Doll houses are for dolls...

Little Dawning was told to go play with her doll house because playing with the wood stove was not okay to do. I helped her get it out so she could play with plenty of room. I sat back down and I couldn't see her. I minute later she screamed. I figured she couldn't make her doll do something so I didn't tend to her. but she continued to scream and this is what I found.

I think she has learned that her doll house is for her dolls not little girls...I did get her out...No harm to the house and no harm to Dawning and shes still playing with it.

Laundry never ends!

The laundry at our house seems like its never ending and we have another one on the way which means more clothes and dirty diapers. To save a bit of money I have learned to make my own soap. This batch makes 10 gallons! I have been sharing it with my mom and gram and it has lasted months.

-one bar of soap (grated and it can be any kind of soap)

-1/2 cup of borax

-1 cup Baking soda (or washing soda)

-one 5 gallon bucket

First you grate the soap. I got a little help and she took a small bite of the bar.

Then you boil 4 cups of water and then add the soap until it dissolves. Mean while fill your bucket half full with hot water. 

My beautiful Dawning took almost as much out as I put in. 

Once soap is disolved add it to the bucket along with the borax and baking soda. 

Then stir until mixed and fill the rest of the bucket with hot water.

When you are ready to use fill your container half full with the soap mix and then fill the rest with water. Do this every time you run out of your smaller bucket and you will get 10 gallons of laundry soap.



I cannot believe my eyes...

My little girl is getting so big! I have pulled out some of my old toys and every morning (as well as other times during the day) she plays with her barn and her people.

Here is the Momma

The Daddy

The big girl

She doesn't play with her toys like I remember doing, but she does a very good job at it. she can make them climb the latter in the barn and she opens doors. Today she had her big girl and the momma dancing as she sang.

Soon we will have to pull out a baby for her so she will have everyone in her family!



Body coloring

We have gotten so used to going outside to play that we were sad that it had snowed and this momma was not up for being cold! So we did cleaning and watched Psalty and Clifford. When that was done we thought we would learn to color except I didn't want to get up so we improvised with our bodies!

I also let her use my tummy

Then I had a great thought of we need her year hand and foot prints! so we moved on to the paint.

Then a fun bath for two! We decided it needed some bubbles.

Her Piggy/duck peeking through all the bubbles.

 A Little Batman for Dawning and Dreaming for me!

We decided we deserved a cookie..or two and thought we'd watch some more Clifford (can you tell it was a lazy day today!)

Oh and blue washable makers don't wash off they turn green! Pink High lighter doesn't wash off either.

Tonight for supper we are trying a new recipe using my new grill pan and set!

Cho Sun Restaurant

Have you ever gone to a new restaurant thinking it will be reasonably priced?

Well, that's what we did the other day. We went to a sushi restaurant here in Bethel thinking we had enough cash to eat there. Then we entered and it was pretty fancy! my dear husband had just gotten out of work and was still in his work clothes and we had our little dawning with us who had been snacking all day and wasn't really to hungry. Now we sat down and looked at the menu I am allergic to shrimp and I'm not to keen on raw fish (I know its a sushi restaurant) so, there was one meal that I could eat and the thing they bring out before our food just happened to be shrimp. My meal cost $17 and my hubby's was $20! Little Dawning threw the food on the floor and tried hard to take my chopsticks so we had to ask for her own set.

We will probably never go there again especially with our little one.

Valentines prep part two

I also made No bake Oreo Cheesecake I of course had the help from my little dawning.

To make the crust

1 1/2 C crushed gram cracker
1/4 C packed brown sugar
7Tbs unsalted butter (melted)

Then put into the cups and set them aside.

Then you take 2 1/4 C heavy cream and beat until medium peaks form then set aside

This is the fun part
You take Oreos and crush them!

then you take
1pnd cream chees softened
2/3 C sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1Tbs lemon juice
2tsp vanilla powder (or 4tsp vanilla extract) I couldnt find the powder anywhere!
mix in 3/4 C crushed oreos

then add the heavy cream

put in cups

put in the fridge for at least 6 hours they are better over night. when ready to serve top with whip cream (my Dad and I made our own with real cream right from the cow!) add an Oreo cookie and enjoy!

The teens cleaned and decorated the dinning room of our little Nazarene Church in Bethel. Then they cooked homemade Mac'n cheese with ham and they put salad together as well. They were dressed nicely and they did a great job in the preperation, serving and the clean up!

Valentines prep part one

Getting ready for the Valentines banquet that my teens put on. I told them that I would make the deserts.

Little Dawning wanted to help. I gave her oatmeal to play with and she thought she would eat it.

First, we started with sugar cookies. We used the recipe my Gram gave me.
              4C Flour
                1tsp salt
               2tsp Baking Powder
               1tsp Baking Soda
               1C Butter (soft)
               2C Sugar
               2 Eggs
               1tsp Vanilla
             1C Sour Milk

Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 min

Well I wanted to make them into hearts and lips. I fought with the dough for 30 min then put it in the fridge and later the freezer before I could finely get them to spread so that I could get them cut up.
The teens decorated them with frosting and sprinkles.