BORAX SLIME!!!

Homemade Slime Recipe

Borax
White Glue
Water
Food Coloring (optional)
Ziploc bag1. Borax is available in the laundry section of your local grocery store. Take a cup of water and add to it 1 Tbs. of borax (approx 4% solution). Stir until completely dissolved.
2. Make a 50% water 50% white glue solution. Take 1/4 cup of each and mix thoroughly.
3. In a ziploc bag, add equal parts of the borax solution to equal parts of the glue solution. 1/2 cup of each will make a cup of slime.
4. Add a couple drops of food coloring.
5. Seal bag and knead the mixture.
6. Dig in and have fun. Remember to wash your hands after playing.
7. Keep your slime in the sealed bag in the refrigerator when not playing with it to keep it longer. Unfortunately it may eventually dry out or grow mold. Just throw it out and start again!

I Spy Jar

I found this on a website called Happy-Go-Lucky It is such a good idea I just had to share it. I think I will make them for church bags.

Supplies Needed:
•Plastic jar with lid
•Plastic Pellets
•20-30 small objects
•Self-Laminating Sheets
•Small piece of elastic - enough to stretch around the top of the jar
Directions:
•Gather your small objects: I went through all my junk drawers and art supplies to get random objects: paper clip, penny, dime, screw, buttons, stickers, letter beads, fishing worm, etc. Anything I could find that was small enough to fit in the jar.
•Take a picture of the objects or create a list of the objects: I placed the objects on my printer/copy machine and made a color copy of all the objects. You could also take a picture of your objects and print the photo. The list of objects would be perfect for older children.
•Make smaller cards of objects: I cut the copy of my objects into 4 sections so the cards would be smaller.
•Laminate the cards: I took two cards and put them back to back. Then I used the Self-Laminating sheets to laminate the cards - two cards per sheet.
•Place all the objects into the jar.
•Pour in plastic pellets.
•Glue the lid to the jar: I placed super glue around the inside of the lid and placed the lid on the jar.
•Attach cards to jar: I punched a hole in the cards and put elastic through the hole. I wanted it to stretch around the top of the jar and easily come off when Connor was playing with it.
Spin the jar and start searching for the items shown on the cards. Connor was so excited to look for the different items and he was just as excited to shake the jar around.

snowmen ornaments

The boys made these cute ornaments for Christmas. Here is the tutorial http://www.eighteen25.blogspot.com/

I ended up using wood squares, at Hobby Lobby they are 4 in a pack for 1 dollar. I know that the tutorial used canvas but they were a little more expensive. I think we ended up spending $2 total on making these. That was because I already had some paint. I just had to buy white paint and the wood squares. Just a cute idea if you want to try. The boys loved getting their hands messy.

generic vs. name brand

I am on a generic kick lately and I am trying to find generic brands that are either better or just as good as the name brand equivalent out there. Let me know if you find something. For example I found generic vanilla wafers at Walmart and I thought they were a little better than the name brand vanilla wafers, and I think they are about $1.50 less than the name brand, BONUS!

Beverly Lewis

So one day I just picked this book up off of the library shelf and thought I would give it a try. I liked it so much that I picked up another one of her books at the library this last week and haven't been able to put it down. They are super clean which is a bonus since I feel like there aren't a lot of those types of books out there. Anyways if you want a good, clean read, then pick up any one of her books.

Stir Fry Recipe

Super good stir fry!

1/2 c. Teriyaki sauce
6 TBS brown sugar
1-2 tsp garlic minced (depending on your tastes)
2 large chicken breasts diced
2 c. fresh green beans cut in half
2 large carrots cut into 2 inch strips
4 large mushrooms cut and diced
1 zucchini cut and diced

Marinade Chicken in teriyaki sauce, brown sugar and garlic for 10 minutes.
Pour chicken and marinade into large pan, cook until chicken is cooked through.
add green beans and carrots cook for 5 minutes, add zucchini for 2 minutes and then add mushrooms at end just for about a minute. Serve over rice.

My kids love this, they eat mostly the carrots and zucchini so sometimes I add a little more of those two things.
Enjoy