So have you made your Summer Fun Checklist or Summer Bucket Lists yet? Pretty much everyone knows they want to enjoy the summer months and squeeze as much fun as they can from them...but how? It is always a good idea to have some sort of plan so that you know exactly what you want to accomplish and when the kiddos say they are bored you have an idea of what you might want to do. Your kids can even help you make your list so everyone has some input. I put together the list above with some things … [Read more...]
Keeping Cool in the Kitchen
Cooks know that as the temperatures outside increases, the desire to cook decreases. It has already hit me full force... I don't want to heat the kitchen by using my oven at all. And it isn’t due to lack of wanting to cook I just have the need to keep our home as cool as possible. We don't run our air conditioner willy nilly because we don't want to be energy hogs.. or spend extra money on energy bills. This is why baking is done mostly in the winter months and cool dishes are served during the … [Read more...]
Weekending
Not much going on... just trying to stay cool during this heat wave. We have a nifty indoor/outdoor temp display so as soon as the outdoor temperature gets cooler than the indoor temp (around 10:00 PM) we throw open the windows and put fans in them. Those stay until about 9:00 AM. I actually get pretty cold in my room at night and LOVE it! Plus I just like the look of box fans in the windows.. reminds me of summer days on the farm when I was a kid. Fresh picked Hydrangeas from the yard are a … [Read more...]
Watermelon Cakes – WW
Raw Watermelon Cakes Recipe … [Read more...]
Farming Game for Kids
We recently added another board game to our collection. We LOVE games and mom especially loves games that have some earth friendly message or that encourage a curiosity in nature. A few weeks back I won a $50 gift certificate to a homeschool store, I used part of it to buy The Farm Game for Kids. I have to say that this is one enjoyable and educational game. The game has three levels of play so it is almost like having three different games in one. The first level is for kids starting at age … [Read more...]
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