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Friday, February 10, 2012 10:49:26 AM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled More Homemade Valentines: Quilled Hearts and Flowers:
Carol said, "For those of you more interested in making pretty Valentines with your kids than the humorous bodily-noises variety I featured in yesterday's post (here), I bring you a technique that's:relatively easy (though a tad time-consuming), relaxing (a good..." more
Thursday, February 9, 2012 11:21:31 AM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Homemade Valentines (of the Borderline Inappropriate Sort that Boys Might Be Willing to Make):
Carol said, "Valentine for his classmates. By my son at age 7The Valentine above almost got my son kicked out of school.Long time readers of my blog as well as my unfortunate offspring will know that I have rather rigid rules for school Valentines. (See..." more
Monday, October 31, 2011 10:49:06 AM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Happy Halloween!:
Carol said, "Hope you have a day filled with treats and only nice tricks!I'm planning to start blogging here again - I've missed all of you."
Friday, August 5, 2011 4:44:31 PM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Children's Books Spared from Lead Law's Axe! Hooray!:
Carol said, "This post also appears on my group writing blog, Route 19 Writers.Illustration by Arthur Rackham for Wagner, Richard (translated by Margaret Amour) (1911). Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods. London: William Heinemann, New York: Doubleday...." more
Monday, February 14, 2011 1:50:54 PM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Happy Valentine's Day!:
Carol said, "When I was a kid, my favorite part of Valentine's Day was not candy, getting tons of mail, or finding out that someone I liked liked me back (though of course I loved all those things), but making my Valentines. I spent weeks before the big..." more
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 2:15:41 PM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Cut Paper Christmas: Encore with a Solstice Slant:
Carol said, "My goodness, there has been a lot of Christmas-time paper cutting at my house over the years! Here are some more paper cuts that we've done in years past - some by my kids, some by me - with a snow/winter theme. I'll add some hints for..." more
Thursday, December 9, 2010 9:15:19 PM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Sydney Taylor and the All-of-a-Kind Family Books:
Carol said, "First book in the series of five, first published by Delacourt in 1951Poop! I started writing this ages ago and meant to get it finished while it was still Hanukkah, but life is hectic these days. Well, it's not too late really, because..." more
Friday, December 3, 2010 8:39:53 AM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled St. Nicholas Day Paper Boots: For When a Paper Shoe Simply Isn't Big Enough:
Carol said, "Not-big-enough paper shoe - Needs more room for chocolateMy tutorial for making paper shoes for St. Nicholas Day is probably my most popular post ever, which kind of cracks me up, since I hadn't imagined there would be much demand for such..." more
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 9:39:58 AM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Happy Hanukkah! With Coloring Tutorial!:
Carol said, "This is a paper doll based on the star of my book Mimi, which I first posted last year in a longer piece about the holiday (complete with book recommendations and latke recipe) here. I've colored the sheet with colored..." more
Thursday, November 25, 2010 3:22:31 PM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Happy Thanksgiving!: Simple Table Decor and a Last Minute Recipe for a Turkey Glaze and Sauce:
Carol said, "We celebrated Thanksgiving a day early this year because my oldest decided at the last minute to spend the actual holiday out of town with his girlfriend and her family. That left Wednesday as the only night we'd be all together. It was so nice..." more
Sunday, November 21, 2010 11:05:28 PM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Sunday Exploring: Chatham Village:
Carol said, " Twenty-one years ago, shortly after moving to Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania (a Pittsburgh suburb), I was wandering around my neighborhood with my one-year-old son in a backpack when I met another mom with her young son in a backpack. We..." more
Friday, November 19, 2010 9:45:18 AM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Route 19 Writers: A Blog for Writers, Readers and Anyone Who Loves Kidlit:
Carol said, "I know it seems crazy, since I haven't exactly posted regularly (okay, hardly at all) this past year, but I'm also writing now for another blog. The Route 19 Writers are a motley crew of mostly children's book writers who live along Route 19 South..." more
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 7:07:11 PM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Happy Birthday, Frances!:
Carol said, "Karen MacPherson's syndicated Children's Corner column this week alerted me to an important occasion: the 50th birthday of Frances, star of the classic picture book series by Russell Hoban. (I strongly recommend reading Karen's column -..." more
Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:25:39 AM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Another Radio Day! Parents Rule with Pat:
Carol said, "I'm doing a radio show this afternoon on topics from my latest parenting book, The Preschooler Problem Solver (Peachtree, 2009). I'll post the announcement for the show below, which you can listen to on the radio, the internet or by podcast. Pat..." more
Thursday, February 4, 2010 11:10:57 AM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Radio Day:
Carol said, "I'm doing two radio shows today for my latest parenting book, The Preschooler Problem Solver (Peachtree, 2009). The first show today is with Grandparenting Today on WMKV-FM in Cincinnati OH. I'll be chatting with host Sue Zimmermann from 1:30 to 2..." more
Friday, January 1, 2010 9:14:38 PM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Peace in the New Year:
Carol said, "I'm making a wish for peace in 2010 - for the world, for my family and friends including all of you, and for myself.The paper crane is a symbol of peace. In 2001, I gave out paper crane ornaments (like the one in my current header) as my holiday..." more
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 4:42:29 PM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Cut Paper Christmas:
Carol said, "I'm not sure why, but I always have urges to do cut paper crafts at Christmas (which is why the floors are always covered in tiny scraps at the holidays). The two paper cuts above were leftovers from a flurry I cut one year to decorate packages...." more
Monday, December 21, 2009 1:16:28 PM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Christmas All Dolled Up I:
Carol said, "Dolls and Christmas have been entwined in my heart since I found Tiny Tears, above, under the tree the year I was three (I think). She had some great features - she drank from a bottle with real water in it, cried and wet, and her eyes only closed..." more
Thursday, December 17, 2009 2:06:40 AM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Happy Hanukkah!:
Carol said, "Happy Hanukkah! Nearly belatedly! In honor of the Jewish Festival of Lights, I have another Mimi paper doll available to print and color; you can get it here. There's a brief story-ette about Mimi going to a Hanukkah feast, and it includes a menorah..." more
Friday, December 11, 2009 12:13:42 AM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled My Creative Space - The Holidays Are Coming!:
Carol said, "Not too surprisingly, I continue to fall farther behind with my attempts at daily blogging this month, even though the weather has been keeping me home and mostly inside - though also computer and sewing machine-free, as I seem to be taking my..." more
Thursday, December 10, 2009 6:49:19 PM
Carol Baicker-McKee commented on James Talarico's Profile:
Carol said, "Hi James,
Thanks for the nice comments on my work - I'm a long time fan of Wallace and Gromit and often think I should have been an animator."
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 1:18:16 AM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Hot+Not: Computers and Piggies and Lanterns, Oh My!:
Carol said, "Hot. Not. Loobylu. Need I say more?This week, I'm starting with the NOTS.Not. Any Computer in Our House. Or, for that matter, any electrical appliance, like say my car. My refrigerator. Half the lightbulbs.Lordy, it's been a week of..." more
Thursday, December 3, 2009 2:28:33 AM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Hot+Not: Hearts and Chili and More:
Carol said, "I'm joining in again with what's hot and what ain't at Loobylu (and you should definitely head over there to wish her a happy 10th blogging birthday at a minimum), but I'm starting to squeak in just under the deadline every week - but it's one of..." more
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 5:54:09 PM
Carol Baicker-McKee wrote a blog post titled Pug Love: A Birthday and Books for Koko, My Faithful Fuzzy Friend:
Carol said, "Koko Acrylic Painting by Sara Baicker-McKeeI was never a dog person. Except for a neurotic collie that my parents gave away when we moved from California to Virginia when I was a year old, my family always had cats, not dogs. Thanks to Diddle,..." more