In my quest for fun science books I found this one by the authors of one of our favorite read-aloud books for E, Doreen Cronin. She wrote “Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type.” “Diary of a Worm” (amazon affiliate link) by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Harry Bliss is the first in a series of … Continue reading »
Posted in May 2011 …
Tomatoes and Their Roots
The other day I was pruning our tomato plant and my mother in law suggested putting some of the trimmings in a glass with water to grow new roots. What a great chance to illustrate roots to E, I thought. Here are some pictures of how they have thrived. I know that you can sprout … Continue reading »
Baked Potato Salad Recipe
I am a bit of a potato salad fiend, I have been known in my vegetarian days to eat large quantities of deli potato salad so I have missed it for a while now. My mother in law took some leftover baked potatoes one day and whipped up a version using ingredients in our fridge … Continue reading »
Baked Potato Salad Photos
Berenstain Bear Books
I recently started getting some of the Berenstain Bears books from the library to see if E would be interested in them. I ran into a couple snags. One was that they were way more preachy than I remembered and the other was that they didn’t really capture E’s attention. In all fairness she … Continue reading »
Playing Together
The other day we were all together (my husband, myself, R, and E) and E ran off to play in R’s room. He started scooting down the hall after her, calling out in little yelps as if to say “I’m coming!” Distracted by the open bathroom door by his room he scooted in there, still … Continue reading »
Blueberry Millet Muffin Photos
Another one from The Allergen-Free Baker’s Handbook by Cybele Pascal (amazon affiliate link), I love these! The muffin pan I use is this one from Faberware (amazon affiliate link), it is has the normal size cups (lately a bunch of muffin pans have oversize cups that they don’t mention and then you run out of … Continue reading »
E’s Goodnight
Adding this to the list of things I don’t want to forget, my daughter’s way of saying goodnight to me. ____ Have it good day ah bed Loh you too Mebbe R Deep? Dee you inside mornie ____ Have a good day at bed (a variant of “have a good day at work,” also she … Continue reading »
Jim Gill Family Concert
On the 12th of May we got to see the singer of some of E’s favorite songs from story time, Jim Gill (amazon affiliate link to his CDs), at the Sahara Library. It was a long drive for us but totally worth it. Mr. Gill greeted us as we came in and was really engaging … Continue reading »
Maori Dancers
On May 11th, right after my mother’s day gift (which was great, I will write about it later!), we went to the Clark County library on Flamingo and saw Maori dancers from New Zealand (Wikipedia article). I love to take part in these free library events because they help teach the kids how to be … Continue reading »
