For Easter this year my mom scored on some AWESOME card games for my kids at the dollar store! I was looking through them and it got me to thinking about all the fun, and easy, card games I used to play when I was a kid. Go Fish- Go Fish is best for 2-5 players. A regular deck of card may be used, or you can purchase fun kid-friendly cards as well.. The dealer deals 5 cards to each player All of the remaining cards are placed face down to create a pond (or stock). The player to dealer's left starts. The first player may start by asking for a specific persons cards, for example- "Johnnie, may I please have your 5's?" The player who asks must already hold at least one card of the requested. If the player who was asked has cards of the named (5's in this case), he must give all her cards of this rank to the player who asked for them. That player then gets another turn and may again ask any player for any rank already held by the asker. If the person asked does not have any cards … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2013
Caught You Being Good FREE Printable–Pinned it, Did it!
I'm sure you've seen a bunch of those "Caught Ya Being Good" ideas all over Pinterest. If you haven't, here and here are a few of them. I LOVE the idea of "Caught Ya Being Good", and while I thought the jars were cute, I wanted make my own version of it. My variation is more like "Wanted For Good Behavior" and has a kinda western theme. Yes, I know I have girls but I just couldn't resist a wanted poster so I had to tie in the rest. The principle is still the same--reward my girls for good behavior. I'm just so sick of yelling at them all the time that I thought I should start acknowledging when they are good. Now when I catch them being good (without me asking) they get a sheriff's certificate. After they've gotten 10 certificates, they get a reward of their choosing whether it be $5.00 for their piggy bank, a date with mom or dad, or an extra treat before bed. These certificates, however, are not easy to earn. The girls only get them when they are CAUGHT being good, not … [Read more...]
Brownie Mix
If you are like me, and you should be cause I'm cool, you are kind of bothered by all the "odd" ingredients in mixes you find today. I searched high and low and couldn't find a brownie mix that contained ingredients that I could pronounce, let alone knew what they all were. So I created my own! And lucky you, I am sharing it with you today! I have a large family (there are six of us) so I make it in bulk and store it in a canister. You can divide the recipe up evenly and it will turn out the same for you. Best part, you can pronounce EVERY ingredient in it! Lindsi's Fabulous Brownie Mix 2 T salt 3 T baking powder 4 Cups cocoa powder (like Hershey's) 12 Cups of unbleached flour (you can use bleached if you want but IMO-yuck) 16 C sugar Mix well and store in a covered jar or tub To make a batch of brownies you need 2 1/4 Cups of your brownie mix 2 eggs 1/3 Cup vegetable oil 2 T water 2 tsp vanilla Bake at 350 degrees for 28-30 minutes in a small square pan....yum! … [Read more...]
Creating a special reading place- on a budget
With four kids I don't have a lot of extra cash floating around (who does these days?). My daughter asked me to create a Book Nook for her. I have to admit, I giggled, because I thought "um, you're 5 what do you know about a Book Nook?" While on bed rest from my surgery (coming soon in another post) I got to work and did some pinning on Pinterest. Apparently Book Nooks are where it's at these days! I was able to create a special place for my princess with less than $50. Sweet!!!!!! We had several extra crib mattresses laying around (which may not sound normal to you but at one point we had three cribs in use at our house). I knew I could make a custom cover for the mattress and add some special flare to it as well. I found these stick on letters at Target in the clearance section for only $3.46. I thought they were perfect for the wall. They didn't have enough "R's" so I had to get creative and make an extra "r" out of a "p" (can you tell which "R" is made by me?) I Google … [Read more...]
Things for the kids to do when mom or dad are sick
Mom is sick....uh oh....here are 15 things for the kids to do when mommy or daddy are sick 1.Have a Dance Party- turn up the radio and let them boogie on down 2. Educational games on your smart phone-this keeps my boys entertained for hours, or until the battery dies 3. Indoor bowling- yup, you read that right! 4. Create some crazy shapes out of exploding soap 5. Dot to Dot, brain quiz or workbooks- I have a stash of these just for the days when I am under the weather, they love them! 6. Make rainbows and prisms on the wall 7. Popsicle Stick puzzles out of old photographs of your kids 8. Scratch pads. Seriously these things are genius! Let us show you how to make them. 9. Have your kids run an obstacle course while you rest 10. Paint with marbles- it's easy and so much fun 11. Stickers- let's be real all kids love stickers! 12. Play with shaving cream- I know it sounds messy but it will clean your table and it smells SO good! 13.Make a paper … [Read more...]
Mexican Stuffed Shells–Pinned it, Did it!
I often pin recipes on my personal Pinterest account but never actually make them. Pinned it, Did it! is the perfect excuse to start trying some of those recipes I've pinned. Mexican Stuffed Shells was one that I had all the ingredients for on hand except for the shells. I made a trip to the store for the pasta then got to work... I quickly discovered that these tasty shells are super easy to make and one that the girls could easily help with if you let the meat mixture cool a bit. (Tottie wanted to help me stuff the shells with the meat but I didn't have time to wait for it to cool.) I WILL be making this recipe again! They were so good and my whole family loved them. They aren't exactly quick to make, but they are easy, which makes up for the time it takes to stuff all the shells. Don't they look good to you? … [Read more...]
