Just thought I'd post a link to this little recipe blog my sis and I have been doing...
www.simplepeasantfood.blogspot.com
I just posted about the rainbow of baby food I made this week, so fun! I know I take pleasure in strange things, but hey...it sure makes me smile!
3 comments:
y'know, try as I might, I can't say something nice about babyfood. Even color coded the sight of it just gags me.
that's 'cause you're a baby
{rasberries!!!}
Oh, you are so fun!!
I posted a comment in response to your last one, but then took it off, so here it is... it's long, sorry!
Oh, and I also love, love your post about thinking like Polyanna. Love it. We are reading Polyanna right now (my older kids and I at night.)
My family has often "piggy-backed" on projects that the YW in the ward are doing - especially when they are buying gifts for children, like foster kids, refugee families, or families in need in the neighborhood. One year we bought gifts for a "store" that a local elementary school put together for the refugee families at the school - they could then come and "shop" for Christmas for their children (at no cost). One year my sister bought for two foster children. I think she just called the local child welfare department to find out how she could help. One year we bought gifts for a few kids in a family that needed extra help that was in our ward (one of them was in my Sunday School class so we knew them well). Another year we bought gifts and took a big ham dinner to a family we met at school who was struggling a bit (new baby and mother with health problems in the hospital).
My only stipulation is that my children can feel involved - and that it be in our own community. I think it would also be great to give money and explain to the kids how it will help someone, but I really want my kids to have experiences and memories from each Christmas.
I would suggest talking to people at church and at your local elementary school first, and then maybe branching from there to government agencies nearby... Let me know! I can talk to my sisters to get more details about what they have done.
This year I finally called my kids' elementary school after not receiving any information on projects in the school newsletter or PTA newsletter. There is no apparent need of any of the families in our ward this year, and there are no projects going on in any of the organizations (so surprising to me!). The school told me about another church that sponsors the schools' needs, (recently they offered to donate Thanksgiving meals to families of children at the school that might need them - we actually got a call from the school to see if we would like one - since we qualify for everything under the sun - apparently.) Anyways, they send people that want to help families to the community church, which then calls the school to find out how they can help new or under-privileged families at the school.
Sorry I am going on and on. Good luck! I am excited for your family - it changes our focus a lot each year - even my kids!
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