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Year: 2011

February 6, 2011
Heather L
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Handmade Heart Shelf

Posted in Homemaking, and Photography

Project 365 – #036 Today, we stopped by Home Depot to pick up their free wood project for kids.  This month, they had a heart shelf for Valentine’s Day.  While they normally have the kids and parents do the project at the store, you can get the project and take it home.  This is what we normally do as it allows us to do things on our own time and in our own way. The free monthly project is just unfinished wood, so the child and parent can decide how they want to finish it.  I personally think it’s a…

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February 4, 2011
Heather L
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3 in 30: February Goals – Week 1

Posted in Christian Life, Family, Fitness, Homemaking, and Photography

Project 365 – #035 Since February is the month of love due to Valentine’s Day, my goals this month will be focusing on love. Since February is known as the month of love due to Valentine’s Day, I decided that my goals this month will be focused on the theme of love. As the month of January came to an end, I knew that I wanted to continue on with focusing on goals for my mental health, physical health, and my spiritual health.  These goals would revolve around my relationship with Christ, my relationship with my family, and my relationship…

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February 4, 2011
Heather L
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Review: Toggle Bandz

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Toggle Bandz are one of those really cool products where you say to yourself, “why didn’t I think of that?”  Stay-at-home mom and military wife  Amanda Duke created Toggle Bandz out of necessity when she couldn’t get regular headbands to stay in her daughter’s fine hair.  (Gotta love it one someone sees a problem and does something about it!) I liked the idea of an adjustable, soft headband as Munchkin seems to always have problems with regular headbands.  Here is where I need to apologize to Amanda as this review should have been posted a few weeks ago – shortly…

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February 3, 2011
Heather L
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Baking Day: Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes

Posted in Gluten Free, and Homemaking

When Munchkin is working on a recipe, I always encourage her to set out all of the ingredients that she will need prior to starting her baking/cooking.  This helps her read the instructions and allows her to check to make sure that she has everything that she needs prior to starting the whole process. Wednesday, she tackled making gluten free chocolate cupcakes from scratch.  She also make the homemade buttercream frosting from scratch.  She’s been getting much better at understanding and following the directions.  I’m really pleased with how the cupcakes turned out.  Yum! Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe Ingredients:…

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February 3, 2011
Heather L
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Cupcakes, Cupcakes Everywhere

Posted in Family, and Photography

Cupcakes here ~ Cupcakes there Project 365 – #034 Yesterday, we had a good bit of fun making and decorating cupcakes.  After we finished making the cupcakes, Munchkin headed next door to see if her friend was available to play.  They were going to play outside, but the temperatures have dropped here.  (Nothing like many parts of the country are dealing with right now, but quite chilly for us.)  I told them that they could play upstairs instead. Soon, I heard lots of giggling going on as they set up a very elaborate American Girl play scene.  It took them…

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