Breakfast flowers

Brodie is always looking for new ways to eat eggs. We found this on pinterest so we thought we would give it a try.

Three pieces of Canadian bacon and one egg per muffin cup.
I scramble eggs with salt, pepper, cheese, and worstershire.
I greased the muffin pan and preheated the oven to 350*
Place three pieces of meat in muffin tin and fill evenly with egg.
Bake for twenty minutes.
Brodie ate them on English muffins.
This is easy and allows me more time for being a short order cook.

Banana bread

Yummy!!!!!

D and I made banana bread today. It is so easy and makes a quick and healthy snack.

I doubled the recipe because we had ten bananas that needed to be used.

First, start with ripe bananas.

Second, preheat oven to 350*

Third, smash bananas. I use a potato masher but I had squished them in a big ziplock before.

Fourth, mix:
-4-5 mashed bananas
-2 cups of flour
-1 cup sugar (I use half white & half brown)
-2 large eggs
-1/2 cup veg oil
-1 tsp baking powder
-1/2 tsp salt
-1 tsp vanilla

Pour into 1 greased (rubbed down with oil) bread pan or muffin tins.

Bake for one hour. Poke with toothpick, if it comes out clean it's done. If not done set and check again in 5 minutes.

Additions:
1/2 cup nuts
1/2 cups chocolate chips
Really whatever you think would be good. Raisins, craisins, cinnamon, whatever.............do not add too much of any thing as it can mess up how much moisture is in the dough.

Toddler tracing

I put a piece of paper in a ziplock bag. Let all the air out and let Damien draw on it with a dry erase marker. Then I wrote his name on the paper and then put it back in its plastic home. Damien had so much fun tracing his name. He has been having trouble with his m's and n's. This gave him the boost of confidence he needed.

Easy, fun, and disposable. My favorite kind of crafts.

Old T-shirt necklace

I took the sleeve of an old shirt and then cut it so it was even and paralleled.
I then cut 3/4 inch strips lengthwise. Not all the way through, I stop cutting when I reached the seam.
Once it was all cut, I stretched each sting out. The seam that was all still together I tied in a knot because i wanted it to be shorter. The knot kinda looks like a bow.
It turned out super cute. And took me about a minute to make.

Cute twisty hair with a side braid

I twisted my hair around my head and the tied it on the side. Then I braided it all the way down and pulled the tie to the bottom. Apply hair spray and then put a tie 4 or 5 inches below the beginning of the braid. Finally I removed the bottom tie and loosened the bottom of the braid but did not take all the way out.
Super easy cute hair.
Had I not gotten a bunch of zits from stressing over homework I would have looked fabulous. But my hair was adorable!

Cute big hair

Make a high loose ponytail. poke finger and thumb, squashed together, straight down thru the top of the ponytail, behind the tie. Once finger and thumb are through to the other side/bottom of ponytail. Grab pony tail and pull back up thru where your fingers came thru.

Once all the way thru, tighten ponytail so it is high on your head. Flip head forward and tease half inch section from the back forward. Hair spray in between each section.

Flip head upright and smooth hair back. Hairspray final time. If your hair jumps back, pin it on the sides.

Best if done with at least day old hair.
The dirtier the better. Dirty not greasy!

Prints (mini art)

Today we found some foam from the mushroom container to re purpose. You could probably use a takeout foam box instead.

We took a pen and drew our pictures. Making sure we cut into the foam as we drew.

Once our stamp was complete we covered it with paint. We laid a piece of paper over it to remove this first print(this is not the print). Once the excess paint is pull away from the first print you are ready to make THE ONE. I used card stock to make these mini pieces of art.

Lay card stock over the foam print and hold still while pressing evenly, rub if you do not move it. Pull off and allow to dry.

Tadaaaaaaa mini art!!!!!!

Both my three year old and eight year old enjoyed this project.

I messed up by not reversing the original text so it turned out backwards. So make sure if you write anything, do it backwards on the foam.

(in the picture the Pegasus is not fully painted. Make sure you cover the whole stamp before you make the print)