http://smartpoodlepublishing.com/blog Read, Write, Travel & Have Fun with Your Kids Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:58:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en © 2010 by Debbie Glade, Smart Poodle Publishing. All rights reserved. Click here for last week's comic. http://smartpoodlepublishing.com/blog/2010/03/12/comic-strip-friday-grammar-lesson/ I've written part 2 of my article Tracing the Roots of Your Favorite American Author on Wandering Educators. Click here to read it. I learned a great deal about the hardships of Edgar Allan Poe and the impressive list of friends Nathaniel Hawthorne had! What do you know about your favorite ... http://smartpoodlepublishing.com/blog/2010/03/11/trace-the-roots-of-your-favorite-author/ I cannot keep up with my tomatoes! It looks like I will be canning again tomorrow. Some ways I have used my tomatoes this season include: My kitchen counter is full of tomatoes! Tomato bruschetta Tomato sauce Turkey Meatballs Tomato Pesto salad Tomato and Mozzarella Greek Salad Fried Green Tomatoes Tomato Salsa Tomato Soup Veggie Soup Minestrone Soup Tomato and Lentil Soup Zucchini and ... http://smartpoodlepublishing.com/blog/2010/03/10/tomato-overload/ Last year I interviewed my friend, Daphne at Dylan's Smile about her charity and her personal experience with having a son with a birth defect. It remains one of the most read blog posts on the site! Read it here. http://www.cksinfo.com Daphne brings comfort to families with children who have cleft palettes, ... http://smartpoodlepublishing.com/blog/2010/03/09/a-little-generosity-can-go-a-long-way-for-a-great-cause/ http://www.cksinfo.com If you are looking for a pediatrician for your newborn or just want to change your child’s doctor, here’s how to go about it. Talk to other parents with kids older than yours and find out what doctors parents like best. You can also call the local hospital for referrals. ... http://smartpoodlepublishing.com/blog/2010/03/08/how-to-find-the-right-pediatrician-for-your-child/ Yesterday we spotted a manatee in the river along Fort Lauderdale's Riverwalk. Learn more about gentle manatees at SavetheManatee.org. http://smartpoodlepublishing.com/blog/2010/03/07/we-saw-a-manatee/ We took our little Darwin on the Humane Society's Walk for the Animals in Fort Lauderdale.  It was a lot of fun, and there were so many adorable and unique dogs there! http://smartpoodlepublishing.com/blog/2010/03/06/dog-walk-in-fort-lauderdale/ © 2010 by Debbie Glade, Smart Poodle Publishing. All rights reserved. Click here to read last week's comic. http://smartpoodlepublishing.com/blog/2010/03/05/comic-strip-friday-parent-teacher-conference/ I am always looking for ways to use my abundance of winter tomatoes (S Florida's growing season). This is delicious! Grilled Eggplant Spinach Tomato Soup 1 medium size eggplant, peeled and sliced into 3/4 inch slices 3 cups chicken stock 1 cup water 1/2 bag baby spinach 5 garlic cloves, chopped 1/2 onion 2 TBS basil pesto 2 TBS ... http://smartpoodlepublishing.com/blog/2010/03/04/grilled-eggplant-spinach-tomato-soup-recipe/ My daughter, Rachel made a Didgeridoo for her friend's birthday. It was fun, and it looks fantastic! A homemade Didgeridoo Materials 5.5 feet of wide PVC pipe 1 can white plastic primer spray paint sand paper 2 cans black matte spray paint 1 can bold blue spray paint semigloss assorted colors of acrylic paint reposition-able spray adhesive painter's tape artist's paint ... http://smartpoodlepublishing.com/blog/2010/03/03/make-your-own-didgeridoo/