My kids just absolutely LOVE pancakes. We have them admittedly way to often but oh well they eat enough of the other veggies and fruits. Plus there are worst things they could consume. I take this basic family sized recipe and make a bunch of variations with it. Ingredients: 2 Eggs 2 1/2 tbls baking […]
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Activities / Educational / Moral Development for Children
Toddler Scavenger Hunt
Today was one of those glorious sun shinning just a sweatshirt kind of days. For some reason this winter in our household seemed rough and the cabin fever and winter blues hit us hard. So when I saw the weather forecast for this week I got a bit giddy to say the least. We did […]
Food
Mexican Rice Bowl
My wonderful hubby says he is always excited when I make my ‘Mama Surprise’, and this dish was a winner. I wanted tacos but was out of most things so threw a bunch of stuff together and came up wit this. It’s quick easy and yummy. Recipe Ingredients 1 can of corn drained a bit […]
Activities / Educational
Cold or Rainy Day Activity
My kids love hopscotch. Which is great for learning numbers and introducing new languages. We say it in English, German, and Spanish. We started out with constriction paper and quickly found that failed with all the jumping and slipping the paper tore. Then my husband found the painters tap and just used that which was […]
Food / Moral Development for Children
Introducing Baby Food Part III (Recipes)
Everyone has different opinions on some foods and when to introduce certain things but here is a chart that is basically the ‘rule’ to follow. We alter ours becuase we like to make sure they can fully process something before we move on. For the chart below we hold the fruits and pump them full […]
Crafts / Educational
St. Patrick’s Day Crafts
These two were fun and a bit educational with the good old Roy G. Biv. It was also a great opportunity to teach about the color wheel and mixing colors vs having each color available. I had the kids paint the green popsicle sticks first then use that left over paint to get the grass […]
Food / Moral Development for Children
Introducing Baby Food Part II (cereal edition)
After the kids have been introduced and eating a good bit of veggies and I’ve started the fruits I like to try cereal and I start with rice. I like to give a little bit then wait a day then give them some more then wait a day then try again. This way it’s not […]
Food / Moral Development for Children
Introducing Baby Food (Part I)
I want to start this by saying all babies are different. Just because this is what we choose and worked for us does not mean it’s right for your babies or will work as easy if at all for your family. (Part II will talk about cereals) OK end of disclaimer rant now onto the […]
Food
Simple and Sweet
This year Valentine’s Day will be crazy with a doctors appointment and church in the am so we did our special breakfast early this year. Nothing like cleaning out the fridge and finding a random can of crescent rolls you forgot about to make your life easy either. All I did was pop it open […]
Crafts
Tissue Paper “Stain” Glass
Last year we did this same thing from the Kiwi Koala crate. and the kids just LOVED doing it. They had the tissue cut into squares and black card stock shapes. The card stock was to be placed first then the tissue to cover all over. They used contact paper to have the shapes and […]