http://insightfulnana.com Better Living For Today's Women - Parenting, Cooking, Health & Beauty, Crafts, Home and Garden, Boomers, Moms, Women Boomers, Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:07:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kids Easter activities can include easy Easter recipes such as making our Bird Nest Treats. They are so simple to make, your three year old can help. The ingredients are simple too.... you’ll use only 4 items. 1.  One  5 oz can of Chow Mein noodles. ... http://insightfulnana.com/simple-cooking/recipes/easter-treat-recipe-kids-easter-activities/html Easter is just around the color and your Easter coloring sheets are ready for you to download.   Kids love to color them with crayons, colored pencils or markers.  I keep plenty coloring pages on hand for when the "grands" come to visit. I received a sweet note my ... http://insightfulnana.com/fun-times/holidays/easter-coloring-sheets/html Your St. Patrick Coloring pages are ready for you to download for your kids.  I remember how important holidays were to me as a child.  St. Patrick's Day was one of my favorites because it was fun to catch the unsuspecting friend who forgot to wear green.  Pinches all around. I've ... http://insightfulnana.com/fun-times/holidays/st-patrick-coloring-page/html Preparing for disaster can be tricky business when it comes to educating children for something that may never happen. With the convenience of technology, exposure to witnessing the effects of an emergency or disaster is much more readily accessible to our children than it was several years ago.  Graphic photos and ... http://insightfulnana.com/backtobasics/be-prepared/preparing-for-disaster-and-helping-your-kids-to-not-be-afraid/html Growing certain indoor house plants that purify air came as a surprise to me.   It does make sense when you come to think about it.  Trees do the same thing for the environment.   They say the jungle in South America near the Amazon are the lungs of the earth. Research ... http://insightfulnana.com/home-garden/growing-indoor-house-plants-that-purify-the-air/html Happy Birthday George Washington...  You are 282 years old today... Congratulations! In the past several years, I have become very interested in American history and the lives of our Founding Fathers.  (Now why couldn’t I have been this passionate about American history when I was in school?)   Anyway... I am amazed ... http://insightfulnana.com/as-i-see-it/happy-birthday-mr-president-george-washington-of-course/html Make family meals a part of your dining routine.  Planning family meals together can reap great rewards for you and your loved ones. Because of the hectic lives we seem to lead these days, getting the family together in the same place at the same time can be difficult.  Between work ... http://insightfulnana.com/family/make-family-meals-a-part-of-you-routine-planning-family-meals-together-reap-great-rewards/html Your kids coloring pages are here.  Here are two Valentine card designs to choose from.   The  kids can color their own Valentines to surprise mom and dad,  grandma and grandpa.... or their friends. Of course, there is the back and white printable for coloring... or they can choose the pre-colored ... http://insightfulnana.com/fun-times/projects/kids-coloring-pages-valentine-cards/html "Stand by me world!," is the plea we're hearing from the people of Haiti.... and the people of the world are responding.  Planes from the United States as well as China, France and Spain have responded to the call quickly and goods are at the airport, as we speak.  Many ... http://insightfulnana.com/as-i-see-it/stand-by-me-world/html The word “Challenge” is a verb as well as a noun. The noun definition is: A call to take part in a contest,  competition or project, esp. a duel. "He accepted the challenge." The verb definition is: Invite (someone) to do something that one thinks will be difficult or impossible, dare:  ... http://insightfulnana.com/as-i-see-it/the-word-%e2%80%9cchallenge%e2%80%9d-is-a-verb-as-well-as-a-noun/html