Monthly Archives: July 2011

Argh Mateys !

We be havin’ a Swashbucklin time around these parts! We pretty much checked out every Pirate book in the library and had a terrific time! We learned from Pirate Pete that ye must talk like a Pirate to be a … Continue reading

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Pioneer FHE

Admittedly this post comes after most people will have already had their Pioneer Family Home Evening.  But hey there’s always next year right? The munchkins had a blast with this and learned something too (always nice right?) First up I … Continue reading

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Raspberry Pavlova

When this recipe was featured in my Kraft foods email I knew I had to try it out once our raspberries were on! A Pavlova we discovered is a pastry that is crunchy on the outside with a marshmallow inside.  … Continue reading

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Starrific Time!

For Fabulous Friday last week we kept it short and sweet.  (Knowing next week would be BIG!) We read this book:   Purplicious got to have her piggies painted complete with little stars! Woody made us a treat ~ chocolate … Continue reading

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Happenings

Short post today. I am feeling swamped with a new calling in church. A big activity I planned this week for the munchkins (prior to knowing the curve ball church was going to send my way) and life in general. … Continue reading

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Something to tweet about!

My cute niece had a birthday this week!  I love that it gave me an excuse to head down to the sewing machine to make something fun.  I used my standard apron pattern (you can read about it here) with … Continue reading

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Fabulous Friday ~ Dinosaur Edition!

To be honest our Dinosaur adventures have lasted a few days but it has been a blast! Here is one of the books we enjoyed reading this week: We started the day off with our dino-riffic lunch.  First up dinosaur … Continue reading

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Street Gutter Regatta!

What do you do when the weather is stormy? Well if its warm and lightning free make boats!  This craft has to be credited to the munchkins and their dad.  They had make a bunch of hats for a “carnival” … Continue reading

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4th fun recap!

We started our day with these: Woody in particular had a great time devouring them!  However it was an unspoken a rule you must eat them in bites of 3 colors! We used these:   To play this:     … Continue reading

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Fireworks Friday!

Over the weekend of the 4th I attempted to make one of these:  Pretty amazing huh!  You can find the full tutorial here at a fabulous new blog I found called Hungry Happenings.  She has some pretty mad skills and … Continue reading

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