20.2.13

GolfTheLinks.net - Golf Course Near Spokane WA, Post Falls WA, Coeur D' Alene ID, Spokane Valley WA

Junior Golfers are always welcome at The Links!

• Green Fees including weekends for ages 17 and under:

$ 12.00 for 9 Holes
$ 17.00 for 18 Holes

• Junior Golf Camps Available please call Michelle Grafos at (208) 777-7611 or email michelle_grafos@yahoo.com for more information.

• Individual lessons available as well with all Teaching Professionals at a discounted rate. Please call for pricing information.

GolfTheLinks.net - Golf Course Near Spokane WA, Post Falls WA, Coeur D' Alene ID, Spokane Valley WA

18.2.12

Tinman Too

A locally owned children’s bookstore located at 809 W Garland in Spokane, Washington, right across the street from the Milk Bottle and Ferguson’s. Designed to provide the creative experience in literature and art for children.

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They also have workshops and classes to give your child hands-on experience with art. These classes will be taught by local artists who have years of experience both as artists and teaching children.

Open from 10 am – 6 pm Monday through Saturday. For more information, please call (509) 325-3001 or e-mail tinmanartworks@yahoo.com.

Tinman Too

The Mommy and Me Meetup Group (Spokane, WA) - Meetup

Our group is a great place to share experiences, find advice, give support and make new friends. We have have a DAILY get together for the children and BI-WEEKLY moms night out. All moms are welcome!

 

The Mommy and Me Meetup Group (Spokane, WA) - Meetup

Mom And Munchkin Adventures! (Spokane, WA) - Meetup

Looking for a way to meet other moms in the area? We are a group of moms with at least one child not yet in Elementary school. We usually meet weekdays during mid-morning hours somewhere in Spokane Valley.

Please provide an actual phone number (not an email address) in the slot provided when applying. We also ask that you post a picture of yourself on your profile, that way we know who we are looking for at events!

Mom And Munchkin Adventures! (Spokane, WA) - Meetup

The North Idaho Moms Group (Coeur D Alene, ID) - Meetup

We are a group of local moms who meet to network, make friends and support each other. We have weekly events for moms, kids and families in Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Rathdrum and Hayden. Moms from other areas are also welcome!

If you are interested in joining the North Idaho Moms Group, please submit your request. For security reasons, you will be contacted by an organizer to schedule a phone interview and in-person meeting at one of our activities. Once you are approved as a new member, you will be granted access to the website.

The North Idaho Moms Group (Coeur D Alene, ID) - Meetup

17.2.12

100 Ways to be Kind to your Child

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I love this list! It is truly a wonderful way to connect with your child/ren.

Say:

1. I love you.
2. love you now matter what.
3. I love you even when you are angry at me.
4. I love you even when I am angry with you.
5. I love you when you are far way. My love for you can reach you wherever you are.
6. If I could pick any 4 year old (5 year old, 6 year old…) in the whole wide world, I’d pick you.
7. I love you to the moon and then around the stars and back again.
8. Thank you.
9. I enjoyed playing with you today.
10. My favorite part of the day was when I was with you and we were _______.

Tell them:

11. The story of their birth or adoption.
12. About how you cuddled them when they were a baby.
13. The story of how you chose their name.
14. A story about yourself when you were their age.
15. A story about how their grandparents met.
16. What your favorite color is.
17. That sometimes you struggle too.
18. That when you’re holding hands and you give three squeezes, it’s a secret code that means, “I love you”.
19. What the plan is.
20. What you’re doing right now.

Play:

21. Freeze Tag
22. Uno
23. Crazy 8s
24. Gin Rummy
25. Memory
26. Go Fish
27. I Spy- especially when you’re tired of driving and feel snappish
28. Catch

Pretend:
29. To catch their kiss and put it on your cheek.
30. That their tickle tank is empty and you have to fill it.
31. That their high five is so powerful it nearly knocks you over.
32. That you are super ticklish.
33. That you are explorers in the amazing new world of your backyard.
34. That it’s party day! Decorate for no reason!

Try:
35. To get enough sleep.
36. To drink enough water.
37. To eat decent food.
38. Wearing earrings, or whatever makes you feel pretty.
39. Calling a friend the next time you feel like you are about to lose it with the kids.
40. Giving a gentle touch to show approval, rather than saying something.
41. Dancing in the kitchen.
42. To get your kids to bop to the music with you in the car.
43. Showing your kids that you can do a somersault or handstand or a cartwheel.
44. Keeping that sigh to yourself. Just jump in and help clean up cheerfully.
45. Using a kind voice, even if you have to fake it.

Read:
46. A book of silly poems.
47. A book and then act it out. (Like “I’m going on a Bear Hunt”)
48. Your favorite childhood book to them.
49. When the afternoon is starting to go astray.
50. Outside under a tree.
51. In the library kids corner.
52. The comic book they love that you’re not so hot on.
53. About age appropriate behavior so you can keep your expectations realistic.

Listen:
54. To your child in the car.
55. To that Lego description, and think how important it is to your child.
56. For that question that indicates your child really needs your input.
57. One second longer than you think you have patience for.
58. For the feelings behind your child’s words.

Ask:
59. Why do you think that happens?
60. What do you think would happen if______?
61. How shall we find out?
62. What are you thinking about?
63. What was your favorite part of the day?
64. What do you think this tastes like?

Show:
65. Your child how to do something instead of banning them from it.
66. How to whistle with a blade of grass.
67. How to shuffle cards- make a bridge if you can!
68. How to cut food.
69. How to fold laundry.
70. How to look up information when you don’t know the answer.
71. Affection to your spouse.
72. That taking care of yourself is important.

Take Time:
73. To watch construction sites.
74. To look at the birds.
75. To allow your child to help you dump ingredients in the bowl.
76. To walk places together.
77. To dig in the dirt together.
78. To do a task at your child’s pace.
79. To just sit with you child while they play.

Trust:
80. That your child is capable.
81. That you are the right parent for your child.
82. That you are enough.
83. That you can do what is right for your family.

Delight your child:
84. Clean your child’s room as a surprise.
85. Put chocolate chips in the pancakes.
86. Put a love note in their lunch.
87. Make their snack into a smile face shape.
88. Make sounds effects while you help them do something.
89. Sit on the floor with them to play.

Let Go:
90. Of the guilt.
91. Of how you thought it was going to be.
92. Of your need to be right.

Give:
93. A look with Kind Eyes to your child.
94. A smile when your child walks into the room.
95. A kind touch back when your child touches you.
96. The chance to connect before you correct so that your child can actually hear your words.
97. Your child a chance to work out their frustrations before helping them.
98. A bath when the day feels long.
99. A hug.
100. You get to choose the next one! What is your favorite way to be kind to your child?

100 Ways to be Kind to your Child

1.2.12

Little Bear Bread Recipe


Kuma-chan Pan (Little Bear Bread)
200g Bread Flour
10g Sugar
3g Salt
60g Water
60g Milk
10g Butter
1/2 Teaspoon Dry Yeast
1. Warm the milk to just below boiling in a heavy pan. Place the flour and salt into the bowl. Add the milk, lukewarm water, sugar, and yeast. Combine into a smooth dough.
2. Knead the butter into the bread and form a ball. Allow to rise in a warm place until doubled in size.
3. (Just noting how much the dough should double via the picture)
4. Place the dough on a rolling mat. Cut off one gram and divide it into 20 pieces for the ears. Divide the rest of the dough into 10 pieces. Allow them to rest for 15 to 20 minutes on a damp tea towel.

5. Gently dampen the dough all around. Lightly press the two ears each onto the head. (The dough is easier to handle when slightly damp.)

6. Gather up the sides of a tea towel to form channels, placing the dough inside the channels, and allow it to rise until doubled in size once again.

7. If you don’t have a tea towel instead, place the dough on parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. (If you don’t have paper, spray it with water.) Cover loosely with plastic wrap as it rises. (For baking, you’ll be using the paper-lined cookie sheet)
8. For Brown Bears – Preheat the oven to 220 C, lower to 190 C and bake for 15-20 minutes.
For White Bears – Preheat the oven to 190 C, lower to 160 for the first 10 minutes, then lower 130 for the last 5-10 minutes.

(Know that ovens and bake times will vary)
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Grow the alphabet

This is a great idea to get your kiddos interested in gardening and spelling and its something that can be done now, indoors  while its still to cold for outdoor gardening.

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How to Grow the Alphabet
Supplies
  • Small, inexpensive pot
  • A few cups of potting soil
  • Seeds (kitty grass, wheat grass, regular lawn-type grass, or chives all work really well)
  • Alphabet-shaped cookie cutters
Directions
  1. Fill your pot with soil to about 1 inch below the top of the pot. Tamp the soil down with your hands.
  2. Place the desired letter on top of the soil in the pot.
  3. Sprinkle the seeds inside the letter only. You should use the entire seed packet so that the area inside the cookie cutter is pretty densely and evenly covered with seeds.
  4. Remove the cookie cutter and sprinkle soil on top of the seeds so that they are covered with about ¼ to ½ inch of soil.
  5. Gently water, trying to disturb the soil as little as possible.
  6. Place in a warm, sunny spot and keep the pot well watered
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31.1.12

What we are reading January week 4

 

This book takes it one day at a time. It gives activities for manners that might need special or extra practice.  And I learned about Tussie mussies; talking bouquets. I’ll post more on that later.

My daughter loves the Pinkalicious series, we all love the art and story line of All the world, and yes my oldest “S” is still into trains. A Guide to trains was given to him by his older (18 year old) cousin Joe.  the story goes- Joe was thrift store hunting when he came across this book and thought it would be a nice birthday gift for “S”. His birthday was still a month away at this time.  So nice and thoughtful, right. Well on a visit to Aunt Liz’s house “S” found the book and no one had the heart to deny that boy his book. So he got an early birthday gift. Six months later and it’s still his go to book for quiet time.

365 Manners Kids Should Know: Games, Activities, and Other Fun Ways to Help Children Learn EtiquettePinkalicious: Pink of HeartsAll the WorldA GUIDE TO TRAINS: The World's Greatest Trains, Tracks, and Travel

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I like to browse art with my kids. I like watching there faces examine a piece and listen to their interpretation of what it’s all about. Sometimes its simple “look mama there eating/sleeping/playing” and other times their interpretation leads to whole stories and ignites an imaginative story that I can’t even keep up with. Its these times that I wish I had a insta-record button on my life. The following art work my Julie Morstad produced such a moment.
My boys really liked this one and they told me the boys were playing and seeing who could be the tallest. I was told the boy with the flag won and that the boys fighting are going to get in trouble and have their lunches taken away and have to sit on their hands till their moms and dads came to get them. Oh and no treat from the teacher that day too.
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My daughter told me the girls are tired from cleaning dishes and that their mommy must drink a lot of coffee.
{print. unknown medium} “gluttony”
This one had all them begging me to take them kite flying. It took me almost an hour to explain that we had to wait till the weather warmed up. My oldest “S” wants to fly the “eagle” my second boy “J” wants to fly the fish and my daughter “T” of course wants to fly the butterfly then I was told that my youngest “W’ and I can have the dragonfly. “See mom we all get to fly kites!” When I asked what daddy would fly, I was told that daddy would be to busy getting the kites unstuck from the trees. Lucky Daddy.
{ink, pencil, gouache and collage on paper} “how to make a kite”
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