My New Idea…

I had this idea last night (mainly because I see it on other blogs). Theme Days! I am thinking of two days a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) because it gives me a chance to post an awesome recipe and post about my frustrations in crafting. Monday – Weekend Recovery/Picture/Etc. – Manic Mondays Tuesday – Recipes/Cakes/Cooking … Continue reading →

Vegan Applesauce – Oatmeal Cookies!

I really wanted to make cookies for my daughter to partake of after school. One major problem I had no butter and no shortening! So I once again Googled something: no butter or shortening cookie recipe.  Low and behold I found one that I had all the ingredients too! Applesauce-Oatmeal Cookies   3 c. oatmeal1 … Continue reading →

First Day of School

To make my life easier this week I spent the Sunday labeling and packing snacks for the week. I cut up carrots, measured out raisins, grapes, and olives put them in little baggies with labeled with my daughter’s name. I then packed all those snacks in two containers and wrote the contents on them with … Continue reading →

Portfolio for Youngsters

My daughter loves to paint, draw and color, so much that our fridge is an over crowded art gallery.  I decided to take my daughters pictures and trim them to 8 1/2″ x 11″ and put them in a spare three ringed binder with plastic sheets.  Not only can she look through all of her … Continue reading →

Twitter and Other Blog Stuff

I finally did it – I joined Twitter. I have no idea what I am doing or why I am doing it but I joined Twitter. Once again it is because all the “cool kids” are doing it so I decided I needed to too!  So there are buttons everywhere and a Twitter Feed, I … Continue reading →

Blog Hopping Friday!

Since I now have 26 32 Followers (as of this morning)- THANK YOU!!!!! I am officially motivated (obsessed) and want more 🙂  I honestly wasn’t expecting to be as devoted to this blog but I am having so much fun and I hope everyone else it too!  I will say the more Followers I have … Continue reading →

What’s for Lunch – Magnet Calendar?

What’s for Lunch – Magnet Calendar?

I needed to think of some way to keep track of my daughter’s lunch/snack menu for the week.  The only real criteria I had was that it had to be easy enough that she could do it herself because it is her lunch and she has a right to pick a healthy lunch/snack.  Also needed … Continue reading →

Craft Stick Puzzles

I have mentioned my giant box of Craft Sticks before and believe it or not I will have to replenish my supply shortly. My daughter starts school on Monday so she only has a couple more days of being “crafty” with mom. Today I wanted to do something simple and fun. My daughter loves puzzles. … Continue reading →

Pom-pom Ladybugs…

Today’s craft project was all about Ladybugs!  Before we started I looked up information on Ladybugs, so we could all learn something about Ladybugs (which aren’t really bugs they are beetles).  Here are the two websites I read to my daughter about Ladybugs:National GeographicEverything About Ladybugs Once we had our fill of knowledge we made … Continue reading →

The Search for a Clear Backpack…

The Littlest Pet Shop Case My daughter starts school August 30th and the only thing we were missing was a clear or mesh backpack. My criteria for this: it needs to at least appear that it will stay together longer than a week and it needs to be “girly” (my daughter wanted a pink one). … Continue reading →