Happy May Day!!!

Lathey Potts (my Ali girl) and I put together these May baskets yesterday

 She enjoyed the "ring and run" part of delivering them immensely

 Look at those pigtails fly! 

We even got one ourselves from our dear friends and neighbors a block away who brought the whole family of 6 over to deliver this pretty basket made from a scrapbooking paper and ribbon!

Making Mealtime Memories

An orange-themed lunch

Since we were having chicken curry over rice with wheat pitas we decided to make a little tent and eat it on the lawn for a fun family experience!

How to Make GORP

I'm not sure if GORP stands for Good Ol' Raisins and Peanuts or Granola Oats Raisins and Peanuts but it is an excellent snack for hiking, the zoo, the park, cross-country skiing, or traveling, etc.

Add whatever ingredients you like.  Options include: dried fruits and berries, nuts of any kind, granola or oats or granola clusters, crackers or pretzels of any kind, chocolate chips, favorite candies, or dried cereals.

This is what looked good to me when I went shopping for GORP ingredients.  If I wasn't so spacey while pregnant, I would have remembered the box of Rice Chex in my pantry and added it in.  I only added about 1/3 of the bag of marshmallows and half of the bag of pretzels.

Mix thoroughly in a large bowl.

Put about 1-2 cups of GORP in each little plastic bag for an individual portion.  Stash in a safe, kid-free zone and throw them in your backpack for a handy, and delicious snack-on-the-go!  Kids love GORP and mommies and daddies love GORP too!

Depending on what you add into the GORP, it can be fairly inexpensive.  I spent about $10 and was able to make around 12 or 13 large portions that served us very well at the zoo and for snacks in the van.  However, if I had been able to get to Walmart to purchase the ingredients, it would have been a bit cheaper. 

*If you have young children be sure to keep in mind what they are able to handle chewing and watch them carefully lest they choke on a craisin or peanut, etc.*

Valentine's Day

Sweet Card from my little lady

that says, "Dear Mom, I love Mommy!"

My darling Josiah

took this pic of me

getting ready for church

and said, "I wanna

remember how beautiful

you look right now forever." 

Awwww, what a sweetie! 

Alathia loves Memory! 

We had a Memory Face Off

on Friday night and we both

played our hardest and tied

with 18 matches each!

Plate of goodies left over from

my Mom's class party

which she nicely donated to us. 

My hubby is very creative

and made this chocolate flower bouquet

for me using chocolate candy sticks

and dark chocolate heart crisps.

Alathia continued to make us

precious homemade Valentine cards

all day long

Tulips, my favorite flower, from my mom

Breakfast in some heart shaped bowls

that I scored at a yard sale a few years back.

I made my favorite roll recipe and shaped them into hearts.

The boys dig into the Valentine Box

at Grammy's house.

Grammy loves to make lip

and moustache suckers every V-Day.

 

It's super simple to cut pepperonis

into heart shapes for pizza bagels.

Ali loves her "Lady Glass."

Jer found a unique way to roll the dice

when we played the Family Love game

Grammy gave us.

Grammy also gave us a

Bible worksheet devotional

on the subject of Love

to do in February.

When I saw these balloons on a stick

in the Dollar Store I said to myself,

"I know my little boys would LOVE these

to sword fight with!"