Making Recycled Crayons -- November 2, 2011

Today's play date consisted in lots of fine motor skills and concentration.  The kids had a ball of a time tearing off the paper from the crayons and then breaking them into small pieces. The small pieces were placed in muffin pans which turned out to be a beautiful array of colors.  After we baked the crayons for 15 minutes, we let them cool down.  Below are a few pictures of our end product.

Happy Halloween -- Monday October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween!

Late Sunday night around ten, I was found in the kitchen baking cupcakes for Ethan's School Halloween Party.  Of course I tried to ice them perfectly, but I forgot to take a picture.  Monday morning, Ethan dressed up as Batman for school and I was busy in the kitchen making some yummy chili.  A friend of ours invited us over for dinner and trick or treating.  I volunteered to make 5 pounds of turkey chili for our friends.  It came out so scrumptious that I only had one small bowl for left overs and Greg took that for lunch the next day.  

The kids (Ethan & his Friends) had so much fun running around the neighborhood ringing doorbells and knocking on doors.  I think all four kids tripped at one time.  They tripped over their costumes or their clumsy feet.  We ended up with lots sweet treats.  I am not as tempted to dig in but I know where the hidden stash is so that's not good.