Art Project: Make Steering Wheels From Paper Plates!
Got a car-obsessed, truck-loving kid?
I do.
There are cars and trucks ALL OVER my house…
and steering wheels.
‘Steering wheels?’ You may ask…
Why yes, steering wheels.
They are really paper plates, but the minute they are cut and decorated with symbols, they become…
steering wheels.
My son LOVES them and HIS FRIENDS do too.
We have All car brands represented, and he likes to pick a favorite-of-the-day to take along with him in the car. He ‘drives’ in the back seat, we keep extra steering wheels in the car for friends and THEY drive in the back seat too, in our car.
Ahhh, imagination 
How do you make a steering wheel? Well, we’ve done research here in our house (trust me), and we’ve found the best site to find ALL DIFFERENT BRANDS of cars and thus, pictures of steering wheels, is CarMax. Click on whatever ‘kind’ of car steering wheel you want (Toyota, Chevy,etc.), click on a specific car, and there will be pictures of it,
Click on ‘More Photos’ under each car and there is always a close up of the steering wheel.
Isn’t that cool?
So now you know,
and you’re the Cool Mom
An EASY Field Trip… A Car Dealership
I recently asked my son What He Wanted to Do…
His Reply- “I’d like to go to EuroMotorCars,
and check out the new Mercedes Sprinter Vans
that I saw in the parking lot.”
Okay…
So we went!
If you have a child who loves cars and trucks and anything with wheels, check out a local car dealership.
Just let them know you’re ‘just looking’, or rather, Your Son is
What an Easy ‘Field Trip’!
Quotable Friday
“The universe is change;
Our life is what our thoughts make it.”
Call For Submissions! Write About Parenthood… For Charity
Calling All Moms AND Dads!
Write For Charity is looking for a few good writers!
They are working on an anthology of short stories and poetry all centered on the topic of parenting. They are currently in their last month of their call for submissions and really want to see your stuff!
Funds from the sale of this book will be going to children’s charities!
What’s not to love-
You Write,
Get Published,
And it benefits Kids!
Love the Mom Power!
Visit their Site For Submission guidelines!
It’s Hump Day… and Hump Day isn’t so bad
It’s Wednesday… Hump Day.
According to Wikipedia:
‘An American English idiom for Wednesday is “hump day”,
a reference to making it through to the middle of the work week as getting “over the hump.”‘
Yeah, I got that…
But then it goes on to say-
‘In Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, the disagreeable nature of the weather is attributed to it being “Winds-Day” (a play on “Wednesday”). In Richard Brautigan‘s In Watermelon Sugar Wednesday is the day when the sun shines grey.’
and
‘In the 1945 John Steinbeck novel Sweet Thursday, the titular day is preceded by “Lousy Wednesday”.’
What Happened to ‘Happy Hump Day!’ ?
I like Wednesdays…
You are, as mentioned above, ‘Over the Hump’,
but still have time to have a productive week,
and get things done…
So where has the love for Wednesday gone?
Do you like Wednesdays?
Am I the only one?
…Again, where’s the love?
Congrats To Our Winner!
Congrats to BonggaMom! She’s the winner of the BananaBlueberry Giveaway
from Next Day Flyers!
Enjoy making your custom birthday cards, BonggaMom!
BlogLove,
BananaBlueberry
DCers: A Great New Boutique!
Hi DCers! I found a great new, (just opened in November) boutique called
The Preppy Pink Pony! It’s on Chain Bridge Road in McLean, VA!
It sells ‘accessories for you and your best friend’! Isn’t that cute? It goes along with the store…
Everything in the store is cute!
It carries Acrylic Gifts, Belts, Boxers, Boy’s Ties, Cufflinks, Cell Phone Covers, Coasters, Frames, Baby Gifts, Flip Flops, Ipod Cases, Jewelry, Lilly Pulitzer Gifts, Bags, Placemats, Plates, Purses, Soaps and Stationary-
and Lots More!
If you need to buy a gift for someone special… or something special for yourself (very fun)-
Stop In!
You can’t miss the Pink and Green awning!
Go Shopping!
Quotable Friday
“People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world
is also a confession of character.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“May The Good Lord… “
Irish Blessing-
‘May the Good Lord take a liking to you… but not too soon!’
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
I Told My Son Leprechauns Are Pretend… And Now His Class is Making Leprechaun Traps… Woops!
So I’m The Grinch…
I didn’t mean to be, but I am…
A few weeks ago my son and I read a book before bed about St.Patrick’s Day, and he asked me,
“Mom, are Leprechauns Real?”
My answer, “No sweetheart, they’re not real, they’re pretend.” And he was fine with that and I didn’t think another thing about it. He wasn’t upset or anything. And I didn’t think I was violating any ‘unwritten rules’ of childhood…
So last week a project sheet was sent home in his backpack announcing that all the kindergartners were to make
Leprechaun Traps
at home, and bring them in on St. Patrick’s Day… to try and catch a… Yep, a Leprechaun.
My son and husband have been working on a ‘Trap’ for a few days now. It’s sitting on our Dining Room table.
Now here’s the clincher: I haven’t ruined anything for my son by telling him leprechauns are just pretend because…
wait for it…
His teacher told the class they are real… so my son thinks I’m just misinformed… wrong even.
My son totally thinks Leprechauns are real…
Whew! Thank God for 6-year-olds’ suspension-of-disbelief!
But, just a question: Where is it written that leprechauns qualify for the
‘Yes, they’re real, sweetheart, always BELIEVE’ category…
I wish there was a book.
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I Was In The 2012 Show !
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Nicole’s Book
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