At the end of last week we went to Shreveport for a couple of days. It wasn’t a scheduled vacation so we really didn’t have a budget for it. The idea was to get out of the house for a bit, so we chose to keep our activity/eating out money at a minimum. We stopped in to visit with Pary Moppins on the way. Little One had slept from our house to hers. When she woke up in the driveway {Read More}
Painting With Golf Balls
June 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Yesterday afternoon the kids were quickly destroying the house and my sanity (think cowboys and indians with 3 ft. tall kids) , so I knew it was time for an activity. The 3 of us thrive on structure so these activity times are actually the calmest part of our summer days. I picked another art project that my co-teacher did with her art classes. I told the kids we were going to paint, but completely stumped them when I went {Read More}
Solution for Wasted Toilet Paper
June 26, 2012 by 4 Comments
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Please forgive me for discussing a bit of a personal subject today, but I think it’s a legitimate issue that most of us with kids or grandkids have. We’ve all been there at some point- whether it was cats or kids. Either way it’s one of those times where you get that sinking feeling that you’ve just wasted a bunch of money. While I do think toilet paper is a waste of money, I’m not willing to go without it. {Read More}
Crockpot Pulled Pork BBQ
June 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Yesterday I made my first batch of crockpot BBQ pork. I’d made BBQ pork many times, but always baked it in the oven. This was the most delicious BBQ I’ve ever made! Since I loved the outcome I’m sharing the recipe I came up with. Ingredients: for every 2 lbs or so of boneless pork tenderloin: garlic salt pepper 2 TBS minced onion 1/2 cup regular/original BBQ sauce (I used original K.C. Masterpiece) 1/4 cup water Directions: Put minced onion {Read More}
Easy Baked Beans Recipe
June 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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As with most other things, one night I had baked beans on my menu plan but in the middle of cooking realized there weren’t any left in the pantry. I remembered my mother always making them for BBQs with pork n beans so I gave her a call. So simple and for me it’s less expensive than buying a can of Bush’s baked beans. Just use 2 cans pork n beans and brown sugar and BBQ sauce to taste. If {Read More}
Painting with Bubbles – Preschooler Activity or Summer Kids Activity
June 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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My last 2 years of teaching Kindergarten music I co-taught with the art teacher next door. I saw some really neat art projects and painting bubble art was one of them. I had to make do with just food coloring instead of tempera paint, but it worked for our project. food coloring, 1 tsp dishsoap & 1/4 cup warm water Blow bubbles in the soapy “paint” until they bubble just over the top of the bowl I did this project {Read More}
Foam Stickers – Preschooler Busy Activities
June 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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My goal this summer is to have at least one busy activity for every day that we don’t have any outside activities. Today’s activity was more beneficial to Little One’s fine motor skills than Turkey, but he enjoyed it all the same. Really the point of the activity was simply to give me a little break so I could get some work done and since it helps her too it’s a win-win. I told them they needed to fill their {Read More}
Homemade Croutons and Bread Crumbs
June 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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A few weeks ago we were fixing a recipe that called for bread crumbs. I’ve bought them before but didn’t want to do to it again (or use crackers) so I decided to make my own. While I was at it, it made sense to make croutons at the same time I used 8 slices of bread and several bread heels (or bread butts as I’ve always called them). I used to save them to feed the ducks, but we {Read More}
3 Simple Ways to Connect With Your Kids
June 5, 2012 by 4 Comments
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It’s hard to be a mother of a preschooler. It’s even harder when there is a younger sibling at home. The preschool child needs structured play, educational activities and responsibilities. The younger child only wants to do what the older child does, but doesn’t have the language skills to express it or the physical/mental capacities to participate in the same activities. The constant bickering, crying and hanging on legs is enough to send anyone into despair. Recently I’ve been thinking {Read More}
Ways to Organize Legos
May 29, 2012 by 1 Comment
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A couple of weekends ago my husband got out his collection of Legos for Little Turkey to play with. When I say collection, I mean a massive collection – 4 of the grey 10 gallon tubs full! There were a few sets bagged up but that was about as far as the organization went. This hadn’t been a problem with our older foster boys who loved to dump all the tubs out into a pile and just build. Turkey doesn’t {Read More}