As we enter Day 8 of our 30-Day fitness challenge, my muscles are a little sore in places they aren’t usually. Climbing stairs is tricky. Carrying something as small as my school bag reminds me that I’ve been using long-neglected muscles. But it’s all for a good cause. I’m looking forward to the satisfaction of completing this challenge, and hopefully noticing some improvement ... Read More »
So here we are in January, the time for resolutions and making changes. I find it difficult to make resolutions that actually last for the year, so I love the idea of a challenge – with a start and end date, and a clear goal. 30 days, one month, of making good choices, and gradually building strength through various fitness ... Read More »
I’ve always loved tortilla and cream cheese pinwheels. I’ve seen the Christmas tree layout a few times on Pinterest, so I thought I’d give it a try for our New Years’ celebration with the kids. I just made a basic mixture of 1 package cream cheese, 1/4 c. cranberries, 2 Tbsp. walnuts and about 1/3 c. shredded cheese. I ... Read More »
We’ve been making these for years – they are such an easy meal (especially if you’ve forgotten to take meat out to thaw!), and it is a great way to sneak extra veggies to your kids. We often make it as part of a dipping supper (all finger foods, all dippable) – the kids love it! This is a great alternative ... Read More »
I’m a big fan of buying what’s in season, and when I went to the store last week, apparently cabbage was in season! I bought a HUGE head for $.99 – it was massive! Even after removing a few of the outside leaves, I was left with a lot of cabbage. I knew we were going to make a ... Read More »
Now I’m sure that most people have already carved their pumpkins on the weekend. For me, procrastinating paid off- instead of carving with four boys on indoors on a cold rainy day, we took our pumpkins outside and carved them in the beautiful sunshine today! And left the mess outside! Here’s a quick tip that we’ve been using for years to ... Read More »
I shared this briefly in my Apple post. It was a fun way we discovered to send apples to school or work without them turning brown. The boys call them “magic” apples – you take off the rubber band, and they fall open. All you do is use the slice the apple almost to the bottom, so the skin ... Read More »
I got my dehydrator from a friend a few years ago, and I love it. There are so many different things you can do with a dehydrator. FruitWe love to do apples, bananas, peaches, strawberries and blueberries. There are lots more that we haven’t tried yet. It’s really nice when you find a whole bunch of fruit on clearance (ie. bananas) ... Read More »
I learned how to make these chains years ago when I worked at the library, and we needed to decorate for Halloween. The other kind of loop paper chains get kind of boring after a while, and these ones look really neat. They’re pretty easy to make, and would look great in a classroom or in your windows! All you ... Read More »
This last costume came together rather easily. We had the black cape from a few years ago. We had just gotten the batman t-shirt from a friend. So all we needed was a batman mask. I did a Pinterest search for some ideas. The one we ended up liking was a broken link, so we just had to ... Read More »
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