Martha Stewart is asking bloggers to leave a comment with a link to their blog on this post about how to create a blog. She’s going to sift through all the blogs and select a few to feature on her blog The Martha Blog. It’ll be interesting to see what types of blogs she’ll feature, […]
Archives for September 2008
Balancing ‘Mom’ and ‘Teacher’
Interesting topic this week for the Heart of the Matter Meme. I usually don’t differentiate between those two roles of teacher and mother. I think it’s because I view motherhood as a teaching, guiding, instructive role but instead of teaching academics I teach other life skills – cooking, budgeting, sewing, spiritual guidance, moral values, etc. […]
Special Dark – My little man
Do all little boys steal your hearts? After six girls it’s hard to know whether we are just really biased about him or if he’s just a typical sweet/mean/silly/energetic boy. The lighting is terrible in these photos but I love them because of the candid moment they capture. Semisweet grabbed the camera Wednesday evening as […]
Wordfull Wednesday: This is Me
Ask me to speak of my husband and all his good qualities and I’ll talk your ear off making you very jealous in the process. Ask me to praise my children and all that they are becoming and you’ll soon realize how beautiful, talented, and smart they each are. Ask me to tell you about […]
A Rare Sight
Taken on September 11, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved
Bloggy Friends Turned Real Life Friends
Mrs. O, The Lazy Reader, Sonja, ME, Marmee, Cellista During our trip to Utah I was able to meet with several wonderful bloggy friends. We met at a park so the kids could play while we visited. We laughed, talked, and laughed some more. It was great getting to meet these women in real life. […]
Shannon and Dean Hale
Shannon and Dean Hale, authors of Rapunzel’s Revenge What a delightful treat it was to meet Shannon Hale, author of Newberry Honor book Princess Academy, and her husband Dean! After their TV interview the day before with Al Roker on the Today show (go see it to get an idea of how they were at […]
Helaman and the Stripling Warriors FHE
I just got back from a quick trip to Utah late last night so instead of killing myself trying to get a new FHE file changed over to pdf I’m going to send you over to Hatch Patch Creations to download their free sample family home evening packet of Helaman and the Stripling Warriors (scroll […]
Rapunzel’s Revenge
Can you guess where I will be on Saturday? The kids and I are in Utah right now visiting my parents and eagerly awaiting the opportunity to meet Shannon Hale at my mom’s bookstore. If you are in the area stop by The Purple Cow Bookstore in Tooele on Saturday! © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my […]
Next Wordfull Wednesday Topic for Sept. 17
As I was trying to decide what topic to use for next week’s Wordfull Wednesday two things kind of came together at once. I was visiting my cousin’s blog reading all her posts about visiting Mexico with my grandparents. At the same time my daughters were in the other room listening to music when the […]
Art & Crafts Sites
School always seems more fun when there are art projects or crafts to go along with what we are studying. Here’s a list of sites that I like to peruse to find the “perfect” project. Crafty Crow – a collection of craft ideas from around the internet – mostly other blogs. You can search by […]
Nicknames
We are a family that uses nicknames a lot. Some seem to evolve and then morph into something else entirely different. Others have stuck seemingly for good.Bubba came about because Cookie started calling him that when he was just a couple of months old. When you ask him what his name is he will say […]
Do it NOW! FHE
I ran out of time this week to scan in the family home evening lesson I wanted to share. As I was looking through the files of our Family Home Evening Swap group I came upon this lesson that we did about a month ago. It was put together by Mindy Zeigler. The file had […]
Lemon Pudding Dessert
Mr. Ferrero Rocher has a fondness for citrus flavored desserts. This is one of his favorites. Lemon Pudding Dessert 1 cup cold butter 2 cups flour1 pkg. cream cheese, softened 1 cup powdered sugar 1 8oz. carton cool whip 3 cups cold milk 2 pkg. lemon pudding mix Cut butter into flour until crumbly. Press […]
County Fair and Schoolwork
This last weekend was extremely busy for our family. The months of practicing with, caring for, and learning all about chickens culminated with the 4H Poultry show at our county fair on Saturday. Preparations for the fair itself started on Thursday when all the chickens had to be washed and cleaned. (Thank goodness for a […]