The Pin it Party #6

Welcome to week #6 of THE Pin It Party! We are SO excited that you have come by and can't wait to see what you will link up this week. You guys come up with the coolest stuff. If you haven't already started following THE Pin it Party's Best of the Best board on Pinterest, click here.

Note: If you haven't had a chance to add the party button to your blog's link up page or sidebar, please do it today. The more people who know about the party and join in, the more potential repins for you. Win-win, right? And now, on to the partaaaay!

As always THANK YOU to Ellie, my blogging bestie for setting this all up.  When things calm down around here - I will find some way to pay her back for all the kindness she has shown me! <3 Enjoy the party!



Grab the code here!

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1. Follow the host and co-hosts on Pinterest.

2. Grab the party button and add it to your blog's sidebar or link up party list.

3. Post 1-3 links to your blog's most "pin-able" posts from the last few weeks. (No links to other parties, giveaways or shops please. If you are an Etsy shop owner, come back this weekend and link up at the Weekend Blog Block Party!)

4. Mingle! Reach out to somebody new and pin their stuff. You never know when you will meet your blogging bestie!

5. After you link up, please send out a tweet about the party. The more people who come and link up, the more potential repins for you!

6. Have a FABulous day and come back next week for more Pinterest fun. XO 

Host: Ellie @ Creative Geekery the Blog

Co-Hosts: Kristin @ One Organic Mama

Rachel @ Can't Google Everything

Steph @ A Geek in Glasses

Shelly @ Dolen Diaries

We will each choose our three favorite posts from the party and pin them to this party's collaborative Pinterest board: THE Pin It Party - The Best of the Best! Woot woot! 

{BTW, if you are interested in co-hosting, please shoot me an email.}

Come back Friday night at 10 pm EST 
for the Weekend Blog Block Party!  

Weekend Block Party #2

I'm going to say it... I have a blog crush on Ellie from Creative Geekery.  The last two weeks of my life have been stress filled to the max and I am so happy that Ellie keeps me going by sending kind emails and invites to host parties with her.  She is the best... and that is one of the MANY reasons you should link up... because you just might meet your blogging bestie - or just a blog to crush on.  Thank you Ellie <3

Enjoy the party bloggers!  Stop by and say hi on my facebook - I promise - I will hit you back... eventually :)

THE Pin it Party #5

Welcome to week #5 of THE Pin It Party! We are SO excited that you have come by and can't wait to see what you are planning to link up this week! If you haven't already started following THE Pin it Party's Best of the Best board on Pinterest, click here.



Grab the code here!

<div class="http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a618/CreativeGeekery/PinItParty_zps8d39e394.jpg" style="width: 150px; margin: 0 auto;"> <a href="http://creativegeekery.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"> <img src="http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a618/CreativeGeekery/PinItParty_zps8d39e394.jpg" alt="Creative Geekery" width="150" height="150" /> </a> </div>

Host: Ellie @ Creative Geekery the Blog

Co-Hosts: Kristin @ One Organic Mama

Rachel @ Can't Google Everything

We will each choose our three favorite posts from the party and pin them to this party's collaborative Pinterest board: THE Pin It Party - The Best of the Best! Woot woot! 

{BTW, if you are interested in co-hosting, please shoot me an email.}

Toppah's Sensory Table

Toppah's back!

If you don't know Toppah - check him out here: One Organic Toppah & Entertaining with Toppah.

Today - I am bring you Toppah's Sensory Table.

As I have talked about before, I am part of an amazing organization, Kai's Village.  Last weekend we organized a Road Race to benefit our many, wonderful, families.  The road race included lots of fun activities for the kids of the runners.  My dad wanted to contribute and make something for the race, but to also make something that was going to be with us for a while, and that we could use in our office.  

There are lots of benefits for sensory tables and activities.  Children can explore things of different sizes, shapes, textures, and smells.  They can count, divide, sort, measure, pour, throw... - lots of possibilities!  We plan on having this table in the office for our village kiddos to use.

My kids had lots of fun trying it out in the driveway the day before the race.  We filled the 4 bins with the following:

Coffee beans and fabric flowers (I got the idea here!)


Lentils (dried -- they are now sprouting all over my driveway haha)

And smooth rocks of different sizes:

This table was built from scratch.  I am sure there are plenty of refurbished sensory tables out there - we are lucky that my dad hand makes items for his grandsons any time we ask - check out some of the other things he has made (toybox, play kitchen fridge/freezer, 2 red wagons, step stool with storage):

Toppah has said he would never build these things to sell... they are priceless <3 and made with love for his boys <3

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I share my posts here.  It's an awesome list.  Check it out.  Seriously.  It's a great list and if you visit blog parties you are going to want to check them out!  It's up to date, organized by day, and the links all work <3

Gluten Free {banana, chocolate chip} Pancakes

Confession.

Before I type everything up and make my pictures look all pretty - this is what my recipes look like:

Don't worry I made it look pretty.

In any case - these were yummy, they had more taste than regular pancakes AND they rose and were nice and fluffy!  Enjoy!

Gluten Free {banana, chocolate chip} Pancakes We use organic, fair trade, and or local ingredients
1 1/2 cups of oat flour 1/4 cup of teff flour 1/4 cup of tapioca flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp brown sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 cup chocolate chips (mini) salt 2 eggs 1 cup of milk 2 tbs coconut oil 1 mashed ripe banana 1 tsp vanilla Butter on griddle	Preheat griddle to 350. Mix dry ingredients with a whisk. Mix wet ingredients with mashed banana. Add wet ingredients to dry and whisk well until smooth.  Butter griddle. Put small scoops on griddle, when bubbles start to form flip! Enjoy!

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I share my posts here.  It's an awesome list.  Check it out.  Seriously.  It's a great list and if you visit blog parties you are going to want to check them out!  It's up to date, organized by day, and the links all work <3

Happy Mother's Day

Hey mamas.

Today's about you... us... and our mamas... and their mamas <3

Remember when you talk to other mamas, when you think of other mamas, when you see them online and in person, we all have our own battles, really really hard ones.

We are all doing our best.  

We are a village of women doing what we can.

Let's lift one another up, help one another, and support each other.  

Let's celebrate our successes together and support our one another in our struggles.  

We all want the same thing for our kids <3

All I have for you today are some of my favorite mama posts.

Enjoy your day mamas. 

Dear New Mamas, Happy Mother's Day.

 Mean Girls and Mean Moms, The Mommy Wars

 Know it Alls & the Mommy Wars

My Non-Negotiables - What You REALLY Need to Know

From time to time I have been asked by my friends... or more accurately my parents' friends - what are the absolute things they need to do to eat healthy.  

Like a top 10.

Honestly.  I don't know.

I am not a professional.

I am just a mom.  Trying to do what's best for my kiddos without being a lunatic.

I would say I am successful about 50% of the time :)

Anyways... here is my "list" of dos and don'ts... I hope it helps... remember... I'm only aiming for 50%! 

You need to click through to read it over at Parenting with Research - where I am guest posting today!  I promise it is worth the click <3 

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I share my posts here.  It's an awesome list.  Check it out.  Seriously.  It's a great list and if you visit blog parties you are going to want to check them out!  It's up to date, organized by day, and the links all work <3