{"id":1141,"date":"2009-01-31T09:59:33","date_gmt":"2009-01-31T14:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2009-01-31T10:03:21","modified_gmt":"2009-01-31T15:03:21","slug":"a-little-saturday-link-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=1141","title":{"rendered":"A little Saturday Link Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s cold here.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, cold in a Southern sense&#8230; like 30 degrees.\u00a0 Brian&#8217;s off for a long bike ride this Saturday morning, and I&#8217;m in the mood to bake and be crafty.\u00a0 Sounds like we&#8217;ll all benefit from this day!\u00a0\u00a0 Here&#8217;s some fun links that we might be trying today&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kidscuisine.net\/2009\/01\/21\/a-better-banana-muffin\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Better Banana Muffin<\/a> &#8211; a lighter, healthier banana blueberry muffin that is on the agenda for this morning.\u00a0 Gotta get rid of the frozen black bananas in my freezer!\u00a0 If they&#8217;re good, I might even make a second batch to freeze for breakfasts.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insanitytheory.net\/kitchenwench\/a-little-bit-of-naughty-a-little-bit-of-nice\/\" target=\"_blank\">Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins<\/a> &#8211; If I decide to balance out the healthy with a little not-so-healthy, these are what I might make as the second batch.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/luckymecraftsandkids.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/snowman-melted.html\" target=\"_blank\">Oh No!\u00a0 The Snowman Melted<\/a> &#8211; a fun little melted snowman craft project we might attempt today.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sassypriscilla.typepad.com\/sassy_priscillas_craft\/2008\/06\/cookie-recipe-playdough-cookies.html\" target=\"_blank\">Playdough Cookies <\/a>&#8211; These would be fun to make in <a href=\"http:\/\/sassypriscilla.typepad.com\/sassy_priscillas_craft\/2009\/01\/valentines-day-cookies-lovin-colored-playdough-cookies-recipe.html\" target=\"_blank\">white, red and pink<\/a> for Valentine&#8217;s day.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thatartistwoman.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/valentine-collage.html\" target=\"_blank\">A Valentine&#8217;s Collage<\/a> &#8211; If I get brave and decide to break out the paints today, this is what we&#8217;ll do.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/crafts.kaboose.com\/val_candypots.html\" target=\"_blank\">Valentine&#8217;s Candy Pots<\/a> &#8211; If I were really on the ball (which I&#8217;m not), these would be fun to make for Analise&#8217;s school friends.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.graceviolet.com\/2008\/09\/marshmallow-lollipops.html\" target=\"_blank\">Marshmallow Lollipops<\/a> &#8211; Hm, marshmallows, dipping and sprinkles&#8230; my kids favorite things to do!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sycamorestirrings.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/i-love-you-garland.html\">I Love You Garland<\/a> &#8211; A fun way to showcase photos of those we love.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ordinarylifemagic.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/sugar-shack.html\">Sugar Shack<\/a> &#8211; Oh my goodness&#8230; lots of sugar involved in this one, but man, would this be fun to let the kids build and decorate!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thedelightfulhome.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/easy-valentine-garland.html\" target=\"_blank\">Valentine Garland<\/a> &#8211; One super easy heart garland, if only I had pink and red pipe cleaners (and why does everyone call them &#8220;chenille stems&#8221;?\u00a0 They&#8217;ve always been &#8220;pipe cleaners&#8221; for me!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Can you tell I&#8217;ve created a folder called &#8220;TO DO with kids IF BORED&#8221;?\u00a0 I&#8217;ll post pictures if we get anything done!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s cold here.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, cold in a Southern sense&#8230; like 30 degrees.\u00a0 Brian&#8217;s off for a long bike ride this Saturday morning, and I&#8217;m in the mood to bake and be crafty.\u00a0 Sounds like we&#8217;ll all benefit from this day!\u00a0\u00a0 Here&#8217;s some fun links that we might be trying today&#8230; A Better Banana Muffin &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[37,38,35,76],"class_list":["post-1141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","category-parenting","tag-craft","tag-kids","tag-muffins","tag-valentines"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkzLf-ip","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1141"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1143,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141\/revisions\/1143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}