Marine Corps Nomads

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Fisher-Price Recalls Licensed Character Toys Due To Lead Poisoning Hazard WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firms named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer, and other children’s toys Units: About 967,000 Importer: Fisher-Price Inc., of East Aurora, N.Y. Hazard: Surface paints on the toys could contain excessive levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects. Incidents/Injuries: None reported. Description: The recalled…

August 2, 2007

Heather L

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Thankful Thursday

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“The name of the Lord is like a strong tower. Godly people run to it and are safe.” Proverbs 18:10 I’m thankful for this beautiful verse that started out our school week. Munchkin is now keeping a verse journal. She’s writing down the verses that stick out as special for us as we go through our lessons. I’m thankful that I was able to pick up the Prairie Primer very inexpensively. It’s been wonderful to watch Munchkin light up and really look forward to the daily readings and lessons. I’m thankful for the caring spirit of my daughter. She’s been…

Wordless Wednesday

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August 1, 2007

Heather L

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Tackle It Tuesday

Posted in Family, Homemaking, and Homeschooling

Today’s tackle is a different sort of tackle for us. The tackle all stems from our studies today and some reading that Munchkin has been doing… Our first tackle was running to the grocery store to get the ingredients that she needed to make her new recipes from the Incredible Edible Gluten Free Food for Kids book that she’s reading. She wrote out a grocery list and figured out what all we needed to purchase and what we already had in the pantry/kitchen. At the grocery store, she had the list and pushed the cart through the store. Then she…

Change in Plans

Posted in Homeschooling, and Thoughts

We use the Weaver curriculum in our homeschooling and LOVE it, but we’re taking a little break from it for a little bit. We started the Prairie Primer this week. The Prairie Primer is a unit study based on the Little House series. Grandma was kind enough to give munchkin the complete Little House series, so we have them available. We were also able to find the Little House cookbook, so that should be a fun addition. So, today, we started our new adventure into Laura’s life. The most interesting thing that we learned today was that they used the…