Thief or lover of Jelly

This is the look you get when you try to take his store bought jelly away from him. 

He sneaks into the fridge every chance he gets. 

Pamela

White Squirrels

I know this is not worthy of a blog post but I love looking at this picture. 

One of the fun things about living here is the amazing white or all black squirrels. 

Pamela

Smore's Dip

I love having company over. I try to have quick snacks available for them. 

Today we found a new recipe. Pour a bag of chocolate chips (we only had white chips) into a cast iron skillet. Cover with marshmallows for 8 minutes or until  marshmallows are brown. 

Pull out of the oven and let set a couple of minutes. We scooped out this dip and put on graham crackers. It was a huge hit for my kids and took no effort to make or clean up. 

Pamela

How we Homeschool

This year we have five children being homeschooled. Several people have asked me how you homeschool when you have little ones. 

I will say it takes practice and patience. Some days go smoothly and some days we just laugh through it. The current plan is that I work with the littles while the big kids wake up and do morning chores and typically the baby is still asleep. The littles think it is fun and they are still up really early. 

I work with the three big kids in the morning while the littles play and wat h TV. Yes, they watch TV. I monitor what they watch and there are plenty of healthy things for them to watch (leap frog, veggie tales). During this time Jacob is running around between both rooms. I always have crayons at the table. 

  Then we have lunch. After lunch the big kids can finish up school and I can work with the littles more while the youngest two nap. 

  Some things that are helpful to me in keeping it together are to remember not every day will be the same. We will not get everything done everyday and that is okay. Because some days we get more than a days work done. 

And honestly some days we just give the baby pudding to keep him busy. 

Pamela

Pinterest Fail Half Way

So I jumped on the band wagon and made my husband salads in a jar minus the dressing. 

I love the look of them and they were fun to make. Sadly, my husband did not love it. He said he could not get to the bottom of the jar with a fork so he had to pour it onto a plate. 

 I think I will try it again with wide mouth jars. 

Pamela