Mud Fun...part deux!

This picture was my boys just last night. My boys are no strangers to mud. This time it wasn't really mud, but sand! We have a sand volleyball court behind our house and last night, my boys went to town!

It all started innocently enough. Just running around and digging in the sand. Then someone had a bright idea! (I really don't know which one. )

They dug holes and added water!

There were lots and lots of trips to the hose for water!

It started looking like this.....

 

and this....

and this!

Then my boys looked like this...

and this....

and this!

Then they had to be squirted with the hose because I could not let them in the house covered in sand! After the squirting they promptly got a warm shower. It was all in boy fun!

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Pinterest....monthly

I know it's not been Pinterest weekly as I had hoped, so I've changed it to Pinterest monthly. I have been so swamped and busy I have not had time to keep up with my blog as I have wanted to! I do have some giveaways coming up soon but first, my next pinterest experiment! I started a moms group at my church and decided to try THIS pin. (sorry for no link! I am having a hard time finding it now!)

What  the pin was about was using a ring and lid from a mason jar as a mini springform pan. I put the lids and rings together and sprayed them with non stick spray.

Then I took a cup just a little larger than the ring and cut circles out of a premade pie crust. I put the crust into the mini pan.

Then I added some premade peach pie filling. You could do this all homemade, but I have been so busy, sometimes it's necessary to take shortcuts when you need somethign quick!

 

I baked them at 400degrees for about 35-40 minutes. Then you simply push up through the bottom and you have a mini tart! It actually worked out really well and it was so simple and easy!

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Pinterest weekly....week 2..Admit One keepsake

Well, it's week 2 of my Pinterest endeavor! This week I tried something that I have been wanting to try for a long time! The admit one shadow box. You can check the original pin out HERE. I have been wanting to do this for months but was waiting for the right price and the right frame! I found one this week at TJ Maxx for $3!

It had some depth to it and I like that it was 8x10. I've been saving our various ticket stubs for quite some time to fill this baby up! First, I went into Word and picked out a stationery border I liked. Then I went to Google images and typed in "Admit One". I picked one that matched my border and copied and pasted it.

I used regular Elmer's Glue All to glue it on the the cardboard backing that came with the frame. I'm not sure how long it will stick. If it falls off I'll use hot glue. So far so good though! Then I simply inserted back into the frame.

 

Then I added all our ticket stubs. Unfortunately for me, this isn't even all of them! When you have 6-7 people going every time, it adds up! I decided to take out duplicates and only put in one of each. It's still pretty full though! I think it's a good idea, and I like that it can sit out for everyone to see and remember. I give this an easy to do rating and a 5/5 for coolness!

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Pinterest weekly...

Alright, if you are part of Pinterest you know how many great ideas are floating around out there! (You can check out my Pinterest board!) I have started a craft bug out bag challenge using Pinterest because I have been wanting to do more sewing than I have been. You can read about it at the link above. I have also decided to try one thing a week (hopefully!) on Pinterest and let you know how it goes. Today I made banana oatmeal "cookies". Here is the original pin.

 

This is all the ingredients you need! Two overripe bananas, and one ucp of quick oats.

 

Mash up your bananas. (you could use a fork too)

Add your oats.

Mix!

Mine looked like this when I was done mixing.

 

I added chocolate chips to some. Then you bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

 

They tasted like bananas with chocolate and oatmeal. Mostly it tasted like chocolate and bananas. They were soft set. Overall they were OK. Not really a cookie though. Just cooked bananas! I don't know if I'll make them again or not but I suppose they are much healthier than regular cookies! My boys did NOT like them!

 

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Who needs toys when you have pinecones?

Who needs toys, indeed! My boys always find so many things other than toys to play with! This time it was pine cones. Well, pine cones, sticks, and rocks!

They have been watching some Dual Survival and wanted to make their own firepits!

Each one gathered all their fire making "materials" and went to work creating their own version of a firepit!

They must've worked on them for about an hour and then they actually wanted to light them on fire! I nixed that idea. They did have fun though!

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Birthday Boy recap!

I have been so busy I barely have time to keep up with my blog! N's 10th birthday was last Friday, the 22nd. I can't believe he is in the double digits! I always let them pick out their dessert and N wanted chocolate ice cream. (many of my boys don't like cake, if you can believe that!)

More and more my boys are wanting outings (or dates as I like to call them!) with mom and dad instead of toys that they'll play with for a few days and then forget about. I have definitely been learning that it is fun to spend the time with each boy alone with the Rev and I.

N's gift was a night out with mom and dad to the Penguin's game! We went out to dinner, did a very tiny bit of shopping where N got some faith bracelets. Then we headed to the Pens game! They won   3-2. Unfortunately it was the game that Malkin got a concussion in! Still we had a blast being together!

 

 

You can read N's birth story HERE if you're interested!

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Desperate: book review

I was excited to see this book was up for review because I had heard so much about it! The book is called desperate by Sarah Mae and Sally Clarkson. It's all about hope for the mom who needs to breathe! And what mom doesn't need that!?

I know often times as mothers we think we need to be supermom all the time and we can do it all ouselves.  As moms we know that is not always how things are. We mess up, get frustrated and blow it. This book is all about encouragement for moms about what really happens in our lives. Sally and Sarah Mae have this wonderful way of letting you know you are not alone. You are not the only mom who feels desperate. You are not the only one struggling with feelings of inadequacies. You are not alone! In that, they offer fresh encouragement for when you feel like you just can't go another day with the way things are.

I absolutely love the pairing of Sarah Mae and Sally. Sarah Mae is me. Well, not actually me, but at the same point in life that I am. Sally is the woman I wish I had to  mentor and guide me. She offers wonderful, godly wisdom.

There were a couple of parts that I thought were just ok. (Like Sarah Mae's part on depression. Sometimes it does take more than prayer and faith. Sometimes God works through doctors and medicine!) But not enough to negate the wonderful aspects of this book.

I received this book free through booksneeze.com for my review. All opinions are my own and I was not required to give a positive review.

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