Archive for September 2011 | Monthly archive page
Pin It Paddle to the Sea – chapters 24 – 27 Lesson Plans Chapter 24 – Along the Great River Using the boys plastic cowboy and Indians we reenacted the scene where the lady describes some of the happenings in the St Lawrence River (with quite a bit of embellishment – but had they been older we [...]
Pin It Pin It Gluten Free Granola Recipe This is an easy gluten free recipe that can be used as a breakfast food, homemade yogurt topping or a snack. Pin It – 5 cups Gluten free Old Fashioned Rolled Oats {I used Bob’s Red Mill brand} – 2 cups chopped almonds – 1 cup chopped [...]
Pin It Pin It When The Nester shared about the 31 day challenge – write one post a day on your chosen subject through the month of October – I knew I wanted to do it. I just couldn’t think of what subject I wanted to write about for 31 days. Then when my dear [...]
Pin It Pin It There is something incredibly refreshing about the beginning of Fall – short sleeve shirts get replaced with cozy sweaters. Fruity candles are replaced with richer, more woodsy scents. {Marshmallow Fireplace by Bath and Body Works is AMAZING. As is their Salty Caramel.} Summer berries and juicy watermelon is replaced by a [...]
Pin It Paddle to the Sea Chapter 19-23 Activities Chapter 19 – Forest Fire We had just returned from a camping trip in the forest two days prior to reading this chapter so we talked about the importance of putting out camp fires. We also brainstormed other ways that forest fires would start. Chapter 20 [...]
Pin It Pin It Earlier this week I found a copy of the dvd I had made of Judah’s first year of life. I sat down with the boys and we watched it together – Wesley promptly declaring it boring due to the fact that he wasn’t in it. But watching that movie made me [...]
Pin It Pin It Gluten Free Cauliflower Crust Pizza I made this a vegetarian pizza and served it alongside a big salad and sausage links. When I make it again I will be doubling or tripling the recipe as it didn’t make much for the 4 of us. Cauliflower Crust Pizza The Crust -4 [...]
Pin It Paddle to the Sea chapter 15-18 Activities Chapter 15 – Dry Dock – In this chapter Paddle gets a new coat of paint and some other minor repairs done, so we talked about refinishing old things and freshened up one of their old and worn looking toys with a fresh coat of paint. [...]
Pin It Pin It Roasted Chickpeas – or Garbanzo beans, which is entirely way more fun to listen to your kids try to pronounce – are such a huge hit in this house. We’ve probably cleared about 20lbs of these in the last several weeks. As a snack, a salad topper or a side dish [...]
Pin It Pin It Inspired by this post at Life in Grace about the contents of Edie’s fridge I went at once to capture the contents of our fridge as it was in the moment – no altering, no throwing out of the nasty spinach in the crisper drawer or waiting until after a big [...]
