I love this idea from From Pigpen to Paradise, making Bingo sheets for household chores:Cleaning can be boring, tiresome, and just no fun. But who says it has to be like that. I figured out a way to do my daily chores with a little fun, by playing, House Cleaning Bingo! What I do is…
Month: October 2009
All Better!
I’m back from my adventures with swine flu and feeling fabulous once more. Our little timetable here was… Friday through Sunday: Anna (9) had the flu (mainly a stomach ache and headache, with some throwing up on Saturday) Saturday through Tuesday: I had the flu (mainly severe muscle aches, headache, fatigue, sore throat, uncontrollable coughing…
Out Sick
I’ve got the flu and am on break! I’ll be back soon. In the meantime, feel free to leave your own suggestions for how to make the day magical in the comments! Talk to you soon…..
Virtual Pumpkin Carving
Here’s a fun little virtual pumpkin to carve.Here’s a higher tech one with some additional features. Fun!
Halloween themed Fun
Here’s some fun and easy activities with a Halloween theme… ~ Make a large paper jack-o-lantern and play pin the nose on the pumpkin. ~ Tie a white tissue over a round sucker to make mini-ghosts. Use markers to add a face. ~ Go pumpkin bowling, using empty plastic bottles for pins and a small…
Scratch & Sniff Halloween Painting
I’ve posted before about how I stock up on Kool-aid when it’s on sale for crafts like kool-aid playdough and scratch & sniff watercolors. Yesterday I pulled out the orange and the purple flavors to do a craft we stumbled on years ago here…. Scented Halloween watercolors Just mix one packet of unsweetened drink mix…
Elderberry Extract Helps Treat and Prevent H1N1 and Other Flus
Like much of the world, I’ve been anxiously watching the H1N1 outbreak and researching like crazy to keep my family safe. One remedy that came up again and again was elderberry. The research is really impressive and reassuring. I’ve ordered elderberries for a recipe I found online and will make up a batch as soon…
Halloween Humor
Victoria wants you to know she was attacked by a bull. That’s right… She was gourd. (I know! I know! Blame her father for her humor!) 🙂
A Less Than Disney Day
Today was one of those days. The kids were in such dreary moods that it was as if they had been drugged. And not in one of those fall-asleep-on-the-couch ways, either. They were supernaturally grumpy. Egads. And it was contagious. I wish I could say that I dressed us all in costumes and we danced…
On the First Day of Halloween…
Here’s a great Halloween carol to sing to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (author unknown) On the First Day of Halloween, my Swamp Thing gave to me: A hoot owl in a dead tree.Two trick or treaters,Three black cats,Four skeletons,Five Snicker bars,Six goblins gobbling,Seven pumpkins glowing,Eight monsters shrieking,Nine ghosts a-booing,Ten ghouls…