These are amazing....enough said! My kids go crazy when I tell them we're making these tasty homemade heath bars. Here is what you need: cookie sheet tin foil saltine crackers 1 stick of butter 1 cup of packed brown sugar 1 bag of chocolate chips (the minis are the best) small package of walnuts Line your cookie sheet with tin foil and lay out enough crackers to cover the whole pan. You might need to break a few in half to cover the whole pan (depending on the size of your pan) *Parents need to do this part* Melt the butter and brown sugar in a sauce pan and then pour on top of the crackers Place in the oven at 350 degrees for about 5 minutes (just enough to heat everything up). Pour the chocolate chips on top of the pan and spread out with a spoon (the mini's will melt faster and spread easier). Sprinkle the walnuts over the whole pan and set aside until completely cooled and then enjoy! (FYI- these taste amazing at around 3am, tee hee hee) … [Read more...]
Make Rainbows on Your Walls
Technically it's still winter. The first official day of spring isn't until tomorrow. With the unseasonably warm weather we've been having in Minnesota over the past week however (80s in March!!), it's been feeling down right summerish! This has made me and the girls want to do things to get rid of those winter blues...so...in honor of St. Patrick's Day and to get us in the mood for spring and Easter in a few weeks, we decided to make rainbows on our walls. Making rainbows is great way to cheer you up no matter what time of year it is. It can even be done on a rainy day! You'll need: A glass pan or jar A mirror that fits in the pan or jar Water A white wall or ceiling (or white paper to cover a colored wall/ceiling) 1) Pour the water into your glassware. The exact amount doesn't matter. I filled ours up about half-way. 2) Put your mirror in the water. 3) Place it in a sunny spot. 4) Play with tilting the mirror until you see rainbows form on the … [Read more...]
Fun Stuff Fridays (#15)
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...]
Daylight Savings and the Pajanimals
Daylight savings time used to be a fun time when I was a kid. An extra hour of sleep in the fall and an extra hour of daylight in the spring. Now that I am a mother daylight savings time is a time I anticipate a bump in the road for my kids sleeping schedule. We're lucky that our kids sleep as well as they do; they go to bed at 8pm and get up at 8am. When we know the "change in the clock" is approaching we try hard to adjust their bedtime by 15 minutes each day. After a few days we've caught up to the correct time and things seem to be back on track. One great way to gear my children up for bedtime is by watching the Pajanimals on Sprout TV. If you have never heard of the Pajanimals before I'd highly recommend you check them out. They are soothing and calming and help my children relax and unwind before bedtime. Sprout TV is the only place where you can regularly watch Squacky (the favorite of my twins) and their friends. Furthermore, Sprout TV is the only 24 hour channel dedicated … [Read more...]
Bunny Bunting Banner
Do you or your kids like Peeps? You know those marshmallows that are shaped into various animals covered in sugar. My kids LOVE them and I think they are pretty cute! I thought it might be fun to make a "Peep" shaped banner for our fireplace with my oldest son. Here is what you will need: a variety of colored paper marker scissors ribbon hot glue (or school glue) bunny shaped peeps (or a bunny print) I took one bunny-shaped Peep and traced it to make a pattern and then cut that pattern out so I could help my son trace the shapes onto the paper we selected. We traced the bunny onto several "spring" colored pieces of card stock paper. We traced about 12 of each color. After we cut them out we organized them into pretty little piles =) (cause I'm crazy like that) We took a little brown marker to make the eyes and noses on each bunny and set them aside. I was planning on using a simple ribbon to attach them but I liked the idea of using ric rack to add a … [Read more...]
Leprechaun or Shamrock Shake
There are plenty of Leprechaun or Shamrock Shake recipes out there at this time of year. We thought we'd share our version. From what I can tell, it IS a little different than the majority we've seen! Ok, so it may look a bit weird in the photo above but we guarantee it tastes yummy! Here's what you'll need to make your own: Vanilla ice cream Milk Mint cookies Green food coloring A blender I have to admit, I don't measure stuff when I make milk-shakes. I simply add ingredients until it looks and tastes good. 1) Add ice cream to your blender cup. A few large scoops will do. 2) Crumble a bunch of mint cookies into the blender cup. 3) Add milk to about half way up the ice cream. 4) Top with a bunch of drops of green food coloring. 5) Blend until smooth. 6) Enjoy your minty Leprechaun shake! How do you make your Leprechaun or Shamrock Shake? … [Read more...]
