Ok, so I am having a Fall Mary Kay Party next weekend and am working on some recipes to see how they work. Here is the first recipe I tried.
http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-pumpkin-2-159672

I rolled them into balls to make them look like pumpkins, but then as my hands were covered with pumpkin/marshmallow goo, I remembered this party is for adults, and adults don't usually care what their food is shaped like. We'll see how well they stay together in "pumpkin" form before final shape decisions are made.

I guess she is big now...

So, the day has come...Tiny can use a mouse. I'm not sure if this is good or not. It happened on Wednesday at the library, she was playing a Dora game and could do one thing, but today...she was navigating a whole website.

I guess it was inevitable considering that laptop is older than she is. I guess that is just where we are in American society. Kids on computers before they can read. It's nice that the site is to easy that she doesn't need to read, it's nice that she can amuse herself in another way, it's nice that I don't have to stop what I am doing to help her, but what is her life going to be like when it revolves around screens. We'll just have to work on getting outside more often I guess.

Milk and Soap

In addition to Brown Bear, we have also been doing other color projects. We tried this milk, food coloring, and soap project found on Pinterest. Tiny LOVED it and asks to do it all the time. Here is a shot from the first time we did it.

Brown Bear

We are starting school with Brown Bear by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle. I wanted something that would be academically easy for Tiny as she got used to the routine of school. Especially since we don't have those natural bookends of actually going somewhere else. We are focusing on the color and the animal. We've gotten through Green Frog and Tiny already has the book memorized. She knows exactly what comes next and will yell at you if you say the animals out of order, but I think she is getting ready to move on as she is starting to say the wrong colors as a joke. Only a few more days.

Everyday, we color the animal from the book. She already knows her colors, so I am not picky about what color crayon she uses, but this is more an exercise for fine motor skills, and when she wants to she can color quite well and even stay within the lines at times, although it is hard to get her to stop coloring once the animal has been filled and she often scribbles over what she has done so nicely. She is much more interested in coloring these days. The first day of school, Sept. 17th, she spent about 5 minutes coloring the brown bear, and two nights ago, she spent three hours coloring pictures of My Little Ponies after we got done with Blue Horse. We're making progress. 

Introductions

Hi. It's me. I used to be a teacher, but then we moved and now I am staying home with, and homeschooling, my three year old daughter, Tiny, I have a Mary Kay business, I am working through a master's degree, I am trying to make my family healthier, and I finally have time to do some of the things I love like knit, quilt, and read.

I have found that it is easier to stay busy then I once imagined, and now that I am back on track after a bizarre issue with my back, I wanted to keep track of all the things that are going on.