Archives for 2009

I ♥ Faces Reader’s Choice

June 12, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 6 Comments

A few weeks back I ♥ Faces ran a contest calling everyone to enter their best face photo. The best ones would be picked for publication in an I ♥ Faces Blurb Book. Well, guess what? My entry of my Father-In-Law has been chosen for the book! And guess what else? It has also been […]

Wordfull Wednesday: Memorable Family Vacation

June 9, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 10 Comments

Summer 1994. My parents rented an RV to take our family on one last “family vacation” before I got married in December. I loved every minute of it. We drove north from Georgia heading towards Palmyra, NY with some major stops on the way. We visited Washington D.C., taking in several of the Smithsonian Museums, […]

Next Wordfull Wednesday Topic for Tomorrow

June 9, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 2 Comments

Taking suggestions from some of you, tomorrow’s Wordfull Wednesday topic will be most memorable family vacation or favorite summer memory. Write a post about either one of those topics, post it on your blog, and tomorrow we will link them all up here! © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved

Cool Summer Days Paper Calendar Tutorial

June 7, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 9 Comments

Upon posting the sewing tutorial for the Cool Summer Days Calendar I received many comments from those who don’t sew but would still like one. Here’s a paper version I came up with. It’s fairly easy – just print, cut, paste, laminate, make a few more cuts, and tape together. It only takes about one […]

Prayer FHE {2}

June 7, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 3 Comments

This lesson is based on Elder David A Bednar’s October 2008 General Conference talk “Pray Always.” The purpose of this lesson is to teach family members to have more meaningful prayers both individually and as a family. For some reason the lessons are printing really big, cutting some of the images off. The best way […]

Quesadillas

June 6, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 6 Comments

Quesadillas are a quick go to meal at our house. It’s easy to vary the filling depending on what you have on hand. We broil ours in the oven for a crunchy tortilla. Pictured here is a chicken and black bean filling. Quesadillas (basic) 6 flour tortillas2 cups shredded cheese, monterey jack, cheddar, or pepper […]

In which we have a devil of a day

June 5, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 9 Comments

Yesterday was one heck of a day. Emphasis on heck. Semisweet and I traveled to Reno so she could get her braces on. We had to take Mr. Ferrero Rocher’s truck as the suburban is acting up and I did not want to get stuck between here and there. That was alright, except I acted […]

Wordfull Wednesday Winner for May

June 3, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 5 Comments

The wonderfully talented Maple from Flowers in My Pot was randomly chosen from among the participants to win May’s Wordfull Wednesday prize. What did she win? This lovely set of 6 Scrabble Tile Pendants (and necklace) from Pieces of Me Pendants. Why these tiles? Maple’s interests are many ranging from music and composing to writing, […]

Itty-Bitty Bookworm Winner

June 3, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 1 Comment

I never heard back from the original winner of the Itty-Bitty Bookworm Giveaway. Let two comments on her blog and announced her the winner on a previous post so I chose a new winner. Drumroll……. The new winner of the Itty-Bitty Bookworm Preschool Curriculum as chosen by Random.org is comment #19, Julie! Julie said… Very […]

I ♥ Faces Kids: Week 21

June 2, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 9 Comments

Lots of celebrating going on at I ♥ Faces this week. Here’s my “oh-so-lucky-to-push-the-button-at-the-right-time” photo. Thank goodness there was another pinata waiting to get hit so more kids could join in on the fun! © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved

Oh What Do You Do in the Summertime {2}

May 31, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 18 Comments

Here’s a reposting of my summer activity list from last year. It has been updated with more ideas to have fun with your children this summer. I always feel so sad for those children whose parents dread the end of school, who fear having their children home all day, who don’t enjoy their children. Now […]

Prayer {1} FHE

May 31, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} Leave a Comment

I received a couple of requests to post a family home evening lesson on Prayer. This week’s lesson was prepared by Mindy Z. from one of my earlier FHE Swap groups. It is a simple yet effective lesson to teach children how to pray reverently. It includes a moveable figure to put together to show […]

Strawberry Torte

May 30, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 2 Comments

Last month for Relief Society we had a progressive “Dinner Around the World.” We had an appetizer from Ecuador, a main dish from England, and this Strawberry Torte from Germany. I was asked to make the torte. The recipe is actually fairly simple but does require time. It tastes heavenly!!!! I changed the instructions of […]

Cool Summer Days Calendar Tutorial

May 29, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 72 Comments

Last year I posted about the tradition we have in our family to do Cool Summer Days, a summer activity calendar. The response I received to that post was HUGE. There’s been several links to it again this year. Today I’m going to show you how to sew your own calendar for your family. You […]

I ♥ Faces Kids: Week 20 Silhouettes

May 27, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 17 Comments

This week is all about silhouettes at I ♥ Faces. I immediately knew the perfect photo to use from my archives. This was taken two years ago when Special Dark was still crawling around. He was getting tired of all the picture taking and promptly started to cry. All six older sisters jumped up to […]