Wednesday Pinterest Top 5

Here is the great idea I had in my mind that I mentioned on Monday. I am going to do a weekly post on Wednesdays listing my Top 5 Pinterest ideas of the week. These will just be things that I found interesting or that I would like to do. I will post my own pictures of the things I created that came from Pinterest ideas and will let you know how some of the cooking experiments come out. I am sure it will evolve as time goes, but here is my initial plan.

Here is what I plan for this Top 5 list to be:
*Recipes that I found that I am excited to make
*Recipes that I made and what I thought of them
*Crafty ideas that I hope I find the time to make
*Finshed products of Pinterest inspired projects
*Neat things that I will never make, but like nonetheless
*Cool tips or home organizing ideas
*Anything I want


And now on to this week's Top 5:

Carmelitas- I made these this week for a friends birthday. Not only were they pretty easy to make, they were super yummy!! I will definitely be making these again.

Carmelitas

Front Porch Welcome Sign- I think this would be great next to the front door. I would make a few different signs to change out with the holidays.

Front Porch Welcome Sign

Chicken Fried Rice- This is the easiest chicken fried rice ever! I keep pre-cooked, shredded chicken in the freezer, so I just have to toss everything in the pan and dinner is ready in a matter of minutes. We keep coming back to this one for a quick and easy dinner.

Chicken Fried Rice

Personalized Name Art-I found this website and already have started working on picking the letters to make our own name art. There are hundreds and hundreds of choices, which make it even more fun (and difficult) to create the perfect masterpiece.

Name Art

Single Serve Chocolate Chip Cookie-I have not yet made this one, but it looks awesome. I think this would also be a fun dessert to make with the boys. What could be better than a nice warm cookie all to myself on a chilly evening? (Maybe having with a big scoop of ice cream?!)

Single Serve Chocolate Chip Cookie

 

 

Here's wishing you time to find new ways to get your creative juices going.

Slacker

 

Yeah, yeah, I know. I have been a complete slacker with this blog here the last couple of weeks. I mean to do posts and then I get sidetracked, or I am not sure what to write about.

The boys have been back in school for a month now. They are both really enjoying it, are learning a lot and are making new friends. Julian is working on reading his second chapter book already, and Kaleb is mastering writing his name and can read all of his classmates names (first and last) off of the class roster.

We again have season tickets to KU football this year. So our Saturdays are spent tailgating with friends and trying to will our Jayhawks to a win. We are also attempting to attend as many PLHS football games as possible to watch cousin Trevor out on the field.

Here are a few pics of what we  have been up to lately:

Getting high 5's from Big Jay

 What better to cool off on a warm game day than with a GIANT sno-cone!

 

Catching up with friends at the first talgate of the season

I'll be posting more regularly here soon, I promise (well, hopefully). I am working on creating a regular weekly post to go along with the more random update type posts, we'll see how that goes, it looks like a really great idea in my mind!

Here's wishing you time to slack off and enjoy your family and friends!!

Not Impressed

Here lately the boys feel the need to constantly be all over the cat; petting him, carrying him around, pulling his tail, batting at his paws, etc. Odie is pretty patient with them, but he also lets them know when he has had quite enough of the "loving".

Kaleb has taken to building Odie his own house using the ottoman and pillows. I tell him that I don't think Odie really needs his own house, but Kaleb insists that he does and that he likes it. He starts out building the sides, and the carries Odie over and ever so gently places him inside the house, and then puts a roof on it. Kaleb is always very proud of his houses and lets you know that Odie loves his house. I'll let you judge how much Odie loves his house, I'm pretty sure he is not as impressed as Kaleb is.

The master builder at work.

Odie already inside his house, waiting for the finishing touches.

The pleased homeowner, enjoying his peace and quiet.

Here's wishing you time to do nice things for others, whether they appreciate it or not.

Oh, Back to School, Back to School

The boys are both now officially in school. Amazing how fast time has gone by, my little guys are now in 1st Grade and Pre-K.

Here's wishing you lots of learning and fun with new friends this school year!

Swimming Lessons

It truly is amazing the difference a week of swimming lessons can make. We went from one Sunday neither boy would jump off the top step of the ladder because they didn't want to get their faces wet, to the next Sunday jumping off the deck and diving under the water to retrieve toys.

Many thanks to my good friend Annette for teaching them. They are completely different boys in the pool now. Everyday they can't wait to head out to grandma and grandpa's to go swimming and it is becoming increasingly difficult to convince them to get out of the water.

Julian getting dive sticks off the bottom of the pool.

Julian jumping in.

Kaleb bobbing under water.

Kaleb showing off his backstroke.

 Here's wishing you a fun way to cool off this HOT summer!

Off the Grid

This past weekend was dubbed "Off the Grid 2012", aka our annual trip to The Country Cabins in Hiawatha. (See last year's post here.) We were hardly off the grid, but it is so nice to get away for a couple of days and relax with friends, and kids really look forward to getting to spend a couple of days with their friends too.

It was really amazing that somehow we had gorgeous weather too. Highs in the upper 80's to low 90's instead of the 105 to 110 degree days that have become the norm here lately. We were able to spend a lot of time outside and even got to enjoy some yummy ice cream cake to celebrate Grace's birthday.

These guys are pretty serious when it comes to playing washers. They get right in there with the big boys and they mean business. Amazing how fast time flies, here in a little over a week we will have a 1st Grader and a Pre-schooler on our hands.

Here's wishing you time to slow down and get away from it all, even if only for a couple of days.

Summer Reading

The boys have been participating in the Half Price Books Summer Reading Program over the last couple of months. They completed their June reading logs and are working on July. They just have to read (or be read to) for at least 15 minutes each day and turn in their reading log at the end of the month. In return they get a $5 gift certificate to use for a new book. They were so excited to turn in their June reading logs and get to shopping for a new book to take home.

Julian chose Cars: Out For A Spin, a book with magnets that attach to the pages to make the story interactive.

Kaleb chose Don't Tickle the Duck, which has touch and feel pages.

And what kind of touch and feel book would be complete without a hairy duck armpit to tickle?

They can't wait to go back in at the end of the month to get another $5 to spend on another new book.




Here's wishing you a chance to take some time to escape into a book of your own.