Childhood Memories Friday: Kindergarten

Today, some kindergarten memories.  Here is my kindergarten class:

Can you guess which one is me?  (I’ll tell you at the end).
I went to afternoon kindergarten.  My mom had heard that afternoon was the class that the “with it” parents chose.  Was this true?  I don’t know.
I remember having show and tell.  My friend Anita kept [...]

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Doll Beauty Pageant

Today I present to you … a Doll Beauty Pageant!  Yesterday was a snow day (7″ here) and school was closed, which the girls love.  Thankfully my girls play together really well, and I love seeing the creative things they come up with.
They decided to put on a doll beauty pageant.  I heard them doing [...]

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A Message from the Child You Were

I found this idea recently in an article I had clipped from Parade magazine in 1998, when my oldest daughter was not even a year old.
Have your child (the author recommends 9 as a good age) write a letter to him/herself which she will open when she graduates from high school.  She could include things [...]

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Bloggy Giveaway!

It’s time for a Bloggy Giveaway!  This is one of the weeks where you can use up some of these endless January hours entering hundreds of fun contests at blogs all over the web.
Last fall when we got the latest American Girl catalog, I loved this apron for Kit:
I didn’t love the $34 price.  So, [...]

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Think and Make it Happen: A Review

I have been reading Think and Make it Happen by Augusto Cury, thanks to the nice folks at Thomas Nelson Publishing.  On its cover, it claims to be “The breakthrough program for conquering anxiety, overcoming negative thoughts, and discovering your true potential”.

Well, that sounds promising.  I am a big believer in the power of our [...]

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Childhood Memories Friday: Getting Ice

My third grade teacher was Mrs. Baughman.  The next year, she moved up to fourth grade (she told us it was because she liked our class so much), and I had her again.
She was an older lady, and I really liked her.  I remember her discussing her granddaughter, her love of begonias, and a son [...]

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Mushroom House

Today’s Things in my House Thursday features a craft project I just finished:  this lovely little Mushroom House:
I saw these pictured on this lovely blog, and the author was nice enough to post the pattern (which she created herself!).
I haven’t had the time to do much needlework in recent years, and I had fun fiddling [...]

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Free Napkins for Kids’ Lunches

Next time you go to a fast food restaurant, don’t throw away those extra napkins in your bag.
Start a stack of them in a kitchen cabinet, and put one in your child’s school lunch each day.
It’s not rocket science, but it works for me – and it’s a way to reduce waste and use something [...]

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Thank You, President Bush

Today, the media is filled with praise and adulation of Barack Obama.  I figure there’s plenty of that out there, so instead I’ll choose a topic you may not hear so much of:
Gratitude for President Bush.
Yes, you heard that right.
“What?” you may ask.  “Gratitude for that ignorant, war-mongering man who has harmed our country’s reputation [...]

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And the winner is …

… Candace!   Congrats!

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