Have you ever caught yourself doing exactly what you said you'd never do? Or saying exactly what you swore you'd never say? You know what I am talking about.....that one thing your mom always said that irritated you that you swore up and down you would never be caught saying.....until suddenly, you do! courtesy of Ahh! Parenting Well here is a funny (and TRUE) story about discipline gone wrong. When I was a preteen and teenager I cleaned to let off frustration and steam. Whenever my mom would upset me (which was frequent- let me tell you two ladies with raging hormones- run for the hills!) or if we'd get in an argument, or I'd even been sent to my room (ack!!!), I cleaned. I would make sure she knew I was ticked. How? Well, first thing is first, I'd make sure I slammed the door good and loud and if I didn't feel like the door slammed to my liking heck, I'd slam it again, just for good measure. Next I would turn on my radio and blast some crazy music that I seriously cannot … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2012
Pipe Cleaner May Day Baskets
May Day is coming up soon. Some people celebrate it and some people don't. In making these May Day baskets with my kids I learned that some people even celebrate it differently than I remember. For me, it was a day where you left candy in a basket at the door of a friend or neighbors house. For Jamie, it was a basket filled with flowers. Two different versions of the same idea. Just to brighten someones day and to make them smile! All you need to make these baskets are a handful of pipe cleaners. (I found MY package in the dollar bin at Target, SCORE!) Gather up a handful of pipe cleaners and pick out 5 and snip those in half. They will end up being about 2 1/2 inches long and you will end up with 10 pieces. Take four of those pieces and twist them together (to give you eight spokes) and take another and attach it to your pipe cleaners and snip it so that it measures the same as the rest. This will give you nine spokes (and you will want an odd number) to weave. Begin by … [Read more...]
Unique Smore’s Bites
Smore's treats are all the rage on Pinterest. People seem to love Smore's! In fact, this isn't the first Smore's treat our blog has made. Remember our Gimme Smore Cookies and Smore's Croissants? Well, this is yet another version of this tasty American treat. These came as an idea to me when I was craving a Smore's type treat but didn't have the "proper" ingredients. Ok, so I had chocolate and marshmallows but no grahm crackers. Plus my marshmallows were mini and my chocolate was chips, not exactly right for making Smore's...I looked through my cupboards and found Vanilla Wafer Cookies--perfect! Here's what you'll need to make your own Unique Smore's Bites: Vanilla Wafer Cookies Peanut Butter Chocolate Chips Mini Marshmallows Microwave Step 1) Spread peanut butter on the flat side of the cookies. (We tried these without peanut butter but everything kept falling off the cookies so we added peanut butter to help things stay in place.) Step 2) Put one … [Read more...]
Make Your Own Kites
We've had some beautiful spring days over the past few weeks. My girls have seen some kites flying around during these nice days and have expressed some interest in having a kite of their own. I decided that now was the time to make a kite with them that might actually fly. We've made kites in the past...small ones of computer paper, straws, and ribbon. None big enough to attempt to actually fly...until now... To make a kite of your own you'll need: Newspaper Some kind of string or ribbon Glue Straight sticks about 2-3 feet long Step 1) Look for sticks. We found a jackpot on a fallen tree branch in our neighbor's yard! Step 2) Use your string to tie the sticks into a cross. You'll want the horizontal stick to be slightly shorter than the vertical stick. Step 3) String your string around the sticks. You may have to cut small notches in the end of the sticks to help the string stay in place. Step 4) Unfold your newspaper and cut a pattern to match … [Read more...]
Fight Hunger Together
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Walmart Foundation. All opinions are 100% mine. More than 50 Million Americans don't know where their next meal will come from. People tend to remember that around the winter holiday time, however we forget that those 50 Million Americans go hungry year round. Springtime traditionally brings a decrease in food and charitable donations to food banks around the country. To Help bridge the Spring hunger gap, Walmart is working with Feeding America and four of the most recognizable food brands in America- ConAgra, General Mills, Kraft and Kellogg's - in a nationwide Fighting Hunger Together initiative from Monday, April 9 through April 30. Our Toys In The Dryer readers can join the fight against hunger in-store or through Facebook. Between April 9th and April 30th Walmart will be hosting Vote to fight spring hunger with Walmart on Facebook. Fans can rally support for communities in need of hunger relief. Vote among 200 … [Read more...]
Fun Stuff Fridays (#18)
Remember when Linkys were all the rage in blogging? They were a great way to find and get to know other bloggers before social media and Pinterest became mainstream. It didn’t hurt that they brought a ton of traffic to your site too. Lindsi and I started our Fun Stuff Fridays linky back in 2011. We kept it going for 20 weeks before it fizzled out (or we got sick of doing it, I’m not sure which happened). It is now soon to be 2017 and at lot of the links in those linkies no longer exist. Plus, I’ve let my link up subscription lapse so you can’t get to them anyway. Instead of deleting the Fun Stuff Fridays posts, however, I have decided to clean them up and make sure our featured links are still valid. After all, on a rare occasion I get traffic from one of these old posts. The linky may be gone but the featured posts are still valid as of December 2016… Welcome to Fun Stuff Fridays. We love seeing what our readers have been up to and cannot wait to share some of our favorites! … [Read more...]
