It was a beautiful morning on Lake Ontario! How blessed are we to have such fabulous friends, that live in such awesome places!
Cherry Halter One-Piece Swimsuit from Janie and Jack
Grosgrain Bow Sunhat from Janie and Jack
Quick Dry Towel Martha Stewart
Sunday is Father’s Day and since Reagan was born I’m on double duty, my dad and my husband, until she is old enough to come up with her own gift ideas. I wanted to share some cute ideas that I found; incase anyone is in need of a last-minute idea or two.
Artsy-Fartsy has these FREE decals ready to be downloaded and printed!
I’m loving these Stencil Cork Coasters from inner child giving
These Note Cube Pads from Cool Mom Picks are perfect for daddy’s desk!
Handmade and from the Heart! Work from Home with Kids; this is adorable!
the blue basket has the best idea for Mother’s…I mean Father’s Day!
These photo ideas are super cute and if you can pull it off…go for it!
love From an Igloo
To die for…Photography by Caitlin Domanico
Happy Father’s Day to all the daddy’s out there!
Squares are boring, but flowers are fun! The quest continues for creative ways to get Reagan to eat something other than snacks. Breakfast, lunch and dinner, no matter how important, are just not on Reagan’s to-do-list. We’ve found, at times, making meal time fun- engages her in eating just a little bit more.
If Reagan had the choice of what to have for lunch, she’d choose an orange popsicle and a cheese stick. She would then prefer to eat while playing in the sandbox. I’m totally for popsicles, cheese sticks and playing in sandboxes, but not at the same time.
I’d like to sit at the table and attempt to eat somewhat of a nutritious meal…such a horrible mom, in Reagan’s eyes, I know… But manners are important and instilling them at an early age is important too.
So yesterday to get Reagan to eat most of a grilled cheese (that I hid her probiotic and DHA in) I gave her choices. Not choices of what to eat, although that does happen often, but the choice of the shape that she would eat.
She loved picking out a shape and then creating something new out of her boring square sandwich!
Flower Power! The sandwich was eaten with no complaints!
There’s a party in her tummy…so yummy, so yummy! Oh dear lord, I just quoted Yo Gabba Gabba- So Yummy!
Most moms are going to think that I’m absolutely nutso for doing this sensory bin project in my house, but honestly it looks worse than it actually was.
It feels like it has been raining in Rochester forever and for a little girl who likes nothing more than to be outside; pouring rainy days are torturous. After yesterdays full day of shopping, Reagan was in desperate need of something fun and messy!
I pinned this Fluffy Stuff weeks ago and have been wanting to try it with Reagan. I added the ingredients to yesterday’s shopping list and today we fluffed it out!
Ingredients
2 boxes of corn starch
1 can of shaving cream
Materials
(I added different ‘tools’ to the mix as we played. Below is everything that we used. You definitely don’t have to use all or any of the ‘tools’ that we used.)
towel
large bin
wooden spoon with long handle
potato masher
ladle
plastic drinking cups
Measuring dish with handle
muffin tin
plastic Ritz cheese container with top
play mobile people
small plastic bowls
large plastic bowl
plastic cookie cutters
plastic rolling-pin
Directions
Place large towel on floor. In a large bin or bucket pour two boxes of Corn Starch.
Add in shaving cream and continuously stir. We didn’t end up using the entire can. I just kept adding until it reached a consistency that we were happy with.
I kept introducing new ‘tools’ as Reagan became uninterested in the ones that she was using. I didn’t take anything away, and she began to find new uses for each tool.
The fluff is super soft and smells fabulous…like Barbasol!
After playing with the fluff for a while it turned into a consistency that was able to be somewhat molded. With no cue from me, Reagan began singing Frosty the Snowman…love that she was reminded of SNOW!!
Clean up was super easy…seriously…it was. We filled the sink with soap and water to clean all of the ‘tools’, I emptied the pink bin into the kitchen trash, folded in the sides of the towel, took it outside and shook it into the outside garbage. The mess totally depends on how out of control you let the activity get. I constantly reminded Reagan to stay on the towel and she did a pretty excellent job doing so. Her pjs came off at the sink and went straight to the laundry basket. As far as I know; corn starch and shaving cream are not harmful to clothing…AS FAR AS I KNOW!
This was the longest activity thus far; lasting about an hour and five minutes from start to finish, including Reagan washing the ‘tools’ that she used. Smaller batches can obviously be made by reducing the ingredient amount. This could be an excellent table activity; using only half a box of corn starch.
After I finished my run and strength training workout this morning the kids were still asleep (this never happens!) so I decided to whip up a delicious breakfast smoothie with my few extra minutes of free time. I saw this recipe on Carrots ‘N’ Cake a while back so I thought I would try it out.
Ingredients:
1 frozen banana ( I learned the hard way to freeze them unpeeled)
I scoop vanilla protein powder
1/4 cup rolled oats
1 tblsp honey
1 tblsp ground flaxseed
2/3-1 cup Almond milk
Place all ingredients in a blender and pulse and blend. It tasted amazing and was a surprisingly filling way to start the morning with my boys!!
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