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Ayless and the Giant.

I am writing a story and am going to start posting it:
Ayless and the Giant
Once upon a time, Up high in the sky in the land of fairies, lived a little fairy girl named Ayless. She was always happy, and loved to play with everyone. She could not yet fly. Therefore, she was very careful [...]

Homeschooling carnival

Melissa Wiley did it at her Lilting House blog, with a Schoolhouse Rock theme. Oh, the memories!Where do people get these ideas?Carnival of Homeschooling Week 30: Schoolhouse Rock

Kid-friendly recipe

Kaitlyn has posted #4 in her weekly Kid-Friendly Recipes series. She treated us to her Apple-Oat Muffins for breakfast this morning. They’re wonderful!
Previous recipes:#1 - Homemade Ice cream#2 - Pancakes#3 - Ice Cream Cake - mint chocolate chip

More doctored photos

She’s been at it again. If you thought this was fuuny, be sure to check out this.

More pictures

When Grandpa saw that picture Mom and I made of Dad and the baby he asked us to make one for him. We just got done with it. Here it is.

Recipe #4

Apple Oat Muffins

1 1/2 cup Flour
1 cup Oats
2/3 cup Cornmeal
2/3 cup Sugar
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 1/2 tsp Salt~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 cup milk
2 eggs beaten
1/2 cup oil
2 cups Chopped apples (2-3 apples)

pre-heat oven to 375
Mix dry ingredients together
Add liquids
Cook for 15-20 min

These muffins are very filling it only takes [...]

Birds

I mentioned in my last post that I read a book about birds to our 4yo. The book was called Birds Eat and Eat and Eat. It is a Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science Book, of which we have many.There are now 4 bird feeders outside. There are 5, if you count the trash bags which the vultures [...]

Summer school

Bored kids are really annoying and highly prone to trouble. I like my children and don’t want to be constantly annoyed and/or disciplining. Summers here are rather intense, so they really don’t want to spend a lot of time outside - unless they can find somewhere to swim.I also don’t want them to spend 3 [...]