This picture sums up my day. I had a big ol' long to do list and was feeling overwhelmed--throw in a couple of catty girls, one hyper overstimulated boy, and one Monday and well, the picture above says it all. I recovered tonight by babysitting a sweet newborn and just holding and rocking and watching two episodes of Grey's Anatomy. I feel refreshed and ready for another day....Now for some random...
These are the two books I got the experiments from. We did the 101 one first and did about 75 of the experiments. The other book had a lot of repeats from the first book but had some pretty neat new ones as well. It's hard to say whether I'd recommend them or not--a lot of the experiments didn't actually work which I think is common with elementary science projects. If I were to recommend a book I think I'd recommend the Usborne Science Experiments book. We used that with My Father's World and the experiments were better and used more common household supplies.
I love this picture of Joe--not sure why but I just do.
I spent a good part of Saturday making a crinoline to go under this poodle skirt. "Grease" is coming up in just a couple of weeks and Hannah has about 4 costume changes. I think we've got it all together now. The crinoline was miserable work and it is crappola but it should survive four shows.
This was our breakfast the other day and let me say that it was delicious! For real. This is a homemade Lara bar topped with bananas and cashew cream and flax seeds and chia seeds. The kids and I all had this and we all loved it. To make the cashew cream you just soak about a cup of raw cashews in water for about 20 to 30 minutes. Then you blend them with some of the soaking water, a little bit of lemon juice, honey, and vanilla. It makes a creamy topping for the breakfast "sundae."
I also made another raw bar that is just as good as the Lara bar. It's a Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip bar. Here's how to make it--1 ripe banana, mashed
1 1/2 cups oats
1/2 c. raisins or other dried fruit (I left this out)
1/2 c. chocolate chips
1/2 c. maple syrup
1/2 c. nut butter
optional--2 to 4 scoops of protein powder
2 Tbsp. flax seeds
2 Tbsp. chia seeds
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla
Mix it all together and press into a cookie sheet and chill or freeze until hard. Cut into bars and keep in the fridge.
We are trying to eat more raw foods. I will not go completely raw but I am trying to eat at least one raw meal a day. The other night for dinner I made a big pot of pinto beans and refried them for the rest of the family and then left some whole and made a salad with spring mix, beans, and then the toppings below. The rest of the family had the toppings with their refried beans. It was a good and filling meal. I am not much of a salad eater but I really liked this.
I got myself two new tie dye t-shirts--I love them! Here's one of them. I also bought Grace one too that matches the one in the picture. She and I have similar taste in clothes--we both like lots of color and we both will trade fashion for comfort. Below is her new "Life is Good," t-shirt. I found it at Goodwill the other day and I just had to get it for her. Now if I could just find one that is my size at Goodwill. I have been wanting a "Life is Good, " t-shirt for years but just can't bring myself to spend $25 on a t-shirt.
Grace and I spent well over an hour today cranking out her quilt. She has one problem after another and so I have to sit with her even though she does all the work. She really wants to enter it in the fair before we send it off so I am insisting that she do all of the work herself. It is taking forever and I can't wait for her to bed done. Hannah only has about 20 to 30 more minutes of work on hers and it will be done. Woohoo!!Here's to a better day tomorrow--I have already decided that I will be more relaxed if it kills me. :0)
