Happiness

  Summertime Adventures- Working on some things on our summer bucket list! Most of the time we have been swimming and doing some summertime chores, but we also wanted to do a few fun activities. #1 Treasure Hunt! We went to a nearby Goodwill and had a contest to see who could find the weirdest item in 20 minutes. The kids had a lot of fun and Ethan won with these orange shoes!  #2. Homemade donuts for breakfast! We took the easy way out by making these using the rolls of refrigerated dough that come in a can. You make a hole with your fingers and then fry them. Pretty easy and quite yummy! (Josh did these).   #3 Make icecream. This recipe was pretty simple- 1/4 milk or half and half or cream (we used heavy cream- pretty rich), 1 Tablespoon Sugar, 1 tsp vanilla. Put in a small bag and put that bag into a bag with 2 cups ice and 6 Tablespoons salt. Shake for 5 minutes. The kids loved it! Although, I would use 1/2 milk, 1/2 cream next ti...

The kid's last day of school is on Thursday! Summer is almost here! I have to say that I have mixed emotions for summer. I am excited for the kids to be home so that I can spend more time with them. They are a fun bunch and I really enjoy being with them and getting to know them better while making good, fun memories. But, I also have a newborn. Who doesn't lreally ike his carseat and needs to eat almost every 2 hours. In the past, we have had the kids do Centers- a reading center, a writing center, a computer center and a Mom center. This year I got some ideas from the Power of Moms Summer Survival Kit. We'll still have them do some reading and some writing but we will add chores to the mix and an extra activity that they get to choose- art, typing, etc. This year, they will get to earn money for each day they complete their must dos and then they will use that money for a fun trip at the end of the summer- a local water park or whatever they decide they want to ...