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Gingerbread Creatures
Bored with the usual Gingerbread Man design? Check out these unique Gingerbread designs: Gingerbread Skeleton Girly Gingerbread Gingerbread Sock Monkey Gingerbread Ninja Gingerbread in Pink Gingerbread Puff Inspired? Recipe for Gingerbread Cookies Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup sugar 3 1/4 cup all purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon…
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Sugar Skulls
My daughter was born on November 1, and now at kindergarten age she has become very interested in the festival held on her birthday. El Dia de los Muertos is a 3-day Mexican fiesta to honor the dead. To celebrate, one must prepare an altar, or ofrenda, an offering to one’s dead loved ones. An…
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Amigurumi Girls
Amigurumi Girl gets a little sister! Sunday morning my daughter and I were going through my leftover yarn collection. I have a bag of one-skein yarns that I reserve for very small projects, such as amigurumi toys. We found a skein of the Classic Elite Flash in marled pink that reminds me of peppermint candy.…
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Lemon Garlic Tea
Well, actually this recipe is listed as Garlic Lemonade in Aviva Jill Romm’s book, Vaccinations: A Thoughtful Parent’s Guide: How to Make Safe, Sensible Decisions about the Risks, Benefits, and Alternatives. Among recipes for boosting immunity, this one excited me most because my daughter and I can incorporate it into one of our favorite playtime…
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Doing Nothing When My Child is Sick
There is nothing worse for a parent than having a sick child. There is no sleeping when the germs are having their way with our kids. And as a reward for our care, we parents get a dose of the same sickness after our kids are through with it. Can someone please remind me why…
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Preschool Pen Pals
My 5-year-old daughter has a pen pal. Iris and Malaya met one summer in Maine when they were both three. They hit it off instantly! We had play dates all summer and rainy days spent indoors. When we headed home to California, the girls hugged each other and promised to stay friends. It began with…
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Bony Treats
Pair up these Skeleton Cupcakes with Bone Pretzels for a Halloween afternoon treat! Start with an easy cupcake recipe. Spread homemade chocolate frosting then top with marshmallow skull and white frosting body. A little bit of that homemade chocolate frosting on a chopstick can be used to draw a face on the marshmallow skull. Pretzels…
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Amigurumi Girl and Alien
She may have button eyes, but she’s a doll! She instantly became my daughter’s favorite. I made her in Maine on a rainy day last summer. She tagged along our cross country trip from Maine to California, and now lives happily with the Alien in my daughter’s bedroom. I made the Girl with Classic Elite…
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Pink Shrug
I knitted this pink shrug from the pattern “Molly” in the book, “Junior Knits” by Debbie Bliss. I used Debbie Bliss cashmerino aran. It’s still a wee bit big on my daughter, but she’ll grow into it soon.
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Amigurumi Bunnies
It’s been over 20 years since I crocheted anything. I learned how to make doilies and toilet paper cozies back in high school, but I hadn’t picked up a crochet needle since. Then I saw these adorable Amigurumi creatures. I wanted to make some too. Here are my first two tries. They look a bit…