Friday faves June 8 / May 25

From week of June 8:
Open-faced sandwiches for lunch. Great ideas from modernkidsmessyparents.com http://www.modernparentsmessykids.com/2012/06/lunch-menu.html

From week of May 25:
These made me laugh out loud: autocorrect fails from parents to their kids. From babble kids.
http://blogs.babble.com/kid-scoop/2012/05/18/the-hilarious-horror-16-autocorrect-and-text-fails-from-parents-to-kids/

Can't wait to try this! Overnight Nutella French toast from bakedperfection.com. I love overnight French toast and haven't tried Nutella before. Sounds pretty good! http://www.bakedperfection.com/2012/05/overnight-nutella-french-toast.html

Wow. What an interesting take on school lunches-the French way! From Karen le Billon. http://karenlebillon.com/tag/french-kids-school-lunch-project/

This is an incredible essay about flying solo with kids. A must read. From aintnommjeans.com
http://www.aintnomomjeans.com/2012/05/tips-for-flying-alone-with-kids.html#more

Cute lunch idea! A rainbow themed lunch-now that's eating a rainbow. :) From modernparentsmessykids.com
http://www.modernparentsmessykids.com/2012/05/lunch-menu.html

Friday Faves May 11

Tips for having kids help in the garden. Just let them play (but there can still be rules). From babble.com

More teacher appreciation ideas (for next year) from eighteen25

Summer style -- specifically bags and shoes. Great ideas to help avoid the 'sport scandal' phenom. From aintnomomjeans.

Data about moms who blog. Note that I am not that woman--she is nothing like me. Different hair. Different age of child. I don't even own a laptop. No long-sleeved dresses in my closet. Interesting data though. From momcrunch on babble.com

Too funny. Here's a series of pictures of what OUR moms would have had on their pinterest boards. From babblekids.

Revolution cards. I love every. single. one. of these ideas. Just little ways to make our world a better place. From the oprah blog.

Story time -- but this time told by your kids. This lists a simple way to get your kids set up to tell you a story using manipulatives. From playathomemom.com

Happy Weekend!