tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53053278139409579322024-03-14T02:10:15.784-05:00Sweet Potato PieSweet Potato Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483494755440308653noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305327813940957932.post-32412693485663017282012-07-09T11:34:00.002-05:002012-07-09T11:34:39.782-05:00I Need Some Ruby Red Slippers!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're leaving for Kansas today! It's a much needed vacation. It's the first vacation that my mom hasn't made a specific plan for each day of the vacation. Maybe I should have made another pair of ruby slippers :P. I have a lot of Summer of Crafts posts to post when I get back. Have a great week!</span>Sweet Potato Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483494755440308653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305327813940957932.post-3599806214467851272012-07-03T19:39:00.000-05:002012-07-03T19:39:06.976-05:00Headbands!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Headbands are expensive and it's ridiculous to spend $10-$20 for a headband. Want to know a secret? They are incredibly cheap and easy to make. I have figured out how to make a wide variety of types of headbands. This is the Square cut headband. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I made some Fourth of July ones for the girls. It cost me a total of $5 dollars and I still have a ton of materials left to make more. I like to use fat squares (fabric that is pre-cut for quilting) because there is more than enough fabric and you can buy it for under $2. For these headbands I bought red and white fat squares, blue ribbon, red-white-blue ribbon that was on sale for a dollar/roll, and red felt. I also bought some elastic headbands from Target. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First I cut several squares of fabric and ribbon. To do this I used my mom's O'lipfa Ruler (also known as a quilting ruler) that has a lip edge. You can find them <a href="http://www.joann.com/o-lipfa-ruler-with-lip-edge-4-x-36-/prd2860/" target="_blank">here. </a> You can use a regular ruler but I think that this type of ruler is easier to use. Then cut two felt small felt circles. I cut mine about the size of a milk gallon cap. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next I made my little fabric "bursts". To do this put a dot of hot glue in the middle of your square and then squeeze the the fabric together. If you twist the bottom of fabric it creates a tighter burst. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After I made my pile of bursts, I cut off the ends so I had a flat edge. By cutting off the end, it makes it easier to glue on to the felt. The end isn't really needed, it's just extra fabric and glue. Just be sure not to cut off to much or else the burst will fall apart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now it's time to make the actual headband piece! On my little felt circle I put a dot of glue in the center. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then put a burst on the glue dot. Hold it for about 5-10 seconds so the glue can set. Then add another dot of glue and add another burst. Keep doing that process until the red felt isn't visible or until your happy with your headband piece. Try to keep the bursts close together. To do this, I put put my dots of glue touching the burst that was already on the glued onto the felt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's attach this to some elastic! I like to use elastic headbands that can be found at Target or Walmart. This particular brand is Goody. You can use hard plastic headbands, I just don't like them because they hurt my head and I think these are more comfy for little kids to wear. To attach my bursts to the headband, I first cut my second felt circle to a smaller circle. This is just so that the elastic curves better around the wearer's head. Next cover the smaller circle with hot glue. Then place the elastic head band in the hot glue. I then quickly stuck it to the bottom of the larger felt circle that the bursts are attached to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also put one on a hair clip. We made Dad wear it and then we made the dog wear it all just to get Peyton to put her headband on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We went for a boat ride Saturday night. Noah did not enjoy this because we couldn't go fast and we couldn't tube. Those were the only reasons he even wanted to go! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were at bunch of eagles swooping across the water. We were all excited. Whenever we see an eagle we say "Hi Grandpa." That may seem silly but when he died there was an eagle flying over the cemetery and someone made the comment that it was Grandpa and it stuck. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Can you guess this store? If you guessed Cabela's then you are the winner! We love Cabela's. There is so much to look at when we're there. Mom and I bought some Under Armour 4D Foam flip flops. They are the most comfortable flip flops ever! You should get some :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My mom and I co-crafted last week because the pool was closed for a swim meet. We decided to make tye-dye shirts for the Forth of July. To avoid the mess that would happen with the rubber bands and the dunking of t-shirts into buckets of dye, we spray painted them. You can buy tye-dye already in spray bottles but is cost more and there's not much in them. So we made our own. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> To make the dye we poured a little bit over a fourth of the bottle of Rit liquid dye into a spray bottle. I picked our spray bottles up at the Dollar Tree and our dye up at Walmart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">I had three awesome crafts planned this weekend, but when I woke up at 2 in the morning on Saturday with a fever and a swollen throat I knew it wasn't going to happen. My mom and I went to Urgent Care and sure enough my strep test was positive. I haven't had strep in forever! I also have no clue how I got it. I'll get the new posts up as soon as my head stops spinning. :) For now enjoy this picture that I sent to my friends. Isn't my hair just lovely?</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's really easy to make, almost too simple! I used a 2:1 ratio, 2 parts cornstarch and 1 part water. I also added some food coloring which turned my hands green... Obleck is not easy to mix together. It likes to be stubborn. I ended up just using my hands to mix it together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I poured the slime into 3 different cups and gave them to the boys. They had a lot of fun with it and I had a lovely time cleaning it all up. :P </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aren't these super cute?! I saw a picture of them on Pintrest and decided that I was going to make them tonight. They're super easy too. All you have to do is cut a bunch of toothpicks and stick them into Mike and Ike's. It's just that easy! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look at all of those pretty little Popsicle. I put Josh to work to make the sticks. We started out using flat toothpicks but then I would have to poke the candy with a normal toothpick to make a hole so the flat toothpick wouldn't break when I was trying to put it in the candy. That got really frustrating so I just started using normal toothpicks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He really enjoyed being my helper :P He got a new game in his phone and he was super enthralled with it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mini Potatoes (I used 3 pounds for 7 people and there were some left over.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.5 Ranch Seasoning Dip/Dressing packets</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2c Shredded Parmesan Cheese</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Please Note: We use Dutch Ovens around here but you could easily but them in a foil packet and put them on the grill or in a baking dish and put them into the oven.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First slice all of your baby potatoes to a similar size. I cut most of them in half but if they were bigger I cut them into thirds. Place them into the Dutch Oven. As for potatoes I used Gemstone potatoes which we get at our Hyvee. They come in bags like this and they are baby reds, yellows, and purples (Who knew?! Purple potatoes, they're delish!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mom, Noah, and I went shopping on Saturday. We needed to get Father's Day stuff and supplies for crafts next week. We got most of what we needed at the Dollar Tree. I happen to love the Dollar Tree, because well every things a dollar... Anyways, I was able to get enough supplies for 5 new crafts for twenty-five dollars! And Mom and I got to mess around. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today is Father's Day and we are making home made ice cream! Mom bought this one on sale at Target last week. It's a Sunbeam and it works great! When the ice cream is all done the machine will shut off all by it's self which is pretty nifty. </span><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This weekend is Festival of Trails. If you enjoy slushies, pitas, mini doughnuts, or crab ragoons you should make an appearance. Oh and add shifty carnival rides to that list! I would really only go for the food if I were you. The rain managed to hold off until the very last fireworks. I love fireworks! But here in Iowa they are against the law unless if you have a licence. So we can't really shoot them off on our own (although I do go to school in Wisconsin and will be living there in due time sooo maybe firework pyrotechnics are in my future. Ha! Who am I kidding? I get nervous lighting a candle.). Any who I took some pictures for you. </span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But at least it didn't look like this lovely hair style that I had this morning. My family has crazy hair in the morning no matter how much I straighten it the night before. It's pretty bad I took a picture for you all to see. I think that we should take a picture and use it for our family picture. It'd be cute. Usually it's crazier than this but I kind of smoshed it down before I took a picture. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The boys have been begging me to let them have a lemonade stand. I finally agreed last week but it took us about a week to just get things together. I had them make signs last week. I told them that they had to be super awesome and they had to decorate them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then yesterday morning they set up a picnic table and taped their signs on to the table. And then people came and bought lemonade and KoolAid. I sat near by in a chair and acted as money keeper. The boys made a total of four dollars, which I thought was pretty good considering that it was cloudy and cold yesterday. They want to have another one next week but they want to add cookies to their list... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">As a last ditch effort to get rid of any tan lines for my cousin's wedding, my mom and I laid out in the morning. It didn't do much. As we were laying in the protection of our backyard, my mom decided my brother's truck reminded her of the one off of </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Beverly Hill Billies. </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">My brother is </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">extremely</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> talented with cars, building, fixing, and making things work. The bed of his truck "broke" and he had to build a new one. If you ask me it kinda looks like a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">picnic table. He also made the metal parts above the wheels and such. Either way it's way better then I could ever do! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After we told my dad about what we thought about Joe's truck, my dad carried out a rocking chair and made a sign. He in return gave my car racing stripes with painters tape which was a pain to take off. (I don't have a picture. I took one with my phone and it got messed up :()</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the way I forgot to show you my nails that i did for my cousin's wedding. I only say this because it took me forever to find the perfect color polish!</span></div>
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<br />Sweet Potato Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483494755440308653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305327813940957932.post-66291705327644541782012-06-10T22:41:00.001-05:002012-06-10T22:41:41.307-05:00I'm Back... Again...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been meaning to write since Thursday, but clearly this hasn't happened yet. I've just been very busy and the boys have been crazy. I try to wear them out at the pool. This is how Oliver spends his time at the pool. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He builds tents out of the towels and then hides in them. This one just happens to be on the ground but he usually makes them when he's sitting on my lap and then he falls asleep. I then get a lovely tan line. But he's cute so I can't be mad at him. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just realized that you can't see the bottom of her dress in this picture but it has coral, orange, and red poppies on it. We kinda matched! If you look closely she's not even looking at the camera, she's looking at my aunt behind the camera. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Josh wasn't able to come because he had to work. He sure was asked about by every aunt and cousin. Especially this one. This is Taylor, isn't she cute? We danced, and danced, and danced some more! It was a lot of fun! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week I will attempt to get some crafting done. I also have to make Josh's birthday cake and get his birthday present... Maybe I'll write a post on how to make my mom's ice cream cake. It's to die for!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">My good friend Bobbi graduated from high school and I wanted to make her something that she would be able to keep well past college and make her own style. I roamed around Hobby Lobby until this was thought up of. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's what you'll need: Scrapbook paper, puff paint, scissors, picture frame, and a dry erase markers. (The puff paint is for the letters. If you don't like your handwriting you can use scrapbook letters.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trace the photo that comes with the frame on the scrapbook paper and cut it out. This will be the back drop for your name plate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next, using the dry erase marker, write the name or saying onto the glass of the frame. It only took me about 27 times before I was satisfied with it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trace your letters with the puff paint. This took me awhile just because I wanted it to be perfect so I went really slow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bobbi's going to be attending U of I in the fall so I wrote Iowa Hawkeyes on the background paper. This also took a supper long time because I didn't like the way it looked. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And TaDa!! Isn't this beautiful? When she gets tired of this background she can change it with any color she likes. Not including the drying time for the paint this project took only about 30 minutes. It could have taken less if I hadn't been so picky. She loved it and it matched her party decor. Now I kinda want to make on for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sweet Potato Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483494755440308653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305327813940957932.post-40582382935642831932012-06-06T00:51:00.001-05:002012-06-06T00:51:39.239-05:00Looking At the Sun Can Be Very Dangerous Unless You Know What You Are Doing<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We probably looked like idiots standing outside with<br /> a welding helmet but it was pretty awesome!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like Noah here! He knows exactly what he's doing. The kid has been researching about planets since he was three. Now he's almost eleven and today was the big day that we could see Venus. It was written really big on the calender. He has been doing my science homework since then. I love him much. I was informed that we needed number 14 welding masks to look at the sun so Dad brought us home some so that we could look at it! It looked just like a tiny speck. We also had to wait for clouds to get out of the way. Stupid clouds! I tried taking a picture of it in the mask but it didn't work, but if you have never looked through a welding mask it looks pretty dark, unless you're looking at the sun... </span>Sweet Potato Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483494755440308653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305327813940957932.post-41386064333716873862012-06-06T00:39:00.000-05:002012-06-06T00:39:08.415-05:00They Call Me Glow In the Dark Girl!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday I spent the whole day at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics being poked and prodded to see if there was anything wrong with me or if I was sick again. They shot me up with radioactive dye so they could look at my kidneys. My mom said that the pictures just looked like my kidney was a white planet with stars around it when I was in this giant machine. I didn't actually glow in the dark, but it'd be pretty cool if I did right!?! Noah then took my wrap and put it on his fingers so he could do this...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He then got his hand stuck in his hair. He's a big hair twirler. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was this moment when I figured out that my mom and I not only seem to dress in the same colors (not on purpose, it just happens) we also sit alike... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know this was supposed to be up Friday, but by the time I got off on Friday I was done and needed to just pass out. I also had to go to Waterloo to get stuff for a friends grad present. So here it is! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> If there is any thing that I have learned from my mother, it is anything can be made out of paint samples. We always seem to have a ton of them and after the house fire we seemed to have buckets full. Mom got creative and used them for kids crafts. Which was my inspiration for Friday's craft. I dragged Josh around to Home Depot, Lowes, and Menards so I could gather up paint samples with out looking like a freak. :P </span></div>
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<br />Sweet Potato Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483494755440308653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305327813940957932.post-7086936751528336332012-05-31T19:32:00.001-05:002012-05-31T19:51:07.026-05:00Eric Carle Inspired Pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today the boys made pictures with the papers they painted yesterday. When Eric Carle is putting a book together he takes sheets of papers that he's previously painted and he cuts them into the shapes that he needs and will add the details to it. He says that "He makes paper more than paper." It's really cool to watch him. If you ever get a chance to watch his documentary DO IT. Or check out his book <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/You-Can-Make-Collage-Simple/dp/1570542074/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338509714&sr=8-1" target="_blank">You Can Make a Collage: A Simple How To</a>.</i> Hes's pretty awesome. This morning we went to the library and stocked up on Eric Carle books. We got <i>The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider (this is a really cool one because it is a touch book), 10 Little Rubber Ducks, </i>and<i> "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly" said the Sloth. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I then read them a story and explained how the pictures were made. I told them to make their own pictures and walked away over to the counter to clean up lunch. I helped Ollie with cutting when he needed it but other than that I didn't interrupt them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This activity kept them busy and quiet for a whole hour and I got the kitchen and living room picked up. That's like a miracle around here! Check back in tomorrow for the last day of Eric Carle Craft Week!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sweet Potato Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483494755440308653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305327813940957932.post-46359263812539200202012-05-30T18:51:00.000-05:002012-05-30T18:51:06.948-05:00Painting Like Eric Carle (Part One)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's Eric Carle craft week!!! OHHH Yeah!!! There's something you should know, my mom and I have a slight obsession with Eric Carle. We love the way he illustrates his books and the stories. My <a href="http://pinterest.com/katelyndamro/" target="_blank">Pintrest</a> is filled with stuff inspired by him. So I have dedicated this week to </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today is part one of a two part craft. Today we painted our papers to use to make storybook pages tomorrow. If you don't know how Eric Carle illustrates see this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rphgLYcBXV0" target="_blank">video</a>. I thought the boys would have a lot of fun with it and there were really no rules just don't paint Sophie (the dog) or yourself. <- That rule was barely followed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I put paint on paper plates so that we can use the plates tomorrow when we make our storybook pages and no paint was wasted! I then handed each boy a paint brush, paper, and some plastic forks. I also showed them that they could get a cool design if they pressed the painted paper in the grass (That led Miles to believe he could paint with the grass as a brush...). And then I walked away and checked in on them every so often. I wanted them to do what they thought looked best. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry I've been gone for so long. I had to unpack all of this to my room that is smaller than a walk in closet. Yeah there wasn't much room. :( </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I'm back so let the blogging begin!</span></div>Sweet Potato Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483494755440308653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305327813940957932.post-26592709741870798382012-05-18T19:32:00.002-05:002012-05-18T19:33:03.026-05:00Too Much Stuff, Too Little Car...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today was my last day of exams!! (Jump up and do a little dance. I did and it was great!) Now it's time to go home. Almost. As of right now I'm waiting for my parents, little brother Noah, and my boyfriend to get up here. In the morning we will pack everything into the cars and go back to Iowa! As I am packing the pile keeps getting bigger and I keep hoping it's all going to fit in the car. Let's keep our fingers crossed. I'm going home tomorrow!!!! (I'm excited if you can't tell.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay, back to more note cards... But only because my mom will read this and tell me to get a move on! :P</span></div>Sweet Potato Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483494755440308653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305327813940957932.post-42211254748891981302012-05-16T17:26:00.001-05:002012-05-17T11:47:21.168-05:00All Hail the Mighty Chip Bucket!!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I have been searching for and compiling ideas for time management for kids (if you want to call it that). I wanted try something new this summer and let the boys be in charge of how much time they got to have for TV and video games, yet I wanted to limit the amount that the total amount that was given to them. Eventually I came up with this idea - The Chip Bucket. The boys will get a certain amount of chips each worth a half hour. The chips are labeled with their name and what activity they can be redeemed for. This way the boys have the responsibility and freedom of choosing what they do and I can limit the amount of time they play on the Xbox without them being able to say "Nuhh-Uhh, we didn't do that yet!" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I wanted to make The Chip Bucket for under five dollars. I did it for FREE! I up-cycled with things in my dorm room. Originally I wanted to make each boy their own bucket and use wooden chips but I couldn't find the wooden chips in my budget and I didn't want to haul and flower pot full of dirt and dead flowers. For the bucket itself I just used a flower pot that I attempted to grow flowers in and failed at. As for the chips I turned to all of my used up notebooks. It's almost the end of the school year and there are going to be plenty of old used up notebooks floating around the house. Here's how to make your very own Chip Bucket!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Step Two: This step is optional. I was wasting time before studying again so I found it absolutely necessary! :P I traced the bottom of my pot on the gray plastic and glued it to the inside of my pot. That way if their was water on the counter the chips wouldn't get wet since there are holes in the bottom of my flower pot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Step Three: I used the cap of my calcium vitamins (the milk up here at school taste like plastic) as my template and traced it onto the back of my notebook cover. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Step Four: Cut out the plastic shapes and label them. I labeled mine with their names and TV, video game, and bonus. The bonus is for is they do something really good and earn extra time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pretty Chip Bucket!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I put a little message in there for them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All finished at the cost of $0.00! I happen to really like that price tag. I guess I'll see how well it works in a couple of weeks. I'll let you know!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now I really need to get back to making psych note cards!! Two more days!!! Two more days until I can go home!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sweet Potato Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483494755440308653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305327813940957932.post-41836012082763304262012-05-15T22:26:00.000-05:002012-05-17T11:45:05.911-05:00Finals are Starting to Get to Me...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I found sticky notes on Anna and Erin's floor. I made Erin's leg into a road... And then I drew cars on her leg, which looked like turtles. And then I drew a person walking a duck across the road. Like I said finals are getting to my brain. So much information in such a small amount of time. Ahug! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Only three more days. Three more days. Three long antagonizing days. And then I get to go home! Yay!!!</span>Sweet Potato Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483494755440308653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305327813940957932.post-91194458978269603182012-05-12T13:05:00.001-05:002012-05-17T11:45:21.004-05:00Finals... You're Killing my Brain<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think it might be possible for my brain to die of boredom. Ok, maybe not die but I am having a hard time focusing on actually studying. It's not good :(. Some good news? Last night Anna, Erin, Alex, and I went out to dinner and a movie. Anna and I like to dress up so we went all out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stylish right? And then Anna walked out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I swear it wasn't intentional! IT JUST HAPPENED! So did Erin's outfit. But that's because we raided her closed while she was in the shower... And created a genius outfit for her. (We found different shoes after the fact from a friend.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had a lot of fun. Anna and I shared Chicken Alfredo. It was AMAZING!!! And then we saw <i>Dark Shadows</i>. It was pretty good! I highly suggest it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />We're Alex's "Charlie's Angels" according to Anna so we don't have to be a street gang. :P We had a ton of fun. But now I HAVE to get back to working on my notes. Maybe I'll do Anna's hair or something later and give you a how to video. Anything to not study :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have a Great Saturday! </span></div>Sweet Potato Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483494755440308653noreply@blogger.com0