Compliment Cookies and Cupcakes

I feel like I talk about My Little Ponies a lot. I guess you are getting a little taste of what it is like at our house with pony craze. (Spoiler Alert) My kiddos and I recently watched an episode where Pinkie Pie was teaching her students about compliments with a cupcake exchange. I thought:...

Say CHEESE Pizza Recipe

Today we read a wonderful book about pizza which lead to us eating pizza. It was delicious. So You Want To Grow A Pizza Piggy backing on the library trip we took earlier this week. I stumbled onto a book series titled "So You Want To Grow A..." by Bridget Heos. My toddler and I...

Cookie Exchange

Yummy treats during this festive season should be a part of everyone's family traditions. We have a tradition of making sugar cookies. A Jenny Cookie recipe; check out her blog and book here. I went to one of her cookie decorating classes almost 10 years ago. These cookies are so delicious and wonderful that my...

Baking Treats

Happy holidays. Part of what makes this season special is the delicious treats. We made two of my husband favorites, stampede brownies and seven layer bars. There are many different seven layer bars and we have tried many different combinations over the years. Belle of the Kitchen has my favorite combo; check it out here....

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I want to wish you a happy Thanksgiving and hope you are ready for the holiday season. I love Thanksgiving. Who doesn't love watching the parade on tv and eating a three course meal of delicious food. Then the next day the leftovers are even better. Today my kiddos helped me with a veggie tray...

Watercolor Cookie

The cookie watercolor painting is a great evening activity for kids. It is entertaining and easy plus you get a treat at the end. What could be better. It took me a while to find a tutorial on how to create this 'paint-- cookie' but YouTube did not let me down. Montreal Confections has a...

Pumpkin Dessert

Today we made a pumpkin bundt cake modified from my mom's pumpkin bar recipe. We started by mixing the dry ingredients into a large bowl and in the large measuring cup we added the wet ingredients; pumpkin, eggs and oil. My youngest daughter was my helper today. She loved helping me make the cake. She...

Caramel Apples

Caramel apples are a delicious autumn themed treat. If you look on Pinterest to get caramel apple ideas, you may be surprised or impressed by all the different caramel apple styles and flavors. The idea that I was stunned by was these caramel apple look a like cookies by Wilton. The adorable leaf shapes cut...

Art – Making Soup

A warm cup of soup sounds so good on this cold and rainy day in the Puget Sound. Plus eating soup wrapped up in a blanket feels like fall. Isn't this a cute picture!! I couldn't resist. Today I'm making a soup I received from my Sun Basket Box call golden potato curry with squash...

Art n Chemistry – Cooking and Meal Planning

Review4H's daily challenge is to plan, shop and prepare a meal plan. My daughter loves to help in the kitchen and is very interested in cooking. If you have missed the other 21 daily challenges, check out my earlier post that includes a link to each post as well as more information about the $10,000...

Art – Cooking New Foods

ReviewToday's 4H challenge is to try a new vegetable and use it in a recipe. By participating in the 4H challenge and photography it, you have a chance to win a $10,000 scholarship. Check out all the activities by downloading the list here. The Activity So we went to the local grocery store and found...

Chemistry – Sour Milk

ReviewThis summer we hosted a play date with sciences experiment activities and today being 4H's day to be inspire to do chemistry; I thought I would reflect on those chemistry experiments. As I feel I say in every post, you can find the 4H 30 day challenge in one of my earlier post about the...

Agriculture – Mason Jar Garden

ReviewToday's 4H challenge is plant spices in Mason Jars then try recipes that include these spices. Click here to check out the full list. The ActivityAs many of these activities go, I modified it slight to demonstrate that my kids can regrow some types of vegetables by just placing it's base in water. We are...