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In Home Day Care

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I have 3 spots available for Children newborn-4yrs. While your child is in my care they will be provided with fun activities, singing, playing games, and other learning activities.
- $20.00 a day
- Clean house
- Safe Neighborhood
- CPR Certified
- Convenient location (close to I-15/ I 2-15)
- Loving, safe, nurturing environment
- M-F 7:00 am -5:30 pm (This may be discussed)
- Must be okay with dog. One Jack Russell who is great with children!
-Self Pay clients only. Not accepting state paid clients at this time

Enrollment paperwork is available via email. I do require a short meet and greet before acceptance. Please contact by email, phone, or text.
email: shawnaharmon@gmail.com
Phone: 801-694-3763

A Tarantula and pine nuts!

Saturday we decided to go along with my mom and dad to gather pine nuts. For some of you your thinking, "What the beep are pine nuts and why the heck would you take a good Saturday to go out and collect whatever the heck they are?" Good question. Pine nuts are the edible seeds of pines. You find these seeds inside the pine cone. 20 species of pine produce seeds large enough for human consumption. The Pinyon Pine produces these lovely seeds here in North America and their history starts with the Native Americans. They are between 10-34% protein and do provide a great source of dietary fiber. So, they are really good for you and they taste great! They have been a fall family tradition since I can remember and growing up both sides of my family would take great effort in collecting these culinary delicacies. (you find most of your pine nuts served with Italian pasta dishes). We just throw the cones in the oven on 350 for about twenty minutes and then your tasty treat is ready.(You can also boil or roast these babies) They make your house smell like the great outdoors. They are very fragrant.

So, we started our pine nut picking day out with some exciting arachnid fun. My dad found this lovely thing off the side of a dirt road and gathered it up to show us. I hate spiders. I cannot even kill them when there are in my home but for some reason with it being a big bug and for the fact we were wearing gloves we thought we'd give it a shot and hold the thing. I was very close to peeing my pants and flashes of the movie "Arachnophobia" kept flashing through my mind but we made it through unscathed and the tarantula was eventually set free.....thank goodness!

Mom was the first brave one... she always is. If she did it, I could do it.

So here I am being a dare devil. HOLY CRAP!!

Mom got a little crazy..I'm NOT that CRAZY!!!


Awesome, always a happy boy!

Pickin pine nuts. Boxes, rakes, and gloves.

Nice, ripe, Pine cone!

Here are the pine nuts. You brake through the brown shell to get to the seed.

A successful day.

Beavers are Awesome!

So, Awesome is a very smart kid, and strong too! He has mastered standing in his crib and since he's got all kinds of teeth he finds fun ways to use them. Here he is all innocent and playful, standing in his crib. Mom is so proud of her growing boy. "Good job bud, you are getting so strong." and then it happens..... But before the mischievous side comes out, here's a little peek to keep mom happy!
"It's ok mom, I'm fine. Just let me play here for a little longer. K, you can go now"....



I am sure as soon as I left, the plug was spit out and the work began....


My little beaver in action.

So, to prevent this woodland work from happening I decided to intervene. Here's my handiwork. Laugh if you must. But it sure does work, even if it is a little girlie. I even lowered the crib. The price to pay when little beavers come to gnaw.

Ta da!

I love beavers even if they do love their wood!