My Little Lettuce Muncher

I have a terrible time getting Lil’Miss to eat meals I make at dinner. Something about foods prepared by someone else that she is opposed to.

But she does like fresh food, in fact she loves to go out in the garden and help herself to the lettuce that is growing. She will tear little pieces off and it looks like there has been little animal visitors when in fact it is just my daughter getting in a tasty nibble. For some crazy reason she loves lettuce. When I prepare salads she will not eat it, but she will chomp on a leaf or two straight from the stalk, so I suppose that is how we are getting in our leafy greens!
 How do you get your kids to eat their veggies??


Happy Munching!

Sweet Dreams are Made of These

What comes in a box that is 6 ½ feet long and 1 ½ feet wide???

An 11" King size memory foam mattress of course!

Who knew in all craziness that a king size mattress could fit in the back of a minivan!


All I can say is we unrolled this puppy and I am in sleep heaven!!! After four years of bad sleep on our other mattress, I am happy to say I sleep deeper than I ever have in my married life.

We opted for the furniture “store brand” mattress and we couldn’t be happier to save the $1000.00 that the big name memory foam dealer. I actually think this bed was more comfortable than the big name when I tested it out in the store. I am so happy for our big splurge we should have done years ago!!


Are you happy with your mattress??
What do you do to get a good nights rest?


Happy Sleeping!

Eating Apples

Lil’Miss loves apples. In fact she loves them so much for most of her life she has liked eating the whole apple, core and all.

At 3 years old we are growing up! Now we are only eating half the core!

Happy Chomping!

Sweet Neighbors

 I wrote last week of our Yappy Neighbors and this week I want to share our sweet chirping neighbors.

We have a canal that runs along the back of our yard and a small section of chain link fence that looks out at the canal. Our back neighbor planted grass along the canal bank and he likes to feed the ducks. Well, over the years many ducks call this grassy little area home. This year three mamma ducks nested along the canal bank and they had a total of 26 little ducklings between the three of them.

It has been fun watching them grow over the past three weeks. These pictures are from then the duckling were about a week old. In fact right now as I write I can hear them chirping away! One of the momma ducks even had a hoarse quacker trying to keep her little ones to stay near.

What kind of animal life is in your neck of the woods?


Happy Neighboring!

Upcycle: Making Chubby Crayons

I have had this project on my mind for years. I finally got around to it!!

When I was teaching a few years ago before I had kids we seemed to always be replenishing our crayon bins with new pointy crayons. Crayon nubs seemed to stack up year after year. So here it is the end of the school year and I am sure you are finding your kids bringing home their old school supplies. If you are finding crayon nubs, make it a summer activity to make some “new crayons”.

I used a tin can as a double boiler of sorts. I also used an old frying pan so when Lil’Miss my helper dropped crayons into the water it didn’t matter if they made a mess of the pan. A simple project, Sort the crayons, melt the crayons and pour into a mold. I used silicone ice cube trays from Ikea. Allow to cool then pop from the molds.

Happy Crayon Recycling!

Riding the Horseee!!

We spend a lot of time outside and we have a fantastic back yard for kids (one of the major selling points when we bought our house). One of the things that came with the house was an old rickety swing set. It may be old, but it doesn’t stop us from having fun.



Lil'Miss love it when I ride with her!!!



I recently tried out what we call the “horseee”. Lil’Miss loves to ride it with me cause she gets a good ride in!

Happy Riding and Playing!

My Daddy Got Me Dressed.

The hubs is especially helpful on Sundays. I am so grateful. This Sunday I was able to get in a nap and it was wonderful. When I woke up my husband had done the dishes, cleaned up lunch and got Lil’Bean dressed. Today he got a new calling (assignment) at church and so I think he was a little more energetic and helpful due to being released from a hefty calling which was time and energy consuming.

Here Lil’Bean is sporting a nice yellow plaid shirt, yellow Hawaiian shorts, and socks with boots. He reminds me of an old man on vacation. The hubs reply to the outfit, “He didn’t have any other shorts.”

I am just grateful for a helpful husband!


Happy Times!