Recipe for Raising a Child

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Crafty Busy Momma

"There is always, always, always,

something to be thankful for..."

~Unknown~

As we are getting closer to Thanksgiving, I've been thinking on things

we take for granted in our every day life, and mine that came to mind

was being able to "sew". To me it's like cooking supper for the family

it is easy and just comes natural...but for others it is not so for them,

I've met so many people that would LOVE to learn my "gift".

For the past few weeks I've been whipping up gifts for my nieces

and nephews to give as early Christmas gifts next week when I see

them, I don't get to see them often being we are over 600 miles

apart from each other, so I miss birthdays and Christmases.

So this year I wanted to use my "gift" God gave me and make each of

them something special from me. <3

If you find me on Pinterest and look through my board "Crafty Busy

Momma" you will find all the tutorials to do the things I made here. :-)

Lion tag toy

Reversible bag

Baby doll bassinet

Tag quilt

Box car carrying case

I finished my crafts this weekend.

Even had time to make lil' girl

a peasant dress for her

and her baby doll.

And after all that sewing I worked on, I still found time to homeschool,

that in its self is a "gift".....I craft mostly on the weekends as to not

interfere with the kiddos schooling, ;-) We learned about King Tut and

Pyramids, so the boys had fun building Pyramids with their Lego's, even

put treasure inside each Pyramid, such FUN! :-)

Lego Pyramids

Friday, November 9, 2012

Election 2012 Homeschool

"For the LORD is high above the nations;

his glory is higher than the heavens."

~Psalm 113:4 (NLT)~

Flag flying here in Pampa, TX.

This Election was I believe a tough one, but I know only one thing,

God is still in control, He is still King of all, and He still loves us.

So no matter how the outcome was going to be, the kids and I

had fun learning all about the election day.

My little voters.

We made an "Election Board" with all the info and pictures we

could find and paste...we even made our own ballot box and

voted that morning on a movie, game, snack and supper for that

evening. :-)

Our "Election board"

Then the day after we took our map of America and colored it in for

our electoral map/polls. We have one colorful map now to put in

our "Homeschool Portfolio" to save and enjoy in our homeschooling

journey.....that will be a blog in the future, Lord willing! ;-)

Our electoral map.

Monday, November 5, 2012

Thanksgiving Decor

"Can't have too much decor can ya?" ~me~ ;-)

Hanging outside on the camper.

The kids found the wood and leaves and helped

me make this wreath, we enjoy it.

On our super-slide out.

The kids helped me cut out all 19 triangles to spell,

"Happy Thanksgiving"

Our "Thankful Tree".

We took a brown paper bag cut strips, twisted and

made us a tree, then cut out leaves.

(Every day we put a new leaf of "Thankfulness")

Our banner...

This is whats on the end

"Gobble Gobble"

YES, I love to decorate, it's so fun and exciting and for the past few weeks

I've been getting our little camper ready for my favorite holiday

THANKSGIVING!!!
Now I have so much more, but that's all back home in a tote packed in our
shed, *sigh*! So this will just have to do for now. :-)
All I need now is a pie baking in the oven for that holiday smell, mmmm!!!

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Reorganizing My Life, Part 4

"Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any propane?

Our camper is COLD, can you feel our pain?"

Reading "Baa, baa, black sheep"

I had just finished my first cup of coffee when the camper heater came on

and then before warming up the camper kicked right back off...

after a year and a half of living in this camper I've learned all the tricks,

that meant we were OUT of propane, a huge *sigh* it was still early the

sun wasn't even out, I sure didn't want to go out in the cold and dark to

start switching bottles over now...good thing we have a little floor heater.

The kiddos were up now because it don't take long for the camper to

get cold, so I bundled them up, gave them a book and I headed out to

get the bottles switched.

So this starts with my organizing rules...

#10; You must get a "big bottle", the two little ones that come with the
camper on cold days will only last you a few days each...maybe a week!
The big one will last a good 3 weeks, so with all three you can last almost
a month. ;-)
((Another reason I love to use my crock-pot to cook, saves on propane))

#11; Get the RIGHT tool for the job, last time I tried to switch the bottles
it took me half an hour to loosen the hose...didn't have a right size tool for
the job...SO, my welder went and got me a "wrench" that works wonders,
got to have this for sure.

#12; Have extra fuses on hand, that sorry heater likes to mess up a fuse
EVERY time we run out of propane, so I have to have this handy "fuse puller"
to reset the heater before it will come back on, crazy I know but it's true!