It's August, and soon enough, the cries of "I'm bored!" will be silenced, and "I'm tired!" will probably take their place. (Seriously, how much can we try to squeeze into any given school week? We're trimming our schedules down this year, and hopefully, everyone will benefit.) Still, until my daughter starts school, the complaint of boredom will persist. (Really, she's not THAT bad about it ...
Family Fun
Tuesday’s Tip & A Quick Note from Nana: Miracle Bubbles Spill Stopper!
Our grandson is here, and we always have Tea Time on the porch. Today, here's a great new idea for blowing bubbles that works really well: The "Miracle Bubbles Spill Stopper" is actually a dollar at Dollar General. There's a spill stopper cap and a wand hanger! Very creative. I've been trying all types of bubbles and even made my own. These worked great! Sing: I'm ...
So….I’ve completely forgotten how to bake.
Seriously. Granted, I have done almost no cooking for the past three months, but this cake was a disaster. I wanted to make my husband a cake for his birthday. He's easy. His favorite cake is yellow cake with chocolate frosting. And, he likes it just as well from a box mix and a can of frosting. But, no, I couldn't do that. I had to make it all myself. After months of letting other people ...
Day Out with Thomas!
Okay, so I know how much my boys LOVE Thomas the Tank Engine…so much that that is the only birthday cake I’ve made and it’s still being requested, so much that it is the only toy aisle we meander through, and so much that my 20 month old’s first clear phrase may have been ‘Day of the Diesels.” But, even so, I never would have expected the reaction I got when my boys walked down that street in ...