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Posted by Amy Dotson on Mar 30, 2012

Overheard This Morning

I was in the bathroom getting ready for the day while my girls were making their beds and getting dressed for school when I overheard this… Mattie: Zoe, pretend you are in charge of the Sunnyside Daycare (from Toy Story) and I am going to drop-off my precious new pony baby. Zoe: OK!! Zoe: (in her I am pretending voice) Hello Miss! Do you have an appointment? Mattie: Yes. I am Mattie Dotson and I am...

Posted by Amy Dotson on Mar 29, 2012

Preparing for Easter: Spending a Week With Jesus

*Originally Posted in April 2011. Every year, I look for a good way to celebrate Easter. I also try to find a balance between the Easter Bunny and the real reason we celebrate. The interesting thing is, we start celebrating and remembering Christmas almost as soon as the leaves start to turn red and gold, but Easter is sometimes an after thought of things thrown together a day or two before. This...

Posted by Amy Dotson on Mar 28, 2012

Preparing for Easter: Telling the Easter Story Using Plastic Easter Eggs

*Originally posted in April 2010. START TODAY!! I have wanted Easter to be different this year. Don’t get me wrong, the Easter bunny will still visit, but I don’t want that day to be all about a pretty little dress, chocolate eggs and a colored basket. Easter means so much more to me and I want to convey that in a memorable way to my 3 year old daughter. After searching high and low, I have...

Posted by Amy Dotson on Mar 28, 2012

Wordless Wednesday

October 2010 First Family Picture Tweet ...

Posted by Amy Dotson on Mar 27, 2012

Navigating the System

October 2010 Mattie and Zoe after a long day of picture taking. Did I mention how how naive I was when we first started this journey of foster care and adoption? I knew NOTHING! Because ours was a kinship placement, we weren’t required to be licensed first. That means no 40 hours of class time, no training, no life scan, nothing. All we did was a simple background check and we were off to the...

Posted by Amy Dotson on Mar 26, 2012

General Conference Snacks: Healthy (Delicious) Banana Muffins

Here’s a little something I’m baking for General Conference weekend (March 31st & April 1st). These are so good you will want to always have a stash in your freezer. Happy Monday! Repost: Do you have a few bananas sitting on your kitchen counter that are so ripe, your kids wont even eat them? What do you do with them? Sometimes I like to peel them, cut them in half, and freeze them...

Posted by Amy Dotson on Mar 24, 2012

General Conference Activities for Children

As a family, we love General Conference. Being able to be together for 2 days listening to a prophet teach us is remarkable and memorable. I always try to make it special. Sometimes we lay on blankets, sometimes we sit in little chairs, sometimes we eat special food and snacks, sometimes we stay on our pajamas. Anything to make it fun, unique and special is my motto! This year I came across a CTR game that...

Posted by Amy Dotson on Mar 24, 2012

What’s a Mom to do?

*This was originally posted on September 20th, 2010. I quietly opened the bedroom door of my “napping” girls. Me: What are you doing?! Why are you standing on the table? Zoe: I don’t know. Me: You don’t know? You just magically flew up there? Zoe: silence. Me: Climb down. Zoe get on your bed please. Mattie go lay on Uncle Sam’s bed. Zoe: still silent (I promptly removed...