Cooking for vegetarians or kids with allergies? Here are some sites with recipes to make sure nobody is deprived of goodies! Vegan holiday cookie recipes (vegetarian with no eggs or dairy) allrecipe.com’s gluten free recipes I love this wine wrap made from the sleeve of a recycled sweater! I even think I could handle the…
Month: December 2009
Gingerbread Making Day
One of the perks of being married to someone who writes about cooking with kids is lots of goodies. Today was no exception. Today was gingerbread making day. For the recipe and more pictures of our gingerbread pirates and skeletons and gingerbread fun, click here. If you’re still looking for…
Ice Ornaments!
Here’s a fun craft that we do every winter. Make ice ornaments! These are so easy and so fun. Just fill lots of little containers (muffin tins, small cups, anything) with colored water and loops of yarn for hanging. If you like, you can add in little natural materials to add some interest (like seeds,…
Today’s Smile
If this little guy doesn’t make you grin then there’s no hope for you. 🙂
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
1. After supper and while everybody else reads books or plays, bundle up one child and sneak out for a walk through the holiday lights. Take one child a night and enjoy the quiet magical night together. 2. Decorate something silly for the holidays. Hang ornaments on the chandelier, stick bows all over the refrigerator,…
Snow Fun
Here’s a fun little song to teach the kids to sing and dance. I’m a Little Snowman Sung to "I’m a Little Teapot" I’m a little snowman Short and fat (knees bent slightly, arms curved out at sides) Here is my scarf (hand movement across neck and shoulders) And here is my hat. (pretend to…
It Must be Something in the Eggnog…
Some of my favorite mama friends are so stressed right now. Kids are being hyper or angry or weepy. Tempers are short and it just doesn’t feel very magical. Please please please take it easy on yourself. The holidays are about good stuff, remember? Take a breath, take a bath, say no to something and…
A Snow Day and Six Good Links
We were snowed in today. Schools were canceled, the roads were empty. It was wonderful. I like getting buried in snow at least once every year (and then it can all go away!). We made cookies and watched "Rocky and Bullwinkle" and mostly lazed around. I’m hoping to do more of it tomorrow along with…
Your Assignment….
… Should you choose to accept it, is to do one or more of the following: 1. Cancel something you didn’t really want to do. 2. Crawl in bed with your kiddo(s) and read a pile of wonderful books together. 3. Make something tasty together. 4. Occupy the kids long enough to buy yourself time…
Make Sugar Plums!
Have you tried making sugar plums with the kids yet? We did this today and it was so fun! They’re quick, they’re tasty, they’re healthy, they’re all natural AND they’re coated in sugar. Something for everyone! 🙂 Best of all, they take about 5 minutes to make and kids get to push buttons. Here’s the…