American Girl Doll Party

Laura had an American Girl Doll themed Birthday celebration with a few of her friends.


Lou just ate a piece of Paula Dean Red Velvet Pound Cake, and is now napping to recover. He is what I am looking at as I post this blog.


Here is the mandatory sharing of deepest, darkest secrets. I believe it is a prerequisite for any 9-10 year old girl party. I am sure their secrets are indeed very dark and deep!





We had doll sized food. Mini club crackers, baby goldfish, cheese cubes and pepperoni. The dolls did not actually eat, and in fact I heard one party-goer yell not to even let the food touch the Doll's face! It could RUIN THEIR SKIN!


Laura had a good time with her friends, and I think the dolls had a good time too.

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Reading!

You teach a boy to read, and then he reads you the newspaper article about the Columbia County Library Budget. He looks cute.


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Funny Cartoon

I know it has been awhile since I have blogged. I have shyed away from my blog since Jack was diagnosed with Hirschsprung's disease. I was a bit unsure how much of that experience I wanted to post about, so I ended up not blogging at all. So I'll leave you tonight with this:


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Removing Red Jello From A White Ceiling

It finally happened. My kids did something that I couldn't fix with a google search. I rely heavily on google for information like "how to remove permanent marker from a dry erase board" and "best product to remove nail polish from carpeting" but today when I discovered red jello had somehow found it's way onto the basement ceiling, I HAD A COW, as we used to say. And then I turned to good old google for the answer, and I found nothing.

So I removed the superfluous jello, dabbed the spots with a paper towel soaked in bleach, and it worked perfectly. The spots are not visible after the area had a chance to dry! Yay bleach!




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Let's Go Fly A Kite

Kite flying at "Friend Day" at Severns Valley Church.








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Location:Elizabethtown, KY

Before and After

Laura wanted to get her hair cut, and I can't believe that I let her! Here are
the before and after pictures:


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No Cook Playdough

This week we tested a recipe for no cook Playdough which we found at this website Www.momswhothink.com/preschool/Playdough-recipes




While I appreciated not needing to use a stove to make this dough, it did not have the same smooth texture. It resembled a salt dough more than a traditional play dough. It made a fun speckled egg color when we added our Betty Crocker Neon gels.



One batch made enough for two preschoolers to play with quietly for about an hour. One batch also makes enough to evoke jealousy in a 9 year old sister doing seat work.




The play dough was stored in a ziplock bag and was brought back out the next day to play. The second play session was too long, however, and the play dough was discarded after that use.

Location:Elizabethtown,KY