Curriculum Review Week 4 Me

Well, I am going to go through the curriculum that Kristen lent to me the other week. The Spelling Power book looks really cool. I am excited to see how the boys will like the trial period with that...I'll keep you posted.

YUM!

Just found an awesome looking recipe here.
It is for a low calorie Peach - Blueberry Pie, only 332 calories per slice. Chris and I have been trying to cut the calories lately to loose weight. Needless to say it has been really tough for me but pretty easy for Chris. He has done this type of weight & calorie tracking before when he was in competitive martial arts. Chris has done really well, I'm very proud of him! Anyhow I thought that I'd pass along this yummy looking pie recipe to those who love pie but don't want to worry about a ton of calories. I'll be trying it out hopefully in the near future so I'll keep you posted.

Sub-o-licious Story Writing

Hello everyone! I just received word about a summer story contest that SUBWAY is doing. I think that it is really cool that Subway is including Home-schoolers in this program. That is very encouraging to me! Check it out if you get a chance...

Jacob's 7th Birthday

Well, my Jacob is now 7 today! He is such an awesome kid! I think that he is going to do great things when he gets older. He's pretty special. Jake's got a great smile, loves playing with friends, enjoys sports (especially water sports ;-) ie. Water Guns). Today we had a few friends over and they played some games...bean bag toss,
and ran through the sprinkler to start with. The kids got tired of those activities, we all came into the house, Jacob opened his awesome presents from his friends and then we all had some ice-cream sandwich cake.

I'll tell you what, that ice-cream sandwich cake was one of the easiest cakes ever to make...
Ingredients:
12 Ice Cream Sandwiches
Whipped topping (the spray kind may be easier to use)
Candy of your choice (optional)
Ice Cream Topping Sauce (if desired)

First if you are using candy, then you need to put some candy in a bag & crush the candy into pieces to use on the cake. Then, lay out 4 of the sandwiches on a tray, long sides together. Next you cover them with the whipped topping ( I used the kind from the tubs and it was still a little frozen so it was harder to use than a spray kind would have been). After that you sprinkle the candy over the whipped topping and drizzle the sauce over the candy. Repeat this process with the rest of the sandwiches, you will have a 3-layer ice cream sandwich cake.
Oh my goodness is it ever good! Now I made my own carmel and didn't let it set up as candy instead I used it on top of the whipped topping then only did one more layer of the sandwiches and frosted the outside with whipped topping. Mostly because we were had a friend that came to the party had an allergy to peanuts and we wanted to take that into consideration when making our plans. You can generally makeshift recipes as to include everyone.

Toddler-hood...

It's all about exploring, learning, climbing and just plain having fun until you get caught doing something wrong. :-)
Well, that is what ours thought this morning. He was twirling in the curtains, was told not to do that anymore. I turned to finished what I was doing, just at that moment his mind wondered... what it would be like to climb the curtain. Needless to say he got punished and hopefully won't try to climb the curtains anymore. The rod is still connected to the wall thankfully! At first I was extremely angry but the more I think about it, it is becoming very funny. What possesses boys to do some of the crazy things that they do is beyond me. But, God is giving me the grace to get through.