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Category Archives: Sunny
Sweet Potato Whole Wheat Gnocchi

You remember what a powerhouse sweet potatoes are, right? Here is my favorite recipe that uses them. Sorry, this isn’t a particularly “quick” recipe, but it’s a good one to do with an extra pair of little hands to help … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Food, Gluten Free, Health & Weight, Recipes, Relationships, Sunny
Tagged autumn, children, cooking, dough, eating, egg, fall, food, gnocchi, healthy, homemade, meals, recipe, sweet potato, whole wheat, working together
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Potato (Plus extra veggies) Soup

The air has definitely turned chilly, and we’ve already had snow. Time for soup. And if you happen to be looking for a white main dish to celebrate a snowfall (any one else ever do that?), this is a good … Continue reading
Posted in Allergy Free, Food, Gluten Free, Recipes, Sunny
Tagged cauliflower, cheese bacon, cooking, dinner, fall, french fry soup, onion, potato, potato soup, recipe, snow, squash, zucchini
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Backwards Trick or Treating

If your little ones are like mine, Trick-or-Treating is too much fun for just one day. My four year old is so into it, that we don’t have to use candy. She likes it so much that she’ll do it … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Chores, Family, Fun, Halloweeen Activities, Halloween and Autumn, Organization, Organization, Sunny
Tagged backwards, clean, fun, halloween, organization, tidy, Trick-or-Treat
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Happy Fall

That is what I want to remember to do in the next few months. Consider doing some things simpler. Then maybe I’ll have more time and energy to go all out on the other things… I know there are better … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, For You, Fun, Goals, Halloween and Autumn, Me Time, Outdoor Activities, Relationships, Sunny
Tagged consider simplicity, fall, leaves, less is more, mom, simplify
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Zen Ghosts, by Jon J. Muth–
a different picture book for Halloween

With beautiful watercolor illustrations and a ghostly tale that mysteriously finds itself leaving the story, Zen Ghosts is a Halloween book that delights children and their parents as well. There’s nothing gory or scary in this Halloween book, but there … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween and Autumn, Holidays, Learning, Sunny
Tagged art, book, ghost, halloween, muth, paint, read, story, watercolor, Zen
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Coconut Oil Follow Up–
includes chocolate so read on

I know I wrote about coconut oil before, but I had to add some things and change my opinion on other things because of what I’ve learned since. First of all, I have tried several different brands of coconut oil, … Continue reading
Posted in Allergy Free, Cooking Tips and Tricks, Food, Gluten Free, Health & Weight, Recipes, Sunny
Tagged alzheimer's, berkeley wellness letter, chocolate, chocolate chips, coconut oil, cooking, eating, healthy, ice cream, magic shell, nutrition action, our best bites, oven pancake, recipe, topping, treat
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Learn a Phrase in Chinese

My high school junior is in Chinese 3 this year, and I have not taken advantage of this learning opportunity as much as I would like. Chinese is the hot language to learn nowadays. So here’s what I’m going to … Continue reading
Posted in For You, Fun, Goals, Learning, school, Sunny
Tagged chinese, how are you, I'm fine, learn, ni hao ma, videos, wo hen hao
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Back-to-School Homework for Parents

One thing I don’t enjoy about beginning the school year is the piles of paperwork the kids bring home for me to do. Emergency cards, volunteer surveys, and most of all, (we get this most with the middle schoolers) the … Continue reading
Children: The Challenge
Watch Your Tone of Voice

How long until school starts? No, not in hours, but for those of you who knew, this post is for you. Well, to tell the truth, I don’t know how many hours until school starts, but this post is really … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Children, Discipline, Family, Sunny
Tagged advice, book, children, Children the Challenge, discipline, Dreikurs, healthy, kids, kindness, learning, love, parenting, Rudolph, voice
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Thoughts on the Olympics, Moms, and Greatness

Watching the opening ceremonies and the first events of the Olympics has been inspiring. One of my favorite moments was the clip with the Queen and her arrival into the stadium by parachute. I liked her stoicism and hearing that … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Discipline, Finding a Balance, Goals, Sunny
Tagged children, dedication, discipline, early morning, goals, gratitude, hard work, job, motherhood, olympics, queen, teenagers
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