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Disclosure: I received product for review. All opinions are honest and are my own.  We love our new text-Ur foam crafty set. The boys love the textures like wavy, scaly and terry cloth. They have had such fun creating and playing with their text-Ur foam sheets, stickers, and shapes.  My 3 year old loves creating with the pre-cut shapes that easily pop out of the foam sheets.  My six year old loved the the 3D space-urs, which are peel and stick, stackable squares. The 3D space-urs made his art projects pop out and he loved the added dimension. He also loved the magnets and made Daddy lots of creative magnets for his office.  My preschooler is so proud of his artwork that he made all by himself using text-Ur foam craft supplies.  One of the magnets that now decorate Daddy's office. Look for Fibre-Craft's text-UR® Foam product kits at Michaels, Joann's, Meijer and A.C. Moore, and make sure to check out the text-UR® Foam website for fun product ideas. You may enter to win your choice of the crafty package or the standard package.  The Crafty Package Total Retail Value: $23.96 · 1 shape kit 3.99 value · 2 FOAM sheet KITS 7.99 each · 1 OWL KIT- (exclusive to Michaels)  Standard Package Total retail value: $27.95 · 1 shape kit- The bug kit 7.99 value · 1 frame kit (flower theme) 3.99 value · 1 Bee Standup kit 3.99 value · 1 turtle standup kit (exclusive to Michaels) 3.99 value · 1 foam sheets kit (the package of Multi color sheets)7.99 value Enter on the rafflecopter form.
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A friend of mine whose parents have a beautiful orchard and garden on their place invited us over to pick peaches, apples, and tomatoes the other day. We (along with several other friends) enjoyed the afternoon picking fresh homegrown produce and brought home a bountiful harvest. When we were driving away, I realized that I had a teachable moment to talk about being thankful with the boys so we said a quick prayer of thankfulness.  Peaches and Tomatoes  We had two big bags of apples. Notice one of the boys took a bite out of one. I put the apples in our second refrigerator because they store well chilled and gave some to family since we had so much. As the peaches have been ripening, there has been an invasion by a small army of fruit flies so I made another homemade fruit fly trap tonight which should do the trick. This recipe is condensed from a Ball Blue Book that my mother-in-law bought me. The Ball Blue book is really helpful because it is for food preserving beginners like me and is easy to follow. I used the sugar pack method for freezing peaches which is super easy. First, you wash and drain ripe fruit. Next, peel, pit, and slice the fruit.  Then mix together 2/3 cup sugar and 2 tsp. Fruit-Fresh. Sprinkle 1 quart sliced peaches with the sugar mixture. Toss gently to coat.  Allow this to sit until sugar dissolves, about 10 minutes.  Ladle fruit and syrup into freezer containers or freezer bags leaving some space for expansion. Recommendation is 1/2 inch for freezer containers. Label containers with date and contents then freeze.
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I love the upside down sign. 
I know I took lots of pictures, but it was the first day of preschool. He was so excited and was totally ok with me leaving him at school.
I love these printable signs for the first and last day of school. You can find them at 3 Dinosaurs. You can print signs for preschool through 12th grade. 
This picture is from a few years ago before I knew anything about photographing for a blog. I used a Nordic Ware pan that I purchased at Meijer for the train cake.
Here are my notes: I made a large chocolate sheet cake and a vanilla train cake. I used dowel rods to help secure the train cake to the chocolate cake. The cake is frosted with chocolate buttercream frosting and vanilla buttercream frosting. My three year old insisted that the train had to have a face like Thomas so I made a face out of gum paste and brushed it with silver dust. He also wanted smoke coming from the smokestack so I cut up a large Campfire marshmallow and sprayed it lightly with black coloring spray. 
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Today was the first day of school. Much excitement, pictures, and little bit nervous mommy - I actually checked my phone a few times today to see if the school had called and of course they did not. Everything was fine.
I love these printable signs for the first and last day of school. You can find them at 3 Dinosaurs. You can print signs for preschool through 12th grade. Welcome to the Ultimate Back to School Bash #bts2013! 3BoysandaDog has teamed up with A+ Interactive Math and some fabulous other brands to bring you this giveaway.
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There is a rain gear event at Zulily. I bought my 3 year old this super cute raincoat. I have been looking for a raincoat for him for several months. I wanted a great coat at a great price and finally found one. There are several trusted brands in this Zulily event with a nice selection of rain coats and rain boots. You can also enter my giveaway for a fabulous pair of Kidorable Rain boots. Disclosure: The links in this post are my referral links. All opinions are honest and are my own. 
Happy 40th Birthday to the best husband and daddy in the world! 
Always reading to the boys...They read Swiss Family Robinson and White Fang this Spring/Summer and many childrens' books and daddy created imagined stories. 
Who else would build campfires in the summer? And igloos in the winter? 
Happy 40th Birthday! We love you and are so blessed to have you in our lives.
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