Homemade Playdough
Did you know that making play-dough at home is quite simple to do? And it keeps for long periods of time, staying soft. When I was teaching we always had homemade playdough in our classroom. It is cheap to make and fun to play with! And now that I’m home with the kids, we always...
Cincinnati – Our City, Our Story {GIVEAWAY CLOSED}
This giveaway is now closed, Unfortunately I never heard from my orignial winner (Maybaby) after more than 24 hours, so I had to choose another winner. Congrats to Alice Rericha, who said: We would keep it for our book collection. We don’t have a book about Cincinnati yet.Alice, you have 24 hours to email me...
Tips & Ideas for Peaceful Homework Time
So often it seems that homework is a struggle in our house. Sometimes it’s a child who would rather be doing anything other than the assignment, or sometimes it’s simply a matter of a concept not clicking in their little heads yet. When my friends kids were younger, they took them to Little Thinkers Center...
Christmas fun at Newport on the Levee
Today I took the boys to Newport on the Levee to see the Shillito’s Elves at Santa’s Workshop and the LEGO Holiday display. They absolutely loved it, and I loved standing back and seeing it through their eyes, as their excitement was contagious. The elves are adorable, and funny…and a blast from the past. I remember...
Making Dinner ~ Sam Style
Last night we had leftovers for dinner. Usually leftover night is met with cheers, especially on a night like last night when the leftovers were all kid friendly and some were even leftover from parties. We had pizza, homemade mac and cheese, BBQ sandwiches, and spaghetti & meatballs. Well not one of those things interested...
Delicious Black Bean Recipes
I am completely smitten with the Black Bean & Rice Burrito recipe from the Organize Yourself Skinny Blog. They meet the most important of my criteria for a perfect meal: easy to make and delicious. We eat them quite often around these parts. I like to double the black bean portion of this recipe and...
Turkey Day 2012
Did you enjoy Thanksgiving? Does your family have special traditions? Tell me about them in the comments! We celebrate all weekend long, with family parties, Snoopy Thanksgiving Viewing party, Poker Tournaments, and sometimes even with a birthday celebration for Michael. Here’s some pictures from our Thanksgiving Day celebrations. Thanksgiving 2012 :: Ella & co. made...
Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving….
We’re having a family movie night, watching one of my favorite movies from childhood…A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. I was so excited about the movie that I made them a special snack. And Ella set the coffee table up to look like Snoopy’s table in the show. We’re having a great Thanksgiving Eve snuggled in by...
Pictures on the Go
This collection of pictures came from my iPod Touch. Random snippets from our fun & crazy life. Roller Derby at Nana & Papa’s house Yes, my baby has a tatoo. That’s how we roll. We love WNKU! Mama’s night out. Sweet brothers. Fake running – the kids took this picture, it was one of about 100 (same...
