Wordless Wednesday: February 8, 2012 (w/linky): My Artistic Daughter

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Tuesday Blog Hopping February 7, 2012

Happy Tuesday.  If you would like to do some blog hopping today head on over to my "Blog Hops" page to see the Tuesday Blog Hops I have found.  

If you are visiting from a blog hop, welcome! I am glad you are here. Take a look around. I'd love it if you would follow me via GFC and subscribe to my emails. I also have a Facebook page and a Twitter you can follow.  And following along with the changes coming you can also follow my Google+ page. And if you don't mind, I would love for you to vote for me on Picket Fence Blogs. If you let me know you voted, I will return the favor.

And on Friday night I invite you back to link up to my new Lovin' the Weekend blog hops (you can also link up giveaways).

Speaking of giveaways, have you entered my giveaway for a set of Signature Collection Goosie Cards Personalized Flashcards yet? There are so many educational possibilities with these cards.

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Tuesday's Giveaway Link Up- February 7, 2012

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Welcome to Tuesday's Giveaway Link Up with your hosts Aimee @ Classified: Mom & Karen @ Tots and Me & Alicia @ McCrenshaw's Newest Thoughts!

This link up will be posted Monday at 7 PM est. and run all week long! Make sure you stop in as often as you can to list your latest giveaways.

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1. Post your reviews and/or giveaways, as many as you have, be sure to add the end date (family friendly please)



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3. Take a moment to enter any giveaway that strikes an interest to you!



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Thank you for linking up with  Aimee @ Classified: Mom & Karen @ Tots and Me & Alicia @  McCrenshaw's Newest Thoughts!

Muffin Tin Monday: Valentine's Love

This week we are going to be focusing on Valentine's Day projects, so I figured it was a great time to have a Heart/Love muffin tin.

Double heart melty cheese sandwich with Love written on it with ketchup

Cherry tomatoes (cut in quarters for Hannah)

Peanut butter and jelly heart quesadillas formed into a butterfly

(sprayed with cooking spray, sprinkled with red sugar crystals and baked in a 400 degree oven for 4-5 minutes)

Yes, that is a Twizzler being used as the butterflies body.

Strawberry yogurt

Little Debbie Heart cake

I love that the Cherry tomatoes almost resemble hearts when they are cut in half.

Which is how the older girls were served theirs:

Oh, and did I mention there was something hidden under the butterfly.

We needed a fruit after all and the girls love grapes.

Unfortunately Hannah became sick right as I was serving up the food and let's just say some of her food was inedible. I tried letting her eat something, but she was only interested in the grapes. Poor thing.

Monday Blog Hopping: February 6, 2012

It's the start of another week. If you would like to do some blog hopping today head on over to my "Blog Hops" page to see the Monday Blog Hops I have found.

If you are visiting from a blog hop, welcome! I am glad you are here. Take a look around. I'd love it if you would follow me via GFC and subscribe to my emails. I also have a Facebook page and a Twitter you can follow.  And because of all the changes I also have a Google+ page also that  I would love for you to follow.

And on Friday night I invite you back to link up to my new Lovin' the Weekend blog hops (you can also link up giveaways).


Speaking of giveaways, have you entered my giveaway for a Goosie Cards Personalized Flashcards yet? There are so many educational possibilities with these cards.

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Goal Planning Monday: Week 1

Goal Planning Monday at Mama Manuscripts

I have spent the last couple of months with no motivation, no energy, no accomplishments, and I fear we are all hurting from it. I need to get back into some semblance of routine for all of our sakes. So, what should I find while I was playing around on the computer in the wee hours of the morning, but Goal Planning Monday. Perfect timing, God's leading, a push in the right direction. So here it goes. What are my goals for this week?

Blogging:

• Write up my Montessori Course giveaway
• Write up my Rock 'N Learn Review and giveaway
• Review Masking Maniac
• Blog Hop at least 3 days
• Comment on Wordless Wednesday posts
• Prepare and schedule at least four of my Baby Shower Celebration Sponsor Write ups

Household:

• Organize the laundry room
• Organize the play room
• Keep up with vacuuming daily

Homeschool:

• Get some Valentine's Day books out of the library
• Make Valentine's mailboxes
• Do at least two other Valentine's Day crafts for decorating
• Get sensory bin ready
• Let children get on Speekee TV site at least 3 times this week and do "lesson"
• Workbooks at naptime at least 3 times this week

Spiritual:

• Work on Bible verses with children
• Start reading my Bible again each morning
• Read a couple of chapters of Crazy Love

Super Bowl Sunday Muffin Tin Dinner

So how do we celebrate the Super Bowl? Why, by having a Super Bowl Muffin Tin Dinner of course.

I prepared a couple of plates of food and a muffin tin of veggies and dip

Our veggie tin with Ranch Dip, Cream Cheese/Salsa dip and Guacamole 

Mushrooms, Olives, Red Peppers, Green Peppers, Cucumbers and Broccoli

Plus some cheese strips and Corn Chips.

And can't forget the bread footballs with Go Giants written on them.

Then I made some Deviled Egg Footballs, this was something I pinned from Lillian McKay Designs. 

We also had "Pigs in a Blanket" which I found at the Pillsbury site and some football shaped sandwiches (also found at Lillian McKay Designs.)

The girls then got to put together their own tins. 

Amelia tried to take all the cucumbers. I explained that would probably be greedy.

So this is what she ended up with:

Tabitha is not very adventurous, so no dip for her.

And Hannah got a bit of everything, though she didn't eat it all.

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