May 9th, 2013 by
Brittanie
April 30th, the last day Cora was alive. As much as I have come to terms with some things, it’s still hard. I STILL have the “if only I’d done this,” and “I should have done that,” thoughts that pop into my head, forever haunting me.
In the end, no matter what, she’s not here. She’s not here. And that hurts more than anything I could ever express.
I’m supposed to be planning a birthday party. Instead I’ll make cupcakes and release butterflies. As much as I love that tradition, it’s just not the same.
*sigh*
May 8th, 2013 by
Smacksy
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“See this character, Mom? This is Chi Eekway Papanoida. She’s a senator from Pantora, the moon of Orto Poltunia. She wears a cloak covered in Wroonian healing stones. She was an advisor to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine during the Clone Wars. Did you get that?”
May 7th, 2013 by
ommilay
10 simple life hacks for saving money on hand soap, cleaning using fabric refresher, new uses for aluminum foil, and basically making your life just a little bit easier and simpler. Passing it on and hoping it makes life better!
May 7th, 2013 by
Vicky
I am thrilled to bring you some fun Learn Through Movement activities with my friends Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas and Train Up a Child. We are sharing all kinds of activities that will help kids learn while moving and having fun. Monday, we all shared some math activities. I shared our Math Number Hunt which got the kids outside where they practiced counting and numerical order. Today’s Learn Through Movement activity focuses on Reading and includes free printables.
I decided it would be fun for the kids to go on an I Spy Neighborhood Walk. I created some free printables which you can download here. On the printables, I included sights that kids might see on a stroll around the neighborhood, and a place for them to record their post walk thoughts. There are pictures and words to help emergent readers make the connection between words and print. My 3 year old is not reading yet so the pictures were a big help to her. My 4 year old twins are readers so they used the words more than the pictures as they walked along.
I got some cheap clipboards at the Dollar Store and used them for this activity. Simply tie a pencil to a clipboard and the checklist can be completed on the walk. Before we left we talked about what a neighborhood was and what sorts of things we might see. The kids had lots of great ideas for things I hadn’t even thought to put on my list. I then gave them their clipboards and asked them to read me the names of the things they would be looking for. Read the rest of this entry »
May 6th, 2013 by
JM Guest Blogger
Breastfeeding moms rock! That’s why we’ve chosen breastfeeding memes as our very first round of memes for Mommy Meme Monday. Check out our list of the ten most hilarious breastfeeding memes.
If we could get into the minds of our little ones…
http://www.parentsociety.com/new-baby-experience/20-hilarious-babies-give-you-a-piece-of-their-minds/5/
Wonder where he’ll go for dinner and dessert…
http://i.iscute.com/6jw
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May 3rd, 2013 by
Brittanie
So, I have become pregnant again. It wasn’t planned, but I’m excited…most of the time. When I’m not terrified.
I have such a hard time talking about pregnancy with people. I’ll only be 6 weeks on Monday, but since I get so very sick, I don’t even try to keep it a secret. And of course, pregnancy means people want to talk about babies.
They don’t understand what torture that is for me.
They don’t understand that every plan of after birth is prefaced by a “Hopefully.”
Hopefully, when the baby gets here….
I’ll be nursing this baby. Hopefully.
Erin’s going to love helping with the baby. Hopefully. If all goes well. If my baby doesn’t die sometime between now and then.
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May 2nd, 2013 by
ommilay
I just finished making baby numero dos. Wonderful to have two children, but, as everyone who has had children can attest to, it is also wonderfully expensive. I tried to prepare financially for both births, but had a difficult time finding reliable information online- all I could really find was general, “Your labor and delivery could cost over $10,000,”.
Well, ok.
But how much to the hospital?
How much to the doctor?
How much for my epidural?
How much will insurance REALLY pay? Read the rest of this entry »
May 1st, 2013 by
Smacksy
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“Mom, I made this picture at school.”
“Very cool. Tell me about it.”
“It’s me and Desmond and Felix and we’re at Imagination World and everything’s chocolate, like chocolate balloons are there and a chocolate car and the sky is chocolate and we’re standing on chocolate mountains.”
“Where is Imagination World?”
“It’s the world inside my head, inside my imagination.”
“I want to go there.”
April 30th, 2013 by
Vicky
We are big fans of tissue paper in our house and we have used it for many art projects. Recently, we combined it with coffee filters to make some Spring coffee filter flowers. You will love how the colors from the tissue paper transfer when wet to create these coffee filter flowers.
You will need:
- Torn tissue paper in various colors
- Coffee filter
- Green pipe cleaner
- Brush
- Water in a cup
- Paper plate
To make these coffee filter flowers, you will not be gluing the tissue paper to the coffee filters. This confused my daughters at first Read the rest of this entry »
April 29th, 2013 by
Vicky
If you are a regular reader of Mess For Less, then you know my love of crescent rolls. I have made a number of crescent roll recipes in the past, the most popular one being Apple Pie Crescents. Today I am sharing a recipe I made with the kids where we made the crescent roll dough into muffin cups. To see what we did, click on read more.
You will need:
- Crescent rolls
- Strawberry and blueberry pie filling (or add whatever fruit you enjoy)
- Sugar
- Flour
- Cinnamon
- Powdered sugar
- Butter
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