Love Quote and a Blog Hop

Welcome to my weekend blog hop -Make My Saturday Sweet #75! To make this hop successful, be sure to visit the last two links before yours and leave a sweet comment. Also, share this hop via Twitter, Facebook or Google+. ********************* I wrote a post two years ago about a really interesting woman named Amy Carmichael who spent a big part of her life rescuing Indian girls from forced temple prostitution. The post is titled, Eye Color Conversation and it begins with a conversation about eye color between little Amanda and her big...

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Funny Cat Faces and More!

Welcome to my Picture Perfect Party Linky #83! You can link your family friendly photo post below. Here are pictures I took of our two cats, Prince and Sheela. These are those funnier moments. *************************** I'm always taking photos and that is why I started 1camera1mom. Here's a peek at Part 2 of the drive from Paarl to Worcester, South Africa. *************************** Now on to my blog hop... Come link up your Wordless Wednesday (with or without words) or any picture...

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Maisy and the Missing Mice with Giveaway

About the Book The Maisy Files Title: Maisy and the Missing Mice (The Maisy Files) | Author: Elizabeth Woodrum | Publication Date: September 24, 2013 | Publisher: Independent | Pages: 75 | Recommended Ages: 6 to 10 Summary: Maisy Sawyer is not your average fourth grade student. She is a detective with a special skill for solving mysteries. She loves black and white mystery movies, cherry lollipops, and her dog, Reesie. When a thief known as The Black Boot steals the school's mascots and her lollipops, Maisy sets out to...

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I'm Done with School, But...

Welcome to my weekend blog hop - Make My Saturday Sweet #74! To make this hop successful, be sure to visit the last two links before yours and leave them a sweet comment. Also, share about this hop via Twitter, Facebook or Google+. Today I'm combining two Friday link party prompts. Friendship Friday Today's Theme: Anything Goes and Finish the Sentence Friday "I'm done with school, but..." ...I keep on learning. In fact, I think learning is more fun away from the typical sitting-at-a-desk-in-a-classroom environment....

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Cats, Concerts and More!

Welcome to my Picture Perfect Party Linky #82! You can link your family friendly photo post below. I'm going to try and keep my words to a minimum today,but I can never really go "wordless." Our Cats, Prince and Sheela *************************** My Daughters, Samantha and Jessica The girls were in a ballet concert on Friday night. The music and story was from Alice in Wonderland. Samantha was the cat and Jessica was the caterpillar. Samantha is wearing the pink tutu. Jessica is in the black, white and gold leotard. *************************** I'm...

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My Favorite Decade and More!

Welcome to my weekend blog hop - Make My Saturday Sweet #73! To make this hop successful, be sure to visit the last two links before yours and leave them a sweet comment. Also, share about this hop via Twitter, Facebook or Google+. Today I'm combining two Friday link party prompts. I was a dork in the '80s Friendship Friday Today's Theme: Anything Goes and Finish the Sentence Friday "My favorite decade was..." ...the '80s. I know, a lot of people will probably say the same thing. The '80s had some great hits like...

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Amanda's Creative Activities and More!

Welcome to my Picture Perfect Party Linky #81! You can link your family friendly photo post below. Amanda has been very creative these past few days. On Friday, she came home with her art from Kindergarten. I wanted to share one of the pictures, because she drew her Oma (my grandmother, her great-grandmother) as well as me with herself in the middle. She explained that the grumpy face that she gave herself was an attempt to try something different, instead of always drawing the same smiley faces on everyone. As you can...

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Good Night, Animal World with Giveaway!

Good Night, Animal World Blog Tour: March 10 - 23 About the Book Good Night, Animal World Title: Good Night, Animal World: A Kids Yoga Bedtime Story | Author: Giselle Shardlow | Illustrator: Emily Gedzyk | Publication Date: September 20, 2013 | Publisher: Company: Kids Yoga Stories LLC | Pages: 32 | Recommended Ages: 2.5 to 6 years Summary: Say good night to the animals of the world! Calm your mind and body before bedtime by taking a journey around the world with this kids yoga storybook. Join six Kids Yoga Stories characters...

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