tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54736805611597357012012-01-30T19:05:25.456-08:00The Notetakernoreply@blogger.comBlogger2031100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473680561159735701.post-73376934027758150162010-12-08T20:51:00.000-08:002010-12-08T20:57:53.777-08:00

Merry Christmas! I've missed my blogging buddies here! I'm not back, just wanted to post that I'm putting the aprons in my Etsy shop on sale for Christmas. They're now only $15! They're a perfect stocking stuffer or gift for a little dude or missy in your life. I'll ship the day following your purchase so there's still plenty of time to order before Christmas.new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(7669186, 'shop

The Notetakernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473680561159735701.post-67749587101698835562010-10-11T20:33:00.000-07:002010-10-11T20:44:14.188-07:00

Well, I'm sad to say that I'm going to say "So long" to this here blog. I have truly loved it. It's been such fun sharing ideas here and I've enjoyed getting to know so many of you that have been faithful to check in to see what I'm up to. With three little ones, a husband in residency and homeschooling, I'm finding I just can't give enough time to this blog. Writing and taking pictures takes

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We had a joint birthday party this year for our boys since their birthdays are only 2 weeks apart and I didn't have the energy to throw together two birthday parties while toting around a 6 week old. They didn't seem to mind combining the celebrations, though I'm sure that'll change as they get older.We had a cowboy themed party this year {see last year's construction party here}. We crammed a

The Notetakernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473680561159735701.post-36836022742464397462010-09-22T14:25:00.000-07:002010-09-22T14:40:18.694-07:00

Do you take monthly pictures of your infant during his/her first year of life? Sadly, I totally dropped the ball on this with Boo. He was my firstborn and I was among the first of my friends to have a baby so I was clueless on the cutesie stuff that people typically do with their infants. With The Noodle I wanted to take a picture of him at each of his month birthdays until he turned one so we

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Wow! We've had a busy couple weeks with family in town, celebrating the boys' birthdays, and starting back up with our school year commitments. Sorry for the silence over here but more posts to come soon!

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We started our first year of official homeschool last week. Hooray! More on our curriculum and our routine later. First, how about a peek into our schoolroom? I mentioned a while ago that we were turning our study into a schoolroom for the kiddos. Because of the location of the room {you can see into it as you enter the house}, I didn't want it to look to "school-y" with primary colors and giant

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Our baby girl is growing so quickly. It amazes me. Why does it seem faster with each child? Hopefully my incessant picture taking will help me capture all of these fleeting moments of infanthood.Anyways, baby girl was blessed with some hair straight off the bat but not enough to don any clips or bows. I hadn't stocked her wardrobe with infant-sized headbands so I was looking for an easy and

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All I wanted for Mother's Day this year was this retractable clothesline. I know, lame. But I couldn't have been happier when my boys gave it to me. I love it!My mom hung out our clothes on the line growing up. We were the only people I knew who did that. Other than the stiff towels and jeans, I never thought twice about it. But I do remember being completely embarrassed whenever my great aunties

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We've been spending most of our time the last few days marveling over our sweet baby girl. And though she's only days old, I'm already having fun dressing her up.Here she is modeling the appliqued butterfly onesie I made her a while ago. {I posted about making it here.}I am really loving these embellished onesies on her. I used several newborn sized onesies I had on hand to make them. They're

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This weekend we welcomed our sweet baby girl into the world. Praise God for a healthy and precious baby. We are all enjoying adjusting to life with her. Her big brothers are so proud of their new baby sister.

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I loved the Itty Bitty Dress pattern from Made By Rae so much that I made another one. {Remember, the first one I did was for our baby girl and in a cherry print.} This one I made with monkeys in mind. My friend, Kelly, {who had her baby girl yesterday!} decorated her nursery with monkeys and when I saw this fabric I immediately thought of her. This time I stitched ribbon around the waist and

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This is an easy and delicious appetizer recipe that my mom makes. They're great for lunch with soup too!Here's what you'll need:BaguetteOlive oil1 garlic clove, peeled & sliced in half2 cans boneless, skinless salmon1/2 block cream cheeseSaltFresh ground pepperChives {or whatever herb you have handy - parsley or dill would be great}1 package smoked salmonCapersSlice the baguette at a slight angle

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I have two friends that are having their second boys right now. I thought it would be cute to send something for baby boy and big brother to match. I've been wanting to make appliqued necktie shirts for a while and decided to give it a try for these two friends. What a simple and quick project! I wish I would have tried it sooner.There are plenty of tutorials for these out there so just google "

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My sweet girlfriends from my preschool co-op threw a shower for our baby girl recently. It was so much fun celebrating and it felt like my first official introduction to the world of baby girls. Oooo, it's fun! We drank girly pink drinks, ooh'd and aah'd over the cute outfits and even made bows and clips to start our baby girl's collection.I wanted to get the hostesses a little something as a

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Hope you had a wonderful Fourth of July! We had a full day of celebrating with neighborhood festivities and fun with friends. We're truly thankful to live in this great country. Pictured: A delicious fruit pizza my friend Shannon made for breakfast, Boo trying out his first sparkler {big hit!}, the kids watching fireworks, snapshots of our neighborhood parade, and The Noodle running up the path

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Here are two simple crafts that the kids did this week for the Fourth of July.The first craft is one we did during our preschool lesson this week after we learned about the flag. I gave them each a half sheet of white paper, 7 red stripes cut to size, and a blue paper rectangle. They had to glue the pieces of the flag on correctly by looking at a small American flag I had on the table as a guide.

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Boo's turning four at the end of the summer and money is something he's been learning about lately. I feel it's so much more difficult to teach about money in our culture because it comes in so many forms and isn't as tangible as it was when we were growing up.We had a couple come speak at MOPS last semester about teaching children to manage money. They offered several great tips, one of which

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I've been trying out a few new recipes lately and thought I'd share. Also, I added a link to a printable version of my Roasted Chickens recipe at the bottom of that post.Salmon with Grapefruit Quinoa Salad from Food Network . Yum! This is a unique but delicious dish. It's perfect for summer as it's really refreshing and light. Instead of kebobs, we just grilled the salmon filets whole. I'll warn

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Even as I write that title I think, "Wow, that's a bit much...perfect chickens?!" But really, they are that good! Roast chicken is no common thing at our house. It was a most requested meal growing up. My dad had perfected it over the years and was renown for the accompanying gravy he made with it. Chicken, rice and gravy. Mmmm. It was and is a family favorite. Dad started making roast chickens

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Wow - two weeks has flown by since I last posted. We've been traveling and camping with the kids. It's been a great start to our summer. The weather is heating up in Colorado and we're already in our summer routine of spending hours each day at our neighborhood pool. What would we do without it? I'm especially drawn to it this summer as the temperature climbs and my belly grows. Hope you're

The Notetakernoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473680561159735701.post-17238997369589627552010-05-25T13:26:00.000-07:002010-05-25T14:57:52.839-07:00

Isn't this little guy adorable?I made this crocheted pea pod and matching peas for a dear friend that had a baby recently. I didn't have a pattern so I just winged it and it turned out a bit on the small side. Whoops! I'm going to make another to use for our baby girl and hopefully I get it right this time. Is it weird that I think babies look so cute dressed up like fruits and veggies?

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The newest addition to our baby girl's wardrobe is this sweet cherry print dress. I tried Made By Rae's Itty Bitty Dress tutorial this week. I'd come across it a while ago and have been anxious to give it a go. It's an adorable and simple dress for a baby girl. I'm really pleased with how it turned out. It took me less than 2 hours - a great project to do during the kiddos' naptimes. Here's a

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We picked up a copy of Annabel Karmel's The Toddler Cookbook over a month ago at the library and have renewed it twice already. Obviously we love it. I have Karmel's baby puree cookbook and had a feeling this one would be a favorite too. It's full of step-by-step illustrations and tasty recipes. Boo is a big fan. The first time he picked it up from our library basket he sat down and looked

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I found a cute sweater tutorial a while back and decided to try it out on a maternity shirt I had from my first pregnancy. It was a hum-ho Target clearance find and I thought it was a great candidate for improvement. Plus, I love the color.Excuse the wrinkles.I cut it down the middle, took in the side seams and added ruffles using a knit in a similar color. I plan on adding a button closure like

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I went through the boys' baby clothes recently and pulled out everything that was somewhat gender neutral for baby girl to wear. Most of what I gathered up were plain white or yellow onesies. I thought it'd be fun to girly them up a bit. This onesie is one of the first I've made.It's a newborn size Gerber onesie. I used this tutorial to add organza ruffles to the bottom and a little flower to the

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Tomorrow's Cinco de Mayo...you know, the 5th of May? And while most may not know the historical significance of the holiday, it will no doubt be well celebrated tomorrow as many folks enjoy Mexican food and margaritas, right? We really don't have much planned in the way of Mexican celebrations tomorrow. Maybe just tacos or fajitas for dinner with a big ol' bowl of fresh guacamole. {No margaritas

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One of my homeschooling friends recently attended the homeschooling conference in Cincinatti. While there, she heard Julie Bogart, the creator of BraveWriter.com, speak. My friend passed along an idea that Julie shared. It's called Tea Time. She suggests having a special reading time with your children once a week. Do it in the dining room, serve special drinks such as tea, use fancy plates, and

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Some homeschooling friends recently shared this great site with me: Hubbard's Cupboard. There are great lesson plan ideas, even for pre-K. She even has a section full of family time activities. For free. Yay! Check it out.

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We adore the "If You Give..." books and I thought it would be fun to use one of them as a theme for preschool. Last week I taught our preschool and based our activities on the "If You Give a Moose a Muffin."We started by reading the story. It was a bonus that we had the stuffed moose {my MIL got from Kohl's} as our storytime buddy. He listened with us.MuffinsFirst, just like in the book, we made

The Notetakernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473680561159735701.post-71383815473807372712010-04-16T20:26:00.001-07:002010-04-16T20:35:00.747-07:00

I realized I hadn't posted a picture of our completed Holy Week calendar. {Read more about it here.} Our crafted symbols weren't fancy but they were nice and simple to do with the kids. We really enjoyed this new tradition and will definitely do it again next year. I may work on a more permanent calendar, either laminated or using felt, so we can reuse it every year.

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Wow, I've been pretty absent around here. Between Easter, having family in town for the last two weeks and recovering from bouts of random sickness in our house, I just haven't been online much. Well, I did spend a good amount of computer time working on taxes. Grrr.Anyways, I'm looking forward to the slower pace that'll come with summer. More to come around here soon. I taught our preschool

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Thanks for all who entered the apron giveaway. It was nice to hear everyone's Easter plans. Hope you all had a wonderful time celebrating our risen Lord. We had a lovely Easter with my parents in town and the boys had a great time celebrating. The winner of the apron is.... Lauren. {comment #12} Congrats, Lauren! Let me know which apron you'd like. {I closed the entries at noon yesterday so if

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I'm giving away an apron of your choice from my etsy shop. These are handmade aprons and you can choose either an art apron made of high quality oilcloth {wipes clean!} or a cooking apron made from patterned cotton fabric with solid cotton fabric lining. To enter, simply shout out your Easter plans. The giveaway will close on Sunday at noon {Mountain Time} and I'll announce a winner Sunday

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This is a special week in our family. It's a week of reflecting on the greatest gift we've been given - salvation through Jesus Christ. In order to rightly focus on the week and the significance of the upcoming holiday, we're using a Holy Week calendar. Each day, beginning yesterday with Palm Sunday, we read and remember the events that led to Christ's death and resurrection. I didn't do this

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Go Bears! I'm so excited and proud of my college team. We're cheering them on right now as they play Duke. How awesome if they made it to the Final Four! Sic 'em!

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We're in the process of converting our office to a schoolroom. Nothing fancy. No big, dramatic makeover, just a re-purpose of sorts. We've found that since we got a laptop last year, we rarely use our office. And we've needed a separate place to do school time - not that we're very structured at this point. But I've noticed how much better the kids respond to "learning time" when we're in a

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I know flashcards aren't for everyone. But Boo really enjoys them. And I like how portable and handy they are. We've taken them on flights before and I've been amazed at how long they keep him preoccupied. I picked up several of these packs of flashcards from Target's $1 Spot last year. I think it was around the time summer started. The topics vary and they're pretty great cards for how cheap

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I saw on No Time for Flashcards that Allie had made green smoothies for her son before. She sneaks spinach in them. Brilliant! The boys love smoothies and I figured I'd try it with lunch today.The green smoothies were a hit! I just used what I had on hand and it turned out to be a great combo. I didn't measure anything but I'll give you approximations if you're curious.1/2 cup lime sherbet1/2 cup

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The boys and I made snickerdoodles this afternoon. This was our second time making this recipe, and it's officially at the top of our favorite cookie list. I found it on Smitten Kitchen a while back.It's a great cookie to make with kiddos. Boo helped measure everything and is captain of the Kitchenaid {stand mixer} in our kitchen. He also rolled all of the balls of dough in the cinnamon sugar

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I started having the kids spend quiet time in their rooms a couple months ago. It's been such a great routine for all of us. We do "quiet time" mid-morning, after breakfast and before any plans of the day.Boo, my 3 1/2 year old, sits on the bed in his room and spends his quiet time "with God". Now, we haven't introduced structured times alone with God for Boo yet, although he's definitely at the

The Notetakernoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473680561159735701.post-33448906693287670362010-03-18T20:04:00.000-07:002010-03-18T20:48:15.157-07:00

I found this recipe several years ago on Epicurious.com and it's one of my go-to's for a fancy summer dessert. I may be getting ahead of myself thinking about summer desserts already but the last few days of warm weather here have helped get me ready. Never mind that we're expecting up to 8 inches of snow tomorrow. That's March in Colorado.But back to the tart. It's a White Balsamic Custard Tart

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That's where I've been the last two days. I've been hit badly by some weird stomach bug. So sorry to be out of touch, hopefully I'm back in the swing of things soon.

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My preschool lesson today was partially focused on teaching the months of the year and days of the week. We also did a couple St. Patrick's Day crafts.For the calendar portion, I wrote out the months of the year on our dry erase easel. We read them all together and counted how many months are in a year. Then we went through each month, talking about what holidays occur when and what seasons each

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When I was visiting with friends in January, we all decided to make this scarf. {By the way, if you haven't heard of Ravelry, it's a great site full of knit and crochet patterns, many of which are free.} I made it in Berroco Ultra Alpaca. I like the way it turned out but wish I would have made it a little shorter than the pattern suggests. It's really long. I also did only 3 ruffles on each end

The Notetakernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473680561159735701.post-22357287170103118172010-03-13T21:12:00.001-08:002010-03-13T21:26:55.376-08:00

We've had beautiful weather here this weekend and it's been so nice to be out enjoying it. It makes me excited for Spring and Summer. I'm looking forward to all of the dinners outside on our back porch, eating yummy in-season fresh fruit and playing outside with neighbors in the evenings. It's funny how people disappear here during the winter. I remember when we first moved here from Texas. We

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I thought I'd link to a few pregnancy related sewing tutorials I've found on blogs lately. I actually just finished a refashioned maternity top and will post about that soon. But until then, here are some tutorials for making some of your own maternity clothes.Maternity Skirt Tutorial at See Mommy Sew. Photo credit: See Mommy SewDIY Maternity Pants by Megan Nielsen. Photo credit: Megan

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I love checking out cookbooks at the library. Sometimes I reserve titles that have been recommended to me or that are recently published. But I often just pick up books that look good. The Best Make-Ahead Recipe is one of those books and boy was it a good find. I knew it had to be good since it's from the editors of Cook's Illustrated, the same people that do the show America's Test Kitchen on

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We found out last night that we're having a baby GIRL! We're so thankful for a healthy baby and are really excited to add a little girl to our family. Now I won't be quite so outnumbered! And talk about changing gears. It's hard imagining a little baby girl growing in my tummy after two boys. I think it'll take a while to get used to it but I couldn't be more thrilled. I'm looking forward to

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I try to introduce a wide variety of foods to my kids. They like most things, but obviously some they're not big fans of. Or as Boo sometimes tells me, "Mommy, I'm not wild for asparagus." He he. Sorry, bud.In introducing them to many types of foods, I've found that serving them prepared in different ways often helps them warm up to some of their least faves. Muffin Tin Monday is a great

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I posted the recipe to my white chocolate orange bread the other day. I had a little mishap with one of the loaves. I tried making it in a specialty pan and it didn't come out smoothly. I was left with a pile of bread pieces.I decided to make bread pudding with my mess. So here's the recipe born by accident that turned out deliciously!Ingredients:1 loaf white chocolate orange bread6 eggs2 3/4 cup

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Last weekend I was at my annual Girls Weekend getaway with dear friends from college. We've been doing this ever since graduating 7 years ago and it's something we all look forward to every year.This year was hosted by one of the girls in Houston and she creatively themed it "I've Never". {Every year we have a theme. We're super cheesy like that. We even have a name for ourselves, the Cupcakes. I

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We find out next week whether baby #3 is a boy or girl. With both of our boys, we just found out during the ultrasound. But we've had a few friends do something fun to find out the gender and we thought maybe we'd try that too this time. We're thinking of going out for dessert the night of the ultrasound and being surprised then. Friends of ours that did this got the ultrasound tech to write

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I've posted before about Whole Foods' delicious white chocolate orange bread. We love it and especially love using it to make french toast. But shortly after I wrote that post, I found out that Whole Foods doesn't carry it anymore. Sad!This bread is the next best thing. It's more like a brioche than a regular bread. Brioche is more cakey. But it's very similar to the Whole Foods version.On to the

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Here's our letter T lesson from learning time last year. Boo was just three when we did this.For the ten commandments activity, we read through one of Boo's bible story books about the ten commandments. Then, I wrote them out very simply on strips of paper labeling both the strips and the tablets with numbers.Boo had to match up the numbers on the strips with the numbers on the tablets and glue

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I have a growing stack of ramen noodle soup seasoning packets in my pantry. Seems I use the noodles in recipes {like this one} pretty often. But I hate to discard the seasoning and kept thinking I'd come up with a use for them. Well, I finally thought of one: rice. Duh!It makes regular rice have a hint of yummy flavor. I wouldn't say it's revolutionary or anything, but it's good.To make it, dump

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I've posted before about how I did learning time with Boo last year. We used the year to go through the alphabet and focused each week's {or two} lesson on a letter. The letter sort of dictated the activities, spanish words, bible verse, and crafts. At 3 1/2 years old, Boo is ready for something else. We still do a lot of phonics and are working towards reading but he's outgrown learning the

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In anticipation of kicking some killer first-half-of-pregnancy fatigue and to make up for my blog slacking lately, I'm gearing up to post every day for a month.I did NaBloPoMo {National Blog Posting Month} in November and it was a lot of fun. So to celebrate Spring and hitting the halfway point in my pregnancy I'll be posting every day in March. Yay!

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Have you heard of a Quiet Book? We have one that my auntie gave me when Jacob was born. We love it!Here's what it's like inside...Flowers to practice buttoning. A ladybug that unzips to reveal...mini ladybugs.Color matching velcro balloons. The apple tree is a favorite page of ours. The apples are great for counting practice. When the kids are very small we use them to practice sharing and

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Because of traveling, we missed the opportunity for our preschool group to do a Valentine's lesson or party the week leading up to V-Day. So to piggyback on the holiday, I focused my preschool lesson this week on love.Circle TimeWe started out our circle/rug time talking briefly about the kids' observations of the Valentine's holiday, how we show others' love, and who loves us. Then we did an

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The theme this week for Muffin Tin Monday {though it's never on a Monday in our house} was the color red. While I planned to do a little lesson with it: read about Moses parting the Red Sea and work on identifiying and sounding out the word r-e-d, that didn't happen...yet. Maybe when they wake up from naps. We were late getting back from the library so lunchtime was cut short in an effort to get

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The kids got a bowling set for Christmas. It's so much fun and made out of foam which makes The Good Doctor really happy. He worked tirelessly installing our hardwood floors himself and flinches anytime we {err, mostly me} drop anything on them.Unfortunately, the cardboard box the set came in didn't hold up very well and we had to toss it. After nearly a week of stray bowling pins in random

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Hello friends! Busy week. Sorry for the lack of posting and possibly making you hungry every time you click over here and see that gyro plate. Looking at it just now made me wish that's what we were having for dinner tonight! Leftovers instead.Anyways, I've mentioned before that we like to make handprint art placemats on different holidays. This week we worked on a Valentine's Day placemat. I've

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Since moving here, we've really missed the incredible restaurants we had back in Texas. {We didn't eat out much but when we did we had the most wonderful places to choose from. I won't even go into the poor excuse for Mexican restaurants here. My, we miss our TexMex.} One such place that I have craved many times since relocating is Niko Nikos. Good heavens are their gyros the best! Made fresh

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Finally, I got my act together and listed some of my kid aprons at my new Etsy shop. I still have a few more to add, but it's a start at least. Check it out.

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This week's muffin tin theme was Dr. Seuss. I asked Boo which was his favorite Dr. Seuss books and he said, Yertle the Turtle. So I made his muffin tin with that in mind.From bottom left: Mack {the turtle on the bottom of the stack} on a pile of mac and cheese, more mac and cheese, the turtle stack {blueberries} in a pond of blue yogurt; wheat bread crowns smeared with icing and decorated with

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This is another of those books we just saw and grabbed at the library recently. And when we got home and read it we were delighted to discover what was inside. Like People is about the animal kingdom and ways that animals are like us: how they take care of each other, the different roles of the mommies and daddies, how they eat, play and learn. It's basic enough for a three year old to understand

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My first giveaway here at the Domestic Notebook was so much fun. Thanks to all who commented. We'll have to do something like this again soon!Now for the winner.Comment 23 was randomly chosen as the winner.Teri H.Congrats, Teri! I hope you enjoy your new waffle maker.

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Click here to enter the Domestic Notebook's giveaway for a chance to have the Black and Decker Waffle Iron and Grill sent to your mailbox.

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With the new year, we've finally found our way back into our regular routine. It's amazing how the holidays, traveling and having visitors can really bump you out of your everyday habits. While the change is fun, it's nice to get back to the "usual things" we fill our days with. One such thing is Muffin Tin Mondays. While we've rarely done them on Monday, we enjoy the special lunch sometime

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I'm excited to announce I'll be hosting my first giveaway here on The Domestic Notebook this Thursday. Be sure to check back and enter. Boy do I have a treat for the winner's mailbox! Get excited for this upcoming giveaway!

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This cake is SO good. Everyone that's tried has loved it.I don't have an Aunt Debbie. This is from my best friend's Aunt Debbie. Although really she's a dear family friend, not an actual relative. But don't tell either of them that.I was first introduced to it at our annual Girls' Weekend last year in Phoenix. {Every year since graduating, I get together with 12 of my college girlfriends for a

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I haven't shared my thoughts about the disaster in Haiti here. First of all because I keep things mostly light-hearted here but secondly because I was out of town {read: out of touch} when it happened and it took me nearly a week to catch up on what was happening in the world. The disaster and continued suffering there has moved me to tears many times in the last week. We are praying for the

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I've come across some more great posts in Bloggyland so I figured it was time for another Takin' Notes roundup.Photo: Nesting PlaceFirst off, from The Nester, are genius tips for organizing your home in a way that minimizes nagging your kiddos and frees them up to be more responsible for themselves. I love it!Photo: Homemade by Jill Check out Jill's tutorial for this amazing cozy car caddy.

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Thanks for all of the great comments and ideas on my last post. Dealing with fussy kiddos in the late afternoon is somehow a little more tolerable when you know you're not alone!I've had a busy last week. I traveled to Indiana early last week to spend some relaxing time {kid-free thanks to The Good Doctor that gave up some vaca time to play Daddy on Duty} with a couple girlfriends. It was such a

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You know how babies have a fussy time in the late afternoon, right around dinner time? The Good Doctor and I have always referred to it as their "cocktail hour". A friend of mine's mom calls that time of day "The Valley of the Shadow of Death". Ha!I remember with Boo that I fully expected that difficult time of day to disappear as he grew. Aww, new mother naivety. Unfortunately, that never

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Shepherd's pie is one of my favorite comfort foods to make. That, and chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes, fettuccine alfredo, and pot roast. I really like comfort food. I blame it on being raised in Texas. Texans are all about comfort foods.I especially crave this stuff when I'm pregnant. My first trimester is always the worst, though I really try not to give in to the desire {too much!} to

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...we'll be welcoming a new addition to our family. We're really excited and are praising God for baby number three.Forgive me if I haven't been posting as frequently. I've been flat out exhausted from this whole baby growing business. {I'll admit that my laundry pile is suffering more than this blog is. Better get on that!} I'm turning the corner to the second trimester and anticipate

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Boo got a Melissa & Doug map puzzle of the United States for Christmas and we LOVE that thing. He loves maps so he already knew several states to begin with. But boy has it amazed me how quickly he's added to his knowledge with this puzzle. It's fabulous.I love games and toys that are as much fun as educational. And I really love the Melissa & Doug floor puzzles. We also have the fire truck and

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I taught our preschool this morning and we focused on learning about the color wheel and how mixing colors create new colors.Here are some of the activities I incorporated.I introduced the color wheel from a poster board I drew and told the kids about primary and secondary colors.I didn't explain which colors were the complements as I thought it might be information overload for our 3 year

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We love garlic bread and while we've definitely been known to grab a bag of the frozen stuff when we're short on time, it's the homemade kind that we love so much.All you need is a loaf of french bread, a stick of butter, a couple cloves of garlic and some fresh parsley.Let the butter soften or just pop it in the microwave a bit. Crush the garlic and mix it into the butter.Chop some fresh parsley

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The New Year is a time of evaluating the past and focusing on the future. I'm not big on making New Year's resolutions but do appreciate the time of reflection and recommitment to certain goals or priorities. It's in that spirit that I started thinking about some of our family routines from the last year: some treasured and steadfast, some forgotten. One of those rather forgotten routines is our

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I started this blog in April as an outlet for my domestic endeavors. It has been so much fun and I love dreaming up new posts and sharing part of my life with you. My favorite part has been "meeting" so many wonderful people through the blogging world. Thanks for stopping by my site, leaving comments, and sending emails. I've learned so much from you and really enjoy hearing all of your ideas

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I mentioned recently that we started a new Christmas tradition last year of building gingerbread houses {with graham crackers} and having friends and family vote on their favorite. We gather 'round the dining room table with a huge pile of different candies and edible decor, bags of icing and stacks of graham crackers. Then, everyone begins working on their masterpieces...and the boys begin their

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Well, the month of awaiting and celebrating Christ's birthday has concluded. What a sweet time it was.I've enjoyed hearing from you about what things you did to celebrate the Advent season, whether with a Jesse Tree or otherwise. And what a blessing to hear how your children have responded too. This picture of the Jesse Tree from Worms Cathedral in Germany was sent to me by a friend and reader.

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Sorry for the lack of posting lately. I have been flat out exhausted and though I have several posts in the works, I just can't seem to finish them up and publish them already. So coming up soon: white chocolate orange brioche (I figured out a copycat to Whole Food's version), Christmas crafts from our preschool co-op lesson today, bread pudding, and a couple sewing tutorials.Until then, let's

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This week we decided to make some gingerbread cookies. We're handing them out to some of our neighbors as we distribute our Christmas cards. I've never made gingerbread before - it's not my favorite cookie. But based on how quickly the cookies disappeared after we baked them, I'd say they turned out pretty well. My boys {including Daddy} were hovering around the cooling cookies all afternoon. We

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We let Boo use my hole punch a while ago and noticed how much he enjoyed it. The Good Doctor suggested I have him pretend he's a train conductor and punch train tickets. So last week when it was FREEZING cold here, I set it all up. We have a Thomas the Train pop-up tent that we got on Craig's List a while ago. I grabbed some paper out of our recycle and cut out a few tickets. I also cut out some

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We had a little get-together tonight to celebrate Christmas with our preschool friends. It was fun celebrating together with our entire families. One of the girls put together a DVD slideshow with pictures of the kids at preschool over the last year. It was really fun to look back on how much they've changed and remembering the different activities we've done. The kids got a kick out of seeing

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How is the Jesse Tree going for those of you doing it? We're really enjoying it. I love how much Boo looks forward to it everyday and I love the visible reminders to us of God's love for us in sending his son.I ended up not finishing a few ornaments and plan to work on them in the New Year. I figured it wasn't worth scrambling to make thrown-together ornaments. So for the devotion on Abraham

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That's where I've been the last few days. I've been sewing a bunch of children's cooking and art aprons for a little market we had at MOPS today. It was a lot of fun but I have quite a bit left over. In the next few days I'll be setting up an Etsy store to sell my surplus. Stay tuned if you're looking for some last-minute gift or stocking stuffer ideas. I'll resume regular posting now that I'm

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A while ago I ripped out a chocolate pudding recipe from my Better Homes & Gardens magazine. I tried it recently and it was really good, so I thought I'd share. I like having recipes like this one that uses ingredients I always have on hand. All this one takes is a few hours of forethought, but no extra trip to the store. Plus, it's delicious! The recipe is at bhg.com.

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Today's handmade gift is another inexpensive and quick favorite: personalized bag tags for luggage, diaper bags, or any ol' bag you want to hang a pretty tag on.What you'll need:Patterned scrapbook paperSolid colored paperInk padEyelet kitHole PunchEyeletsGrosgrain ribbonOn the solid paper, print out your label, whether it's a name, address, phone number, whatever.I like to use fun fonts like the

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Here is our Jesse Tree all decorated for our month of Advent. Last year it looked like this...Big change!For our tree we use an artificial tree we bought when we first got married. We put all of our family ornaments on a bigger tree in another room. Here is our other tree in case you were curious.It's a big pre-lit artificial that I got for free on Craig's List two summers ago. Can you believe it

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I'm cutting it down to the wire, but here's another ornament for our Jesse Tree. It corresponds with Day 23's devotional about the angel appearing to the shepherds to proclaim Christ's birth. I found the sheep at Cost Plus World Market. For the shepherd's hook, I got a small wooden letter "j" from JoAnn's. We cut off the end a bit, drilled a hole in it and I painted it black. To see all Jesse

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Several people have asked me recently about a recommendation for a children's advent book. Honestly, I don't have one that I'd say is the end all be all. For our Jesse tree we use several books together including two children's bibles we have. There is one book that we love for the kids during Advent but it's not a book of devotionals. Instead, it links Christmas traditions to the season of

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I'm still wrapping up a few ornaments for our Jesse Tree but since it's quickly approaching I figured I'd literally wrap up the ones I've finished.After talking with a friend that's doing her Jesse Tree, I decided I liked the idea of the kids opening up the ornament each day as a sort of gift from God to them. Each story we study reminds us of God's love for us - it's the perfect way to tie in

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I'm hoping to complete all of my ornaments for our Jesse Tree in the next day or so. I have a few that are causing me grief but hopefully I can finish them in time. If not, I may have to make a couple notecards like we used last year.Here is another one I made a while ago and haven't shared yet. It's Moses' staff representing God's leadership. It's just a small stick we found in the backyard,

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Blurb.com extended their sale on photo books until the 1st. Thought I'd pass it on for those of you working hard to finish them for Christmas.

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How did you spend the day? Braving the crazy crowds to shop or gobbling up more Thanksgiving stuffing?

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Praise God for all the things we have in our lives to be thankful for. Enjoy this special day of giving thanks.

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