Pinned it & Did It - Blueberries and Cream Pie

Pinterest rocks my Kitchen!  I also love to create all the wonderful food and crafts I pin!  I always wonder when I get started how it will really go... Honestly I've had more 'failed' craft projects from pinterest than 'yippee I did and I love it' projects.  Food projects however never seem to fail me ;-)

Ode to my Pinned Pie  - this recipe ROCKS (I'll be honest I'm not a pie fan or much of a blueberry fan, but this is one I will make again!)

Pic of my pie:

It was scrumptious!!  I'm non a pie crust fan (even though this recipe is super easy and flaky).  Next time I think I'll make it with a gingersnap or graham cracker crust in a 9x13 pan.  If you try it before I do let me know what you think!!

Check out the recipe on the blog Gingerbread Bagels!!

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Sneak Peek...

It might seem like our blog has been a bit idle lately 

but it's all for good reasons!

My hands have been busy busy busy!!

Here's a little taste of what has been keeping me busy - aside from our family vacation to COLORADO SPRINGS & the regular friend & family fun that we CAN'T STOP having!

My friend asked me to make some things for her baby girl's nursery! I was so excited to jump back into sewing & also help my friend create her (2nd) dream nursery! She told me what she wanted & I went to work! 

 Now it's TWO weeks till 'it's time!'  There's more to be done, so this is just a sneak peek at what has been made sofar...

The gray, the pink, the ruffles, the bows, the damask print

It's all so beautiful & feminine.

...and I wanted to include the little inspiration for this nursery :)

Isn't she cute?!

More to come...

Love,

Julie

Sister See Sister Do's Bottle of Summer...to go!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

Today we want to share a very simple idea. 

It might make your summer a little easier & a lot more fun!

It's a BOTTLE OF SUMMER - to go!!

Michelle is a working mom of two sweet little girls (11 & 7) & Julie is a stay at home mommy of three little monkeys...aka BOYS (5, 3 & 2)!! We both load our summers with one adventure after the next. If you are like us and are always on the go, you will LOVE this idea! It's GREAT for trips to the pool, the zoo, the park, the airport...Wherever there's a drinking fountain & wherever your children will be wanting a simple snack.

What we did was took reusable water bottles & stuffed them with whatever we wanted our kids to have at the pool that day. We really like the apple sauce squeezies (no spoon required), peanut butter crackers, granola bars, laffy taffy, fun dip! You get the idea. We also stuck in some water-flavoring singles (like Kool Aide) to get them drinkin'.

Needless to say, our kids think it's GREAT!!

They have a snack to keep their bellies happy 

& they fill their water bottles up to stay hydrated.

That's it!! 

Simple and fun...because that's how we roll!!!

CHECK OUT OUR BUSY KIDS WEEK POSTS FOR MORE FUN IDEAS!

We LOVE making new friends and seeing the projects/ideas of others! So if you drop by, please let us know where we can check YOU out too!! 

Love & Hugs,
The Sisters

Busy Kids Week! Day 5 - Window Painting!

Busy Kids Week

Day 5

(We apologize this post is a few days late...  We are happy to report both Sister's finally have power back after the storm that hit Ohio last week)

Window Painting!

The mess free way!

Looks like fun, doesn't it?!

...A baggie with paint in it & taped to the window.

Simple. Clean. Fun.

One day, I whipped this up & got it ready while my boys were napping. When they woke up they immediately spotted this new adventure taped to the windows.

They looked, they touched, they played!

They mixed the colors, traced design, letters & shapes with their fingers.

They spent quite a while playing with the window paints!

 It was fun to have the light shining through them from the outside so they could see their artwork!

So tell us what do YOU do to keep your kids creative and busy?  We'd love to hear your ideas - who knows they may even be featured during our next 'Busy Kids Week'!

Have a Safe and Happy 4th of July!

Busy Kids Week: Day 4 - Cool Color Fun!

Busy Kids Week

Day 4

Cool Color Fun

Exploring with colored ice!

It's such a simple idea & is SO fun!!

One evening, we let our kids mix up some colored water & pour it into ice cube trays. Then we let them freeze overnight.

It was a GREAT opportunity to teach them about what PRIMARY COLORS are.

Then the next day, (when we happened to have some extra kids over) we got out containers of regular water & divided up the colored cubes.

I had the children pick 2 colors & tell me what they thought would happen when they mixed them(forming a hypothesis).

Then we talked about 

SECONDARY COLORS.

This activitity kept the kiddos active for about an hour. They eventually grabbed some of our bath toys & took them "swimming" in their containers.

like the good ol' imagination!!

What I really love about this activity is that it's good for rainy days, hot days (like today - 101* - hot hot hot), or wintery days when we've got a case of cabin fever!

Okay, now go get BUSY with your kids!!!

-Julie-

Busy Kids Week! Day 3 - Sensory Tubs

Welcome back for Day 3 of

BUSY KIDS WEEK!!!!!

What I'm going to show you today might scare you a little...
But I hope you'll see what a great experience this is
if you are well prepared & brave enough to
JUST TRY IT!


 These are our
'Sensory Tubs' & Table.

The containers hold a variety of sensory materials: Rainbow rice; Dried beans & peas;
Or they're empty - for water, soap & sponges; pipe cleaners & magnets; bugs & magnifying glasses...the list can go on!

The table has been used for everything. It's the best $5 I've ever spent at a garage sale!

Right now it's full of rocks & dinosaurs, but it's also held water & ice cubes, crayons & paper, or anything I've put in containers.

 The kids enjoy the sounds the stones make as they move them around ($1/bag at Dollar General with home decor items). We talk about how the stones feel (cold & smooth) & what they would feel like if they were outside in the sun (hot & probably rough from dirt). They have a fascination with dinosaurs so we put some toy dinosaurs in with the rocks for the boys to pretend with.

We also enjoy adding water for some added fun water play!!

Rainbow Rice

The rainbow rice is definitely our most popular sensory tub! I eventually created another container of dried beans & peas to create a similar sensory experience. Sometimes we add colorful foam letters to hunt for which is really great for letter/color recognition! Other times they just want spoons/cups to scoop & pour the rice with.

 Here's are great instructions for making

RAINBOW RICE:

http://www.momtastic.com/home-and-living/home/168293-diy-kaleidoscope-rice

Water & Soap

This is another one the kids love!
 I put about 4 cups of water a few drops of dish soap into a blender & let it go till I get a good frothy-foamy lather!
This way the suds last a long time. They enjoy soaking it up with a sponge & squeeeezing it out, pretending to give toys a bath or just splashing. If you try this, have a towel around! Expect some splashing & spilling!

I LOVE having sensory opportunities available for my kids!
They love them so much & they keeps them SO busy...not to mention it's a fantastic enriching experience for them.

I definitely control when we get the tubs out. I have to expect there will be a mess to clean up when we're done. But believe me, I don't do the clean up alone! My boys know we play fun and fair & it's NOT fun or fair to make mommy clean up all of our messes!  Over time the messes have become less & less. They are much more careful about keeping the objects in their tubs!

Can't wait to hear what you think of our sensory tubs!
Love, Julie

Busy Kids Week: Day 2 - Grass Heads

Welcome to day 2 of Busy Kids Week!!

Today I want to show you a fun little craft that my boys did at a day camp.

They made "GRASS HEADS!"

You need:

A Container (just about anything will work)

Potting Soil

Grass Seed

Decorations for the Face

Glue or Glue Dots

 The craft itself is pretty easy to figure out & there's plenty of room to be creative & do it however you or the child wants! First, have the children decorate their container with a face. Then, fill it with potting soil. Sprinkle grass seed. Water. Wait.

What I really love about this project is that the grass grows SO fast! We could see it growing TWO days after it was planted. I took these pictures five days after the boys made them...

After my boys brought these home, it inspired me to do a bible lesson with them.
I think this craft goes along GREAT with this verse:

As we watch the grass grow taller & taller every day we can think about how we can grow as children of God. It's important that we pray & read God's word to gain knowledge of who God is & of His plan for us. He's given us so much GRACE that we don't deserve, so it's important to practice being like Him by giving grace to others...even when THEY don't deserve it either!

This is one of our favorite songs that goes well with the lesson too:

I hope you've enjoyed today's craft!!

My boys are asking if they can give their GRASS HEADS a hair cut tonight!

So THAT should be fun!! I'll have to add pics later!

If you want to see another FUN idea for summer,

go to One Artsy Mama's blog

& check out her FUN IN THE SUN series!!

We're guest posting over there today!!

Our 1st guest post ever!!!!

Lots of Love,

Julie