Author: Paula
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Toddler Art: Seashore Inspired Paintings
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Last weekend, Zoom, Sean and I headed up to The Sea Ranch. It’s on the north coast of California. It’s one of my favorite places, ever. For this project we used white paper, finger paint, and some shells, wood, and other beach finds to make patterns. We went to the…
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Live by Grace, a Quote from Brennan Manning
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“To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side, I learn who I am and what God’s grace means.” – Brennan Manning
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Thursday Kid’s Crafts Linky Party #2: Crafts for Kids and by Kids
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Last week was the first Kid’s Crafts Linky Party here at Welcoming Spirit. We had some super duper crafts and here are three of the stand outs 🙂 The most clicked craft was the dollhouse posted by “Caught My Fancy.” I’m blown away by the fact that this adorable dollhouse…
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And…We Are Now a One Income Family
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Sean lost his job. This news came on Thursday, unexpectedly, devastatingly, on Thursday. Things have been tight with both of us working. Ends won’t quite meet with one salary. We already knew our monthly finances, since I’d designated this month to be “Finance Month” in the Happiness Project. I had…
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Thursday Kid’s Crafts Linky Party! A New Feature and a Give Away
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Now that little Zoom is a bit older, we’re doing more crafts. I’m addicted to paper crafts, and to photography. I love to sew. And I LOVE checking out art projects that other bloggers post because I get inspired by all of new craft ideas to try out. Soooo, I’m excited…
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Happiness Project: Reflecting on Energy Month
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In looking back over January, my pursuit of working on “Energy” taught me some interesting things. Part of my objective was to find ways to make the most of the time I have each day. And, to find ways to feel more peaceful and rested. A big “a ha!” moment…
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Toddler Art: Valentine’s Day Cards
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A little while ago, Zoom and I spent an afternoon making some golf ball art. I decided to use the golf ball art as part of our Valentine’s this year. Here are all of the supplies we used: art, pinking scissors, glue, glitter heart stickers, card stock, patterned paper, and…
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Zoom Friday: A Photo Book for a Toddler
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Over Christmas, I made calendars as gifts for some of the grandparents and family. Zoom loved looking at the pictures, and would pull the copy we kept for ourselves out all the time. He would point to family, and I’d tell him who each person was. The calendar was a…
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Living Up to The Spirit in Me
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from workisnotajob on Flickr Over the past two days, I’ve been thinking a lot about my “work.” Not really so much my day to day job, but my life’s work. I’ve got to admit that when I have time, a moment here or there, my mind always drifts off to…