Words of Wisdom Wednesday: January 5, 2011

Welcome to Words of Wisdom Wednesday. I hope to have posts up every week in this new year.  If you are new to Words of Wisdom Wednesday, welcome.  In Words of Wisdom Wednesday I post the answer to the question I posed to the girls this week.  I just want to get them thinking and I am intrigued by the way their minds work.  I invite you to ask the same question to your children and post their answer on your blog.  At the end of the post there will be a linky for you to join up with which will be open all week.  I just ask that you link back here in your post so others can hear about Words of Wisdom Wednesday.  In fact, if you would like to grab my button it is over on my sidebar.

This week I asked the girls:

What do you think happens to the garbage after we throw it away?


Tabitha said, "Ummm...We ...they throw it out of our trunk when it so stinks."
Of course I wanted some more details, so I asked, "And then what?"
She answered, "It gets away.  If it's garbage we need to throw it out, it gets away.  We have to throw it out after we're done with it."
Then, as I was getting ready to ask Amelia, Tabitha insisted she needed to say more.
She said, "It's so fun"

Here is what Amelia said.
"Ummm, throw things out."
Yes, I asked for more details.
She said, "We throw diapers out in the garbage....It stinks in the van....We wait in line to throw out the garbage, we stop" (we had to wait in line a lot longer than usual today at the transfer station. "Then go back home.
I asked, "We take the garbage with us? Where does it go?"
Amelia answered, "It goes to kids."

I had to go in a re-ask the last question to Tabitha.  At first she answered the same as her sister.  (Which is why I don't ask them together in the first place.)  Then she said, "To the garbage station."

Celebrating 250+ followers!!

I am so excited!! I have bypassed the 250 followers mark on my blog.  In order to celebrate I am going to be hosting my first giveaway soon.  So, stay tuned for details. 

I want to say thank you to all my faithful followers, readers and everyone who leaves such encouraging comments.  It means so much to me that there are people who are getting something out of my blog.

Blessings!

Terrific Tuesday's Giveaway Link Up- January 4th, 2011

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Welcome to the 3nd week of listing your giveaways. Hosted by Purple Froggie Clay Stuff, Always Around Boys and Tots and Me

We love making new friends so here are the simple rules:

 If you decide to Follow all 3 hostesses We always follow you back

 Link up as many giveaways as you have using only the giveaway URL. NOT the URL to your main blog.

 Be sure to include your giveaway END date

 Have fun, visit other blogs, maybe even follow them too

Thank you for joining us!

Tiny Talk Tuesday: January 4, 2011

It's time once again to share the cute comments made by the girls.  

I have been braiding Amelia's hair like Tabitha's a lot more lately to keep it from tangling up so much, especially at night.   The other day she was flipping her braids and she said, "My braids woke up."

Tabitha was bending her head backwards, stretching her neck the other night and she said, "My neck is stretching.  That means my voice is getting lost."

Today as we "undecorated" (okay, that one is my word) the girls wanted to help put some things away.  Amelia was jumping up and down, then she said, "Yay! It's not Christmas anymore!"  

Amelia has just started going potty within the last week, actually Dec 30th.  She is doing a great job, but we still put her in diapers at nap time and bed time.  The other day, as we were getting her dressed, she took off her diaper and said, "I maded a big wet."

Today, in our muffin tin, the girls had some Yogos for dots. Then I gave them some to share out after dinner (they make a great sorting exercise and then they had to share them out by color).  Tabitha was eating them and suddenly said, "These are like balls because they are spheres."

I told her I was surprised and proud of her for remembering the word sphere.  I wanted to make sure what she said so I could write it down and I asked her if she said she loved them because they balls that were like spheres.  She told me, "I love them because they are good."

Head on over to Not Before 7 to read other cute, insightful comments.

Muffin Tin Monday: Dd: Dinosaurs

This weeks theme was Food Picks, Skewers and Kebobs.  As I do not have anything that I can use I decided to create a muffin tin using our new letter of the week: D

They had

Dinosaur chicken nuggets (our store has these)

Dip

Dill Pickle

Dinosaur eggs (grapes) in a Date nest

Donut

Dino gummies and Dots

And dino shaped cheese atop dino shaped bread

Using the dates as a nest was last minute-out of room for every thing I want to fit idea.  I think it worked well though.

Little dinosaur gummies and dots (they were Yogos)

The girls thought the nuggets were cute, I agree.

Amelia eating her cheese dino first, very typical.

Tabitha asking what the dots were.

Yes we talked about how each thing started with D and what food group each was in (oh yeah, milk is Dairy).

Join us in a Bible Study Challenge-Blogging to Bible Study

I am going to be participating in a Bible Study over at Jessica's Lil Corner.  I will actually be posting about this challenge over at my other blog, Turn My Life Around.  Here is some information about it:

Each week on Monday by 12Noon EST there will be a Bible Study Challenge posted up for all who are interested to study the same scriptures, lessons, etc. You will have one week each week (from Monday to the following Sunday) to study whatever is posted up on the challenge, so you busy people out there have a bit of time during the week to sit and really dive in and study at your convenience. Once you feel like you have did your part for the weekly challenge head over to your blog and post up in regards to that weeks study material (we may have questions or we may just simply ask your thoughts) then head back over to Welcome to Our Wonderland orJessica's Lil Corner and post your link in the linky area letting others know you are participating. 


So...basically to keep things simple:

1. Head over to Welcome to Our Wonderland or Jessica's Lil Cornersometime during the week (beginning January 3rd) and get that Bible Study challenge for the week.

2. Study then post your thoughts, questions, etc. on your blog (be sure to include the button for the Bible Study challenge inviting others).

3. Head back over to Welcome to Our Wonderland or Jessica's Lil Cornerand post your link in the linky EACH week you participate to let others know you are participating in that weeks challenge.

4. Visit whatever blogs you choose that are participating and post nice and respectful comments to the posts that interest you. And...if you are interested support your blogging Bible Buddies with a follow!

5. Come back the next week for a new challenge!

I didn't realize until last week that they were also going to have a family edition.  If you are interested in participating head on over to Butterfly Wishes and Wonderland Dreams.  This week we are starting out with Creation.  I plan on using these ideas for our Bible time.

Monday Blog Hop: January 3, 2011