When Munchkin found out that a young friend of hers was going to have a birthday, she thought about what would be a cool gift for him. She decided to make him something out of polymer clay. She ended up making a truck and a shark, but she didn’t have the perfect container to put her gifts in. We found some small empty boxes and pulled out the scrapbook paper. After we took apart the boxes, she picked out paper that would go with the gifts, and we carefully traced the box shape onto the paper. We taped the paper…
Tag: Works for Me Wednesday
If you have been reading this blog for a while, you know that we have chosen to homeschool year around. In the past, we have done a lighter schedule in the summer. We’ve also used the summer to do various classes or curriculum that wouldn’t fit into our normal school schedule. Now that we’re in Az, we’ll be schooling full time in the summer as it’s too hot to be outside. Our top 10 reasons for homeschooling year around are: 1. Freedom to allow my daughter some flexibility in her school schedule during the beautiful months of the year. Some…
WFMW: Cooking Ingredient Prep
Posted in Homemaking
In order to make my nightly cooking easier, I try to do most of the prep work ahead of time. I buy most our of meat in bulk when it’s on sale. Once I get it home, I divide the meat into dish size portions. I divide ground chicken/turkey into 1 lb portions and put in vacuum seal bags using my FoodSaver. For the boneless, skinless chicken breasts, I place 3 in each vacuum seal bag. Half of the bags have seasoning added and the other half are plain. Adding the seasoning before freezing causes the chicken to absorb more…
Gluten Free Birthday Party?
Posted in Gluten Free, and Homemaking
If you’re kids are gluten free, you have no doubt encountered the issue of them attending a birthday party and not being able to eat the cake. For most kids, one of the things that is really fun about birthday parties is eating the cake. What do you do to make sure your gluten free kids don’t feel left out of the celebration? For Munchkin, I try to always make her a gluten free cupcake to eat while the other kids are eating their cake. Last Wednesday, we were invited at the last minute to a little birthday get together. …
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Posted in Gluten Free, Holidays, and Homemaking
For Valentine’s Day, I wanted to have a special dessert, but I didn’t have the time to bake anything that day. I thought it would be fun to have some chocolate covered strawberries. We’ve had store purchased chocolate covered strawberries before, but they’re rarely very good plus they are usually quite expensive. We had to stop and get milk at the grocery store, so we picked up a container of strawberries for $2.50. I placed about 1 cup of chocolate chips and 1 Tbsp of coconut oil in a microwave safe bowl. I microwaved at 30 second intervals, stirring after…