Okay, so I did plan one game for the kids over spring break. I've always brought out a basket of plastic eggs as part of our Easter decorations - the kids always find fun things to do with them for a couple of weeks, then they go away until next spring. This year, they were purposed! I originally saw the idea on Kirsten's blog and saved it in my things-to-do-someday file. I've been trying to do more auditory sensory activities lately with Clark, so it was a good time to try it out. I filled the eggs with little things found around the house and labeled each one with a number. The kids had to shake each egg and guess what could be inside. Some were deceptively similar! It was pleasantly surprising to see all three kids get in on the action. Not making a big deal about it seems to be the key to getting everyone involved. Here's a copy of the game sheet - it's labeled with things that should be easy to find around the house. Personal use only, please! Download What Do You Hear? game sheet here.
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In true Brit fashion I would like to start this post by saying Scorchio! What. A. Belting. Week. The summer has truly hit… all one week of it because, as far as I’m aware, it’s planning to be cooler and rainy this week. Joy. So let’s have a little look back” Monday : Coconut chicken curry – lush! Everyone really enjoyed this. Tuesday :: Summer beef stew – I wasn’t too keen on this, which is unusual for me. I think It was just a bit of an odd one! The kids and Adam seemed to enjoy it. Wednesday :: Summer Dump & Bake pasta – the boys raved about this, Toby in particular asked for seconds, thirds and then finished off everyone’s leftovers! Thursday :: BLT – they had the B… it was so warm no one was really fussed! Friday :: Takeaway – swapped takeaway nights! Saturday :: Quesadilla – we didn’t actually have this, I made a summer buffet and we all enjoyed that! Sunday :: Peanut noodles – Adam said it was delish but the two littles weren’t really keen! So looking forward to this week, I’ve gone down a salad root… Let’s see how that goes ha! Monday :: Caprese chicken This looks lovely, and I’ve ordered some baby potatoes to go with it, or maybe something like pasta. Regardless, YUM. From Dinner at the Zoo. Tuesday :: Grilled Honey BBQ chicken foil packets Another chicken dish (features heavily this week!) that I think looks really yummy and is genuinely minimal effort. Whack it all in the foil packets and leave them in the oven. This is from The Recipe Critic. Wednesday :: Tex Mex Chicken chopped salad Now I already know this is going to be an issue for Edith, so I’m considering cooking her a little separate portion of chicken with some pasta on the side. We’ll see. She will hate the salad I think, but we can’t all cook around her. This is from Life in the Lofthouse. Thursday :: Thai Peanut Salad Frankly this sounds like heaven to me, but I can see resistance. Adam made comments about wanting to eat better and has started running so this should be great for him. The kids… hmm. We’ll see. I’ll be adding chicken! This is from Seeking Good Eats. Friday :: Beef & Noodles This looks insanely good, nice burst of carb power for the football heavy weekend! This is from The Omnivore’s Cookbook. Saturday :: Takeaway Sunday :: Teriyaki Chicken Casserole Another one from Life in the Lofthouse – this looks every bit a meal that my family will enjoy! You may also enjoy: How to prepare your family home for … Top Trends in Women’s Heels for 2024 Orthopaedic Mattress Guide: How It Improves Spinal … Creating a Family-Friendly Sensory Garden
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Celebrate the glory of Christ's resurrection on Easter Sunday with these amazing Christian hymns. We are called by scripture to sing praises unto the Lord and rejoice in His name!Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. ~ Colossians 3:16Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works! ~ Psalm 105:2Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart! ~ Psalm 32:11I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. ~ Psalm 9:2The Easter season is when we reflect on the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. No matter your church background, singing Easter hymns is a perfect way to inspire your faith. It’s a time of year where our faith is encouraged, strengthened, and renewed by remembering the price Jesus paid for our sins. What better way to experience the power of the resurrection than through worship and praise with Easter hymns?Looking to the cross, we remember how God sacrificed His only Son to give us eternal life. Although the world may not understand, 1 Corinthians 1:18 explains, “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.” The cross symbolizes God’s great love for us. Both traditional hymns and new Christian songs can inspire a heart of gratefulness and praise for the gift of Jesus Christ. Below are 10 Easter Hymns to fill us with hope and joy. We have provided lyrics and videos so you can experience a time of praise and worship as you sing to God.Get your FREE Holy Week Guide here. Have encouragement delivered straight to your inbox!Photo Credit: Unsplash/Brooke Lark
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Using PVA is much 'cheeper' than Mod Podge! Last Friday I received an email from the rather marvellous 'Style at Home' magazine asking me about my plans for the Easter Bank Holiday. 'Blimey' I thought 'Christmas was only a fortnight ago!'. Jen and her team have to work months ahead in order to meet the tight deadlines required to get the magazine onto the shelves for all us eager readers. Still, that email gave me the little push I needed to start thinking about Spring and Easter projects. I am planning to make 30 personalised and embroidered linen egg cosies as gifts for the guests at our annual party, which we hold after Mass on Easter Sunday. I am still mulling over designs in my head (read procrastinating), so I grabbed my scissors and PVA glue and placed all thoughts of stitching aside. Instead I decided to 'age' these unattractive plastic eggs. We have bags of them left over from the egg hunts which the children used to enjoy when they were younger. Most of the children in our social group are reaching the teenage years and an egg hunt is 'too young' for them. So after lunch on Easter Sunday we either go for or a walk or have a retro sports day. They're not too old for egg and spoon, sack and three-legged races! The plastic eggs are now surplus to requirements so I got creative with an old book of quotations and some paper napkins and this is what I ended up with.... Antique Eggs! I wasn't sure how they would turn out, but I am really pleased with them. They remind me of gorgeous Victorian botanical prints and book plates. They were quite time consuming to produce, but the process was actually very easy and I am already dreaming about displaying batches of them under glass cloches and hurricane vases on the dinner table. They cost next to nothing to produce and if you are a keen crafter you will probably already have all the supplies you need. I used plastic eggs (obviously), book pages, watered down PVA glue, brown paint and some pretty paper dinner serviettes. Tutorial I didn't prepare the eggs in any way at all, I didn't even bother gluing the two halves together and they worked perfectly, so grab your bits and pieces and jump straight in. The first step was to stick on a layer of plain paper, I used some blank pages from the front of the book, onto to eggs using watered down PVA glue. You don't need to worry about the exact ratio of glue to water, just aim for the consistency of very thin single cream. I felt this first layer was necessary as the eggs were such lurid colours. I guess you could just add more than one layer of printed book pages, but I didn't want too much print showing through. Make sure you tear the paper rather than cutting it as this gives the pieces softer edges which blend into each other better when pasted down. I worked in a little production line so that whilst one layer was drying I got started on the next egg. I found that if I tried to stick too many paper strips onto an egg in one go I just ended up in a sticky mess! I used an old, yellowed book of quotations, but if you don't have a suitable book to hand just use newspaper. Once all the layers were completely dry, it was time to get creative with the paper napkins. I used botanical and butterfly themed versions. Cut out your chosen image from the napkins, being sure to trim the design as closely as possible. Then separate the layers and, using the top ply only, smooth into place on your egg using more of the watered down PVA glue. I used my finger for this part of the process as I found I had more control this way rather than using a paint brush. To complete the aging process I brushed some watered down brown poster paint over the eggs before quickly wiping off any excess. A final coat of the PVA mixture will seal your finished final design and then you can simply sit back and admire your handiwork!
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