If you (or anyone you know) love to shop for clothing for your kids at the "Little Bo-tique" Children's Consignment Shop, I just received this special coupon...good for $5.00 off your purchase of $30.00 or more. It's valid from December 24 thru December 31.
And, if you've never shopped there before, now's a GREAT time to check it out! They sell (and buy!) used clothing, shoes, toys, books, furniture, strollers, car seats, bedding, etc. in excellent condition and are located just next to Lancaster Mennonite High School and Friendly's (along Rt. 30) in the small shopping center. They carry clothing for boys and girls, sizes newborn through teens and maternity clothing, as well.
Check out their website daily for new arrivals and extra special items currently for sale in the store (under the "Blog/New Arrivals" tab on their site)!
Here's your coupon:
http://www.littlebotique.com/coupon.html
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Amazon.com...FREE One-Day Shipping!
Thank you, Hip 2 Save blog, for this great deal. From now until December 22nd, you can get FREE one-day shipping through Amazon.com on qualifying items...and you don't even need to be an Amazon Prime member. See the link below for details. Happy Last-Minute Christmas Shopping!
To find out specific details on this deal from the "Hip 2 Save" blog, please click here:
http://hip2save.com/2012/12/19/amazon-free-one-day-shipping-for-many-items/
To see the items that qualify for free one-day shipping, please click here:
http://www.amazon.com/b/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&node=2441323011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=1444357622&pf_rd_r=0SZ67VFZNNJKQ1AY77JS&pf_rd_s=hero-quick-promo&pf_rd_t=201&tag=wwwhip2saveco-20
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
More Fun CHRISTMAS Ideas!
I couldn't help but pass along these fun ideas to you! Gotta love PINTEREST!!! Click on the links for step-by-step instructions.
{1} CARDBOARD BOX CAVE
Save a large box (possibly from a gift received this Christmas), poke holes in the cardboard, and place Christmas lights through the holes. So fun!
http://playathomemom3.blogspot.com/2011/06/cave-of-stars.html
{2} DROP BOX
Cut squares or circles (in different sizes and shapes) out of a box. Provide your little ones with different items to "drop" into the holes (rocks, Legos, pipe cleaners, blocks, etc).
http://playathomemom3.blogspot.com/2011/07/drop-box.html
{3} CREATIVE GIFT WRAP
Cute ideas for how to wrap gifts to keep kids entertained...especially if they have to wait to open gifts on Christmas morning or at a birthday party.
http://www.linesacross.com/2012/12/interactive-gift-wrap-for-kids.html
{4} SALT DOUGH ORNAMENTS
I love this Santa idea. Other ideas could include a reindeer and a turkey (for Thanksgiving). The possibilities are endless. Don't forget to write the date and/or child's name and age on the back to reminisce at a later time.
http://www.meaningfulmama.com/2012/12/day-337-salt-dough-santa-hand-print.html
{1} CARDBOARD BOX CAVE
Save a large box (possibly from a gift received this Christmas), poke holes in the cardboard, and place Christmas lights through the holes. So fun!
http://playathomemom3.blogspot.com/2011/06/cave-of-stars.html
{2} DROP BOX
Cut squares or circles (in different sizes and shapes) out of a box. Provide your little ones with different items to "drop" into the holes (rocks, Legos, pipe cleaners, blocks, etc).
http://playathomemom3.blogspot.com/2011/07/drop-box.html
{3} CREATIVE GIFT WRAP
Cute ideas for how to wrap gifts to keep kids entertained...especially if they have to wait to open gifts on Christmas morning or at a birthday party.
http://www.linesacross.com/2012/12/interactive-gift-wrap-for-kids.html
{4} SALT DOUGH ORNAMENTS
I love this Santa idea. Other ideas could include a reindeer and a turkey (for Thanksgiving). The possibilities are endless. Don't forget to write the date and/or child's name and age on the back to reminisce at a later time.
http://www.meaningfulmama.com/2012/12/day-337-salt-dough-santa-hand-print.html
Monday, December 17, 2012
TARGET "Grocery" Coupon
Here's another GREAT Target coupon. This one's good for $5.00 off your $30.00 (or more) total "grocery" bill. Don't forget to check out what other valuable grocery coupons they have on their website and pair them with this coupon.
http://coupons.target.com/grocery-coupons?page=5
http://coupons.target.com/grocery-coupons?page=5
FREE SHIPPING Day!
Monday, December 17th = FREE SHIPPING Day! + Delivery of item(s) by Christmas Eve. Woot! Woot!
Many websites are offering free shipping (some with minimum orders and some with NO minimum order...others are adding an additional % off your total bill, too.) Follow this link:
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Star Ornament
Here's a cute and very inexpensive craft for you to make.
Great to make and add to the top of gift boxes or to decorate throughout your house for the holidays! Creating them in a variety of sizes and hanging them on a wall could make for cute artwork, too. The step-by-step instructions can be found here:
http://jandjnewleaf.blogspot.com/2011/12/crafty-christmas-twig-star-ornaments.html
Great to make and add to the top of gift boxes or to decorate throughout your house for the holidays! Creating them in a variety of sizes and hanging them on a wall could make for cute artwork, too. The step-by-step instructions can be found here:
http://jandjnewleaf.blogspot.com/2011/12/crafty-christmas-twig-star-ornaments.html
Friday, December 14, 2012
From a blank piece of paper...to a work of art!
For the last month or so, Mya has loved coloring on printed coloring pages. Nearly everyday, just after breakfast...and then again just after lunch...she asks to color. Once I have her all set up to color, I then hear, "Mommy color, too, please?!!"
I like to let her color on her own (so I can secretly watch her coloring skills and creativity get better and better each day)...but even more so, I love to sit closely beside her, grab a crayon, and color right along with her. We chat. We share crayons. We decided who's gonna color what and where. I know in the scheme of things, this small phase of coloring together, side-by-side, will only be for a few short years.
I cherish these moments.
These small moments remind me to stop what I'm doing...in the midst of the busyness of life...and play or color or read to Mya.
I have a whole stash of extra coloring pages...ones of flowers, teddy bears, baby Jesus...from back when I was a MOPS teacher for our church's outreach a couple of years ago. Each time, I would save the extra coloring pictures and add them to my stash...because I never felt like I should just throw them away. I always wondered if I'd ever ACTUALLY use them up...and now Mya's slowly going through a couple of pictures each day, and the pile of coloring pages is diminishing.
In this last month, she's started to pay more attention to coloring slowly and to trying to stay inside the lines better. These simple skills are so challenging and yet so fun to watch in kids. I love to see her learn and grow each day. And, I love to see her feel good about herself when she accomplishes something for the first time. As a parent, babysitter, teacher...we accomplish something, too, in those moments, don't we?!
And...just when she was starting to color better INSIDE the lines, the preschool teacher came out of me, and I wanted to do something different with her. After watching Mya color a kite picture with a brilliant shade of blue, I asked her if she wanted to try to draw a picture on her own. A picture with NO LINES to color in. A picture that SHE COULD CREATE on her own. I wanted to see what she would do...and where her imagination would take her. Her eyes lit up...She was excited for this new opportunity. (Flash back: Earlier in the week, Brandon and I had dentist appointments and took Mya with us. Our dentist has a chalkboard wall in the waiting room. Mya walked right over, grabbed a piece of chalk, drew a large circle and a few other lines and squiggles, and proclaimed, "Daddy!" Whoa, this was the first time she did this. My mind went back to this moment in our dentist's office, and our coloring activity proceeded in this way....)
I handed her a blank piece of white paper.
Our conversation went something like this...
"What do you wanna draw, Mya?"
"Daddy."
"Does Daddy have eyes?"
"Yes."
"Do you wanna draw some eyes on Daddy?"
"Yeah."
"Who else are you gonna draw?"
"You, Mommy."
"Okay. What else are you drawing?"
"A hat. Mommy's hat."
"I love it. Do you think you should draw Mya, too?"
"Yes."
"Tell me what you drew."
"Mya doing the chicken dance." (She proclaimed this with a huge grin.)
Here's her finished product:
My heart melted. I realized in this moment that she {we} entered a new phase. As a preschool teacher (prior to becoming a mom), I couldn't WAIT until this moment with my future children. I always loved working with my preschoolers on drawing and coloring and painting and watching them create masterpieces. But, my most favorite part was asking them to tell me all about their creation. I would ask them questions, and their little fingers would point to different parts on the picture, and they'd go into (sometimes great) detail about what they'd accomplished.
A simple task...like coloring, drawing with a pencil, painting...is such an important part of our development. It's amazing that in the simplest of things, we can build skills and develop into the person God wants us to be. Some of us turn out to be good artists. Some of us develop into skills musicians or excellent public speakers. Some of us are great at working with the elderly, the physically handicapped, or the tiniest of babies. We were all created to serve a different purpose.
I love to see that in this instance...where Mya created her first family picture masterpiece...that this skill of drawing could become something she really loves to do. I love that she can become whatever she wants to be. I love that she will continue to learn and try new things (sometimes excelling...sometimes failing)...and each skill will mold and shape her into the girl, teenager, and young lady that God wants her to be.
I like to let her color on her own (so I can secretly watch her coloring skills and creativity get better and better each day)...but even more so, I love to sit closely beside her, grab a crayon, and color right along with her. We chat. We share crayons. We decided who's gonna color what and where. I know in the scheme of things, this small phase of coloring together, side-by-side, will only be for a few short years.
I cherish these moments.
These small moments remind me to stop what I'm doing...in the midst of the busyness of life...and play or color or read to Mya.
I have a whole stash of extra coloring pages...ones of flowers, teddy bears, baby Jesus...from back when I was a MOPS teacher for our church's outreach a couple of years ago. Each time, I would save the extra coloring pictures and add them to my stash...because I never felt like I should just throw them away. I always wondered if I'd ever ACTUALLY use them up...and now Mya's slowly going through a couple of pictures each day, and the pile of coloring pages is diminishing.
In this last month, she's started to pay more attention to coloring slowly and to trying to stay inside the lines better. These simple skills are so challenging and yet so fun to watch in kids. I love to see her learn and grow each day. And, I love to see her feel good about herself when she accomplishes something for the first time. As a parent, babysitter, teacher...we accomplish something, too, in those moments, don't we?!
And...just when she was starting to color better INSIDE the lines, the preschool teacher came out of me, and I wanted to do something different with her. After watching Mya color a kite picture with a brilliant shade of blue, I asked her if she wanted to try to draw a picture on her own. A picture with NO LINES to color in. A picture that SHE COULD CREATE on her own. I wanted to see what she would do...and where her imagination would take her. Her eyes lit up...She was excited for this new opportunity. (Flash back: Earlier in the week, Brandon and I had dentist appointments and took Mya with us. Our dentist has a chalkboard wall in the waiting room. Mya walked right over, grabbed a piece of chalk, drew a large circle and a few other lines and squiggles, and proclaimed, "Daddy!" Whoa, this was the first time she did this. My mind went back to this moment in our dentist's office, and our coloring activity proceeded in this way....)
I handed her a blank piece of white paper.
Our conversation went something like this...
"What do you wanna draw, Mya?"
"Daddy."
"Does Daddy have eyes?"
"Yes."
"Do you wanna draw some eyes on Daddy?"
"Yeah."
"Who else are you gonna draw?"
"You, Mommy."
"Okay. What else are you drawing?"
"A hat. Mommy's hat."
"I love it. Do you think you should draw Mya, too?"
"Yes."
"Tell me what you drew."
"Mya doing the chicken dance." (She proclaimed this with a huge grin.)
Here's her finished product:
My heart melted. I realized in this moment that she {we} entered a new phase. As a preschool teacher (prior to becoming a mom), I couldn't WAIT until this moment with my future children. I always loved working with my preschoolers on drawing and coloring and painting and watching them create masterpieces. But, my most favorite part was asking them to tell me all about their creation. I would ask them questions, and their little fingers would point to different parts on the picture, and they'd go into (sometimes great) detail about what they'd accomplished.
A simple task...like coloring, drawing with a pencil, painting...is such an important part of our development. It's amazing that in the simplest of things, we can build skills and develop into the person God wants us to be. Some of us turn out to be good artists. Some of us develop into skills musicians or excellent public speakers. Some of us are great at working with the elderly, the physically handicapped, or the tiniest of babies. We were all created to serve a different purpose.
I love to see that in this instance...where Mya created her first family picture masterpiece...that this skill of drawing could become something she really loves to do. I love that she can become whatever she wants to be. I love that she will continue to learn and try new things (sometimes excelling...sometimes failing)...and each skill will mold and shape her into the girl, teenager, and young lady that God wants her to be.
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