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Tuesday Tales – Taking Books to Travel

Posted on March 1, 2011 10:44 am by TheAngelForever

Books are a huge part of our life, even when we travel. Each time that we have gone on a trip that involves an airplane, I buy the boys some new books and things to keep them busy. Our upcoming trip is no different. Today, the books that we bought for the kids to pack and look at on our next Disney adventure arrived.

These are now tucked away to be a surprise for when we sit down on the airplane. If you have any other ideas for airplane or quiet time when on a vacation, I would love to hear them.

So what have you read recently? Please be sure to link up to your Book Posts, and/or leave a comment below. Include something you read on your own, with a child or someone else. Tuesday Tales are all about spreading the love for books.

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Sunny Day Blanket

Posted on February 28, 2011 7:33 am by TheAngelForever

It is no secret that I enjoy knitting. I like to sit down at night after a long day with my knitting needles and a project. For some reason, hearing the clickety-clack helps me to forget the stresses of the days. Of course, watching the yarn morph into something before my eyes is a very nice perk.

I had planned on starting a Log Cabin blanket. I had even talked about sketching it out and bought some yarn.

I have not actually started working on this. A few factors have delayed it. 1) The knitting needles I need are still finishing up a scarf. 2) The boys were jealous of a baby blanket I made for a gift. 3) Log Cabin will not be stress free and mindless at the start.

The other day there was an amazing yarn sale. Not only were the skeins of yarn on sale, but I could also use a 20% off coupon on top of this already reduced price. One night last week, I went out to the craft store alone. I found the color I wanted, but they did not have enough of it in the lot I needed. Rather than scrap the project, I looked at solid colors to pair up with it for making stripes. This is what I ended up buying.

I bought 11 skeins of each color since I can always return anything that has not been used. The boys were excited to see a project for the entire family. I allowed myself to start the project last week. Here is a preview of the large diagonal blanket.

If you knit or crochet, be sure to catch me on Ravelry:

Be sure to let me know what project you are working on right now. Always looking for more ideas to add to my list.

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You Can Catch Me There – February 27, 2011

Posted on February 27, 2011 5:07 pm by TheAngelForever

Another busy week has come and gone. I thought I would share other places that you can catch up with me.

Over on The Disney Driven Life, I wrote I Spy Disney Style. I talk about how you can use Disney within educational therapy like speech to motivate children. My other Education posts there can be found under NDM183 – that’s me!

I have also been working on more articles for the KidsFunPlaza magazine. You can check out the February one

Lots of things have been happening on the KidsFunPlaza blog in recent weeks. Below are some items to catch you up.

My posts from this week on KidsFunPlaza:

Recent posts from my KidsFunPlaza colleagues are:

Please stop by A Disney Driven Life and KidsFunPlaza to say hello to everyone else that writes there as well.

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Fun on a Snow Mountain

Posted on February 26, 2011 9:47 pm by TheAngelForever

Dear NHL and JSL,

This morning, Nana called to invite us over to play outside. Thanks to all of the snow that fell yesterday, they had a plow come to clear their driveway. The result was a monster snow mountain in their backyard. After lunch, we packed up our things and went over to Nana and Papa’s backyard. This picture shows just how tall it was compared to NHL.

The two of you had SO much fun romping, sledding, digging, and climbing in the snow.

Here are some shots of NHL:

And some of JSL:

The two of you, and Daddy, had an amazing time playing together and making wonderful memories. I know I will sleep well remembering your laughter tonight. Of course, I may be dreaming of laughter at Disney World in the warmth and not the snow.

Love,

Mommy

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Childhood Pets

Posted on February 25, 2011 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

We do not have any pets at our house. Thanks to severe cat and dog allergies, and a small house, we are pretty limited. Growing up, we had pet birds, some hamsters (Hammy and Fluffy had many hamster babies), and countless fish. At one point, we had eight feathered friends living in our house. We had the following members of our family:

4 cockatiels – Pretty Boy, Baby, Cinnamon and Wild Thing
2 Parakeets – Teddy and Ninja
2 cockatoos – Whiskers and Moose

Now, only one of the birds remains at my parents house. This is Whiskers watching the boys play the other day.

Over time she has gotten used to listening to them and will even chatter with the boys when she is in a good mood. Whiskers has been in our family for a long time. We got her when I was in middle school. She is a multi-generation pet to say the least.

My question for you today

What pets, if any, did you have as a child? Do you have any pets in your house now?

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Thanks to Kailani at An Island Life for starting this fun for Friday. Please be sure to head over to her blog to say hello and sign the linky there if you are participating.