Cutesy Crafty:
Thanks for all the feedback on my ‘teaching kids to read’ question the other day… lots of good input – very appreciated! If anyone else wants to weigh in, be sure to stop by
I’m missing my little one, who has been visiting myriad grandparents and other adventures. Will see his cute little face on Saturday!
(Here he is from a few weeks ago when
we went to the Botanical Gardens >>)
And also… If you’re a fan of Dabbled friend The Domestic Scientist, stop by and help her out… Apparently there are some great tools on the iPad for her autistic son.
For those…
So, a query for you more experienced parents out there:
The Boy just turned 5, and we’ve been wondering what and how much to do around beginning reading. He loves to be read to — we read both picture and chapter books to him before bedtime every night, and he has a learning video game that he likes, that seems to have some basic phonics and sight words in it. But he’s not really showing much interest in reading himself. He can spell a few words, and is pretty good with letter sounds. So I’m wondering… do we try to work…
I spotted these Bender (from Futurama) cupcakes over at Duhlicious and had to share them here with you guys. What a cute idea…
For these toppers I used Wilton Edible Writers on hard fondant disks. The cool thing about edible writers is that you can use them to doodle, and they are safe to eat. Personally, I’m not a big fan of fondant, but they make for a perfect canvas. Instead of using fondant to fully cover your cupcakes, you can make disks to top your cupcakes.
She has a video tutorial on making them, including how to draw Bender!
Go check it out.
I…
Here is part 2 on dealing with Comment Spam… the bane of a blogger’s existence. In part 1 we talked about Comment Moderation and Blacklisting, so, to continue…
(If you missed it: How to deal with Comment Spam, Part 1)
Lately I’ve been noticing a trend of spammers who look like they have actually read your post, and respond with a somewhat intelligent comment, not full of spam links. These can be almost more annoying, because they can slip by automated checks, and because they require more work. Plus, sometimes you’re not even…
When I posted the Perry the Platypus (of Phineas and Ferb fame) cake from The Boy’s birthday party, reader Janelle asked for the How-To, so she could do her own for her daughter’s birthday party. Her ingenious idea was to use twinkies to make mini Perry cakes… and they came out wonderfully! She shared them on the Dabbled Facebook page, but I thought they were too awesome not to share here as well!
Janelle says:
“Finally!!!! Thanks to the “Dabbled” instructions on the Perry the Platypus cake I gathered the courage to do my first fondant cake. Due to a broken ankle…
If you blog, you know all about Comment Spam. It’s those lovely little comments whose sole purpose is to link back to and/or promote some totally unrelated product or website. Honestly, I’m not sure what value the spammers even get out of it, but that doesn’t stop them from doing it. And it’s a pain to deal with.
In my other life where I do web design, I’ve helped my blogger friends figure out how to best manage the deluge, and I figured the rest of you might like some of these insights too. It’s tailored mostly to Wordpress blogs/websites, but…
