and attach a flower, we used foam stickers and cut only the size of the stick out of the sticker backing. On the other side write your sentences (exclamatory, question, and statement) leaving off the puctuation marks. Label your pots with punctuation marks, we used post it notes. Have your child read each sentence and place the flower in the correct flower pot.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
The Winner is...
Friday
April 2, 1010
Thank you so much to ALL of you who entered, for all the wonderful blog love you left us and for our new followers! YEAH! So, without further delay the winner (picked by Meara) is...
April 2, 1010
Thank you so much to ALL of you who entered, for all the wonderful blog love you left us and for our new followers! YEAH! So, without further delay the winner (picked by Meara) is...
The Frugal Homeschooling Mom. If you haven't seen her blog you should check it out. She has a lot of useful information including reviews, list of homeschool giveaways, coupon information, free stuff etc...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Rabbit With Foot-long Ears!
Thursday
April 1, 2010
"This little bunny will last for years. He is so cute, with foot-long ears!"
Materials:
white paint
two wiggly eyes
pom-pom
white pipe cleaners
12x12 paper
black pen
white crayon
white paper plate
Cut the center out of a paper plate and paste onto paper. Then, paint the bottom of your child's foot and press above circle onto paper. Use crayon to draw around each foot to make ears. Glue wiggly eyes, pipe cleaners and pom-pom down. Add eyelashes, dots, mouth and teeth. Trace around entire image for outline. Cut down to size.
April 1, 2010
"This little bunny will last for years. He is so cute, with foot-long ears!"
Materials:
white paint
two wiggly eyes
pom-pom
white pipe cleaners
12x12 paper
black pen
white crayon
white paper plate
Cut the center out of a paper plate and paste onto paper. Then, paint the bottom of your child's foot and press above circle onto paper. Use crayon to draw around each foot to make ears. Glue wiggly eyes, pipe cleaners and pom-pom down. Add eyelashes, dots, mouth and teeth. Trace around entire image for outline. Cut down to size.
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