Random Round Up!

Saturday has come and gone, why is it like that with the days we look forward to most? Oh what a Saturday we had, complete with Doctors, Dentists and Firemen...what?! Yes, my children (all 3!) got stranded in an elevator! All was well in the end but it was terrifying for them and I may have had a mild heart attack listening to their screams. They were only going for a drink of water while I made follow up appointments (no cavities for anyone, yay!!) and lo and behold the fountain was broken, so they got no water and a day to remember!! Anyway, this photo was taken for a boy that was so proud of his first fruit salad that he diced and chopped all on his own. What age do you give your children knives and an all access pass to the kitchen as long as you are in there with them? My little Roman there is 7!

With Christmas decorations going away, I am taking advantage of this time to rearrage some items in my living room and I wanted to find space to incorporate some of the vintage Singer Sewing machine drawers that I have from my grandmothers machine. I only have 1 set of drawers on the machine, which is serving as an entryway table in our foyer (sounds grander than it actually is) and I have 3 drawers waiting for new homes! 1 went on our mantel of the fireplace and this one is holding books in the bookshelf and I quite like it!

In Our Little Catholic Homeschool, I never talked about our Advent wreath, so before I forget I wanted to share a photo of what we had out for the season. All our advent books and Christmas books get tucked into this bin along with our wreath and candles. It is all felt and perfect for little hands, what I love even more, is that even though the kids are older they can play with it and I don't have any fear of them burning themselves or even worse...when it's time to light the first one, I am not scrambling to find candles! Our wreath heads to the classroom where it will stay out for anyone that wants to look at it or play with it but the books get boxed away for the season.

Enjoy every minute my friends!

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No-Sew Felt Food Fun!

My kids LOVE to play kitchen! They had kitchens in every home they ever spent the night in  (Our home, Nana and Grandpa, Great Grandpa...on and on) and now that they are bigger, they still love playing kitchen, but on a larger scale! Hahaha!! They love creating sets and scenes and it's so easy to do when I just get them started with a template! They are moving on to sewing, but for my youngest, the No-Sew versions are perfect for him to get involved! Eggs are so easy just using felt, scissors and a glue stick! Cut out the shape you need and cut out multiples, then add the yolk in the center with a glue stick! So simple and when paired with their crackable eggs, the yolk looks sooo cool!

Tea parties are often had and tea bags were a must! a felt template was all they needed and they were off! Scissors cut the shape and small hole at the top and then yarn made the dangle on the end. They had so much fun picking out all the colors. My daughter and older son proceeded to sew the word TEA on each bag! I will have to share the photos on those tomorrow as they took off with them straight away to the play room!

Cookies!!! 2 different sized circles and then save all the scraps and cut them down to confetti sized strips! PERFECTO!

Remember my friends, to enjoy every minute!!

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