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It happens to all of us. One week there is just no inspiration and no energy to make anything besides salad, a chicken breast, and a carton of mediocre ice cream. Those are the days when you wish you had a personal chef, or that at least the take out guy would appear. Instead of languidly flipping through your old cookbooks, why not take a quick look into your inbox at a Weekly Recipes e-mail? Our weekly newsletter is chock full of beautiful...

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Ella the Elephant is all Ears

This week The Princess and I are working on Ee, and the color grey. OF COURSE this week will involve ELEPHANTS! And, since we are also doing a lot of ear things....we needed to do some elephant ears. How cute are little hand-print elephant ears? Super cute! First I found an elephant face clip art. I erased the ears, broadened the lines for little hands to cut, and put it in a document for printing. I printed on draft so that The Princess could paint...

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Little One Errand Food: Part 2

Today we're heading into the city today, and decided to make our snack box within the themes of this week's school stuff. We are working on the letter G. (The Princess is so excited that her name has a big G AND a little g!) We also worked with the color green. Today's snack box is a G/green box. We have: a fruit salad with grapes, kiwi, and green apples. goldfish crackers. (OK, so they're whales here...don't tell The Princess!) her favorite-...

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Make Your Own Learning Games: Color Sorting and Matching Box

Whether or not you are homeschooling, many education games will keep your little ones entertained for hours. One of ours is this color sorting and matching game. And since we've found boxes that the egg-carton base fits in, it's just gotten better ;-) You can either start with a 1 1/2 dozen carton- cut in half, or cut down a bigger 2+ flat into a 3x3 square. I used to keep my egg-carton games (I have more I'll be sharing...) in gallon zipper...

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How I Make My Pillowcase Dresses

There are probably 1001 ways to make pillowcase dresses, and everyone has their favorite. This is the way I make mine for several reasons: -I like the way it looks. -Sometimes I don't have matching ribbon or want the straps to be from the same fabric- this is adaptable for it. -I can also use bias tape for the straps. -The straps can be tied to fit a growing child, you're not limited to the size it's first made like the dresses that use the ribbon...

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Quick Tip: Freezer Organization

Since we just have a small, above the fridge type freezer- and 5 people, I am forever working on ways to maximize our space. This also helps minimize our food budget! The key to keeping a freezer effective and efficient is organization. One of my favorite findings is freezing items FLAT so they stack and fit nicely. I also LOVE using baskets to keep things grouped together, AND to keep them from falling out on me. Another tip that homemakers...

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