Play With Your Food!

It's been a fun food kinda month!  First I decided I had to do something with a GIANT watermelon sitting on my counter.  After much searching, I decided on this:

I call it Shark!  Sorry about the low quality pictures.  My Camera battery was dead and I only got pictures with my phone.  I really didn't know that this guy would turn out as well as he did, and it was after I filled him with fruit and took him to Ladies Night at church that I thought I would blog him. 
Filled with fruit for a fun twist on fruit salad!
There are so many images online for Watermelon Shark, that I just copied what they had done.  There was no real tutorial to follow.  Maybe, I can do it again and make up a tutorial for you....maybe.

Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich on bagel rounds + marshmallow and craisin eyes + strawberry nose and hair + orange mouth with fruit strip lips = Sandwich Clown

ahhhhh....impressing my kids with simple food fun!  J thinks my creations are sooo awesome!  I might be a cool mom one day :)

My Fun Food inpiration?
Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons 
My clowns don't even come close to comparing with hers!  She does beautiful food and all for fun!

Fast forward a few days, and we made these guys for lunch!

Mr. Popper's Penguins: Summer Reading Ch 5 & 6

Have you made it to Chapter 5 yet?  Mr. Popper and Captain Cook are settling in and figuring each other out!  I think I am a little more excited to get through the book than J is!  Even more excited to go see the movie!  But I really want to make it through the book before we see the movie....

Meanwhile, you can find us playing some Popper inspired games at FunBrain and Nick!

Here is your lessons for Chapter 5 & 6!If you have younger aged children learning about Penguins too, here is a color match Penguin activity from Home School Share you can download. There are so many activities you could do with these adorable penguins!


Happy Reading!

Mr. Popper's Penguins: Summer Reading Ch 1 & 2

In an effort to keep reading high on the list of "likeable activities" in our house, I put together a Chapter by Chapter lesson plan for the book, Mr. Popper's Penguins. J has already started and so far its a hit!  Getting him started is a challenge, but once he opens the book he's determined to do all the activities. 

I started with the information I found at Home School Share and went from there.  I tweaked and added and cut to fit with our style and the things J likes to do. 

We have no set schedule, I am taking a "when you are ready" approach.  The only requirement is that he read a chapter and complete the associated activities before moving on to the next chapter. 

Here's a peek at what I've put together for the first 2 chapters!  You are free to use, just don't publish as your own!  If you share please link back to me for credit! 

Mr. Popper's Penguins Ch 1-2

****update**** In these lessons there is a puzzle mentioned. This is the exact puzzle we used and loved it! 





Happy Reading!



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Herb Gardens

Spring is finally here for most of the nation...here in Florida we are oh so close to summer more than we are just getting into Spring.  With spring and summer comes the outdoor parties, picnics, bbqs which will require many herbs to flavor your food, water, and even lemonade.  I have basil planted now...but after looking at all the fantastic herb gardens posted in blog world, I am inspired to plant more!  Here's a few container ideas I love:

Source:  Remarkably Domestic

Source:  Martha

Source:  Instructables


I think its time to start looking around here and come up with some great containers! What about you?  What do you have to plant in?