Or should I say the sport?!
Yummy recipe from spiceupthecurry.com:
We added apple sauce to make them extra gooey, and a crushed peppermint chocolate Ritter Sport bar for some fun minty freshness….definitely worth a try! And great with of cream of course!
Gotta love St. Valentine for giving us all another holiday which involves chocolate, every mother’s love language. My husband cleverly pointed out that I love brownies, too…but hey, self-care is also important, no? 😉
As a mother of four girls, I realize it’s very important for them to be able to take care of themselves, and to be competent with tools.
Of course, no harm in their tools being made of chocolate, at least for now!
Thanks, Opa Bang Bang!
Here is our latest project, which turned our kitchen table into a rainbow tornado of felt, but was fairly simple and lots of fun for all of us! It’s a felt Christmas banner. We cut pieces of felt with sticky back to adhere to the larger piece, and glued on little foam decorations. Once it was hung up we pinned on a few more light decorations, and voilá: a Christmas banner.
See the little foam pieces? You can get them at the dollar store. My 4 year old helped with making the presents, and did a few by herself.
My 8 year old cut out the letters herself—not bad! She made the snowman and the Santa, too.
And my 6 year old made this snowman, except the hat; I helped with that. My little 3 year old decorated the Christmas balls.
Here are some of the felt makers…
The hardest part was getting the all kids to stay still for their picture! And of course cleaning all the little bits up after…so I recommend an extra coffee, but it’s well worth it for all the fun the kids have, and mummy, too! 😉
Some people say I’m nuts to have 5 kids, but I firmly disagree.
I’m bananas! 😉
So we didn’t make ketchup as a home school cooking project, I’m just inclined to love silly puns, so here’s a few photos to help you catch up on what the girls have been up to. A quick ‘ketchup’ post.
This is everyone with Grandma, who brought new school supplies…which always makes studying far more exciting, even for the little ones.
It makes me happy to see the older ones helping the little ones…because isn’t one of the most important goals of education to help people learn to care for and take care of others?
We also rearranged the furniture—another simple trick to make kids more excited about sitting at their desks to work!
My little preschooler is picking up stuff by osmosis…look what she tried to write all by herself!
Sometimes doing math together, with little silly drawings and stories, really helps supplement the workbook problem pages, and turns repetitious math questions into an opportunity to bond. Snacks help, too! You’d be amazed how much better my daughter learns math when she is using crackers to count with, and to keep her blood sugar up! Double whammy! 😉
It seems that cutting paper in funny shapes, like a seashell for example, makes kids a lot more interested in writing in them! Here’s a page from an under the sea creature book. The ghastly deep water angler fish…
Look what I found to my delight on the white board…promise I didn’t bribe my daughter to write it! 😉 But I agree, while it can be a logistical zoo at times, homeschooling is such a beautiful way to bond as a family while learning about the world. It is truly “awsome” (yes, we’re still working on spelling!)…
It is the first snow without you
the first snow and it is so piercingly cold
The ground is crunchy and the air hurts
my bare fingers as I take pictures
capturing this day
this moment without you
I’m so glad you’re wrapped
in the softest, cosiest blanket
your mama could find
My little snow queen
my glistening beauty
Unique and perfect
as a snowflake
and ever beautiful
The little birds flit about
with their feathers fluffed up
wee puffballs warm for winter
But I soon hurry inside
for my heart
is shivering
A simple homeschool or weekend outing with the kids is a fall scavenger hunt. We found a list in a forest book of seasonal items to look for, put on out coats and boots, and took our camera for a walk. We found gorgeous mushrooms, multicoloured leaves, chestnuts, a strange moss nest, a squirrel too quick for our camera, and various bugs.
Of course, taking along a Pumpkin Spice Latté is also a great idea; after all, it’s very seasonal!
And if you can bring along a willing uncle, that helps, too!
They tend to prefer truck spotting over squirrels…
A play at the park is always a good prize at the end!
You can do a walk like this any time of the year, and chat about the seasons, nature, plant growth, animal migration, etc! Easy science lesson, plus exercise! Doing drawings or paintings if your nature pics is another way to extend things. We did a collage.
Hope you enjoyed joining our little walk!
Just East Of Crazy Land 