Round Robin: St. Patrick's Day Lapbook

Amy is hosting Round Robin today. Stop by her blog to check it out!

Here is a link to a great St. Patrick's Day lapbook.

http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/lapbooks/st_patricks_day.htm

My 4 year old niece is coming to visit this week so we are going to introduce her to lapbooks. :)
I've printed one of these out for her and my daughter. Since they are different ages, I have different stuff for each one. I also printed out coloring pages for them to color and put on the front. In art class they are going to make a watercolor rainbow and put that in there as well.
If you've never tried lapbooks check it out. They are a fun way to learn! I even make my own. You can also add things to customize it for your child.

Coloring pages & activities:
http://www.first-school.ws/theme/cp_h_stpatricks.htm

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/patrick/

I use coloring pages and activities that I find online to add to the lapbooks sometime. Since my niece is only 4 I got some "trace the letter" coloring pages for her. I just saved the coloring page and then inserted it into Word and changed its size to fit in the lapbook.

I'll post pictures of them when the kids finish them so you can see how they turned out.

You can read my other post about lapbooks here. It has a picture of one in case you've never seen one and want to know just what I'm talking about. I used to hear people talk about them all the time and I had no idea what they were!

Round Robin: Valentines Boxes

My bloggy friend Amy is hosting her monthly Round Robin today. Hop on over to see other festive February posts.

I'm sharing a craft idea using emtpy tissue boxes...

Our homeschool group has a Valentine party and exchange every year. This year we have our boxes ready. We used empty tissue boxes. I spray painted Claire's and she put foamy shapes, paper hearts and stickers on it. Nathan, who is 13 and only participates in the hope of getting candy, just covered his with the funny papers. It turned out real cute though and took very little effort from him!


When I was a kid I remember making Valentine boxes out of shoe boxes. We never seem to have shoe boxes laying around though so last year I came up with the idea of using the tissue boxes. With our allergies we ALWAYS have plenty of them!

Bathroom makeover

I'm joining in with Amy's Round Robin today. Stop by her blog to join in or read more.

One of my projects over the holidays was to paint the kids' bathroom. They had picked out a color back in August. I carried the paint sample around in my purse for months which worked out great because the day after Thanksgiving I was able to get matching towels at a great price! So, there is my little tip...if you are repainting a room always carry the paint sample with you even if you haven't painted it yet.

Ok. Here are a couple before pictures....

I didn't like the color. It was odd. In some light it looked yellow, in some light it looked olive green. I let the kids pick out the new color all on their own. they actually agreed on it rather easily. (my kids aren't known to agree on anything easily!) I thought they picked a great color.

Here are the after pics...

With all the cabinets, doors and windows in the bathroom there's not much space to put much on the walls. There is a blank spot above the toilet though. I have some nice lithographs of the Disney Cruise ships. I think I might frame a couple and put them there.

Apple cobbler (Round Robin)

I'm joining Amy's Round Robin today.



I just tried out a new recipe that was really yummy and would be great for the holidays. I found it on http://www.allrecipes.com/ That's a great site! I seem to have an inability to follow recipes exactly. I don't actually use recipes much...I'm more of a make it up as I go kind of cook, but I actually almost followed this one! The only thing I did different was I added cinnamon to the struesel topping. It was really good!

Apple Streusel Cobbler


Submitted By: EAGLE BRAND®
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 50 Minutes Ready In: 1 Hour 5 Minutes
Servings: 9


"Assemble this cobbler in minutes, and fill your kitchen with the sweet aromas of apples and cinnamon as it bakes!"


Ingredients:
2 (21 ounce) cans apple pie filling
2 large eggs
1 (14 ounce) can EAGLE BRAND®
Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
1/4 cup cold butter or margarine
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup oats

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spread apple filling in buttered 9-inch square baking pan.
2. In large bowl, beat eggs, sweetened condensed milk, melted butter and spices; pour over apple filling. In small bowl, combine brown sugar and flour; cut in cold butter until crumbly. Add nuts and oats. Sprinkle over top.
3. Bake 50 minutes or until set. Cool. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream (optional). Store leftovers covered in refrigerator.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2010 Allrecipes.com Printed from Allrecipes.com 11/11/2010

Postcard Friendship Friday #42/ Round Robin

Welcome to another Postcard Friendship Friday hosted by Marie at The French Factrice . Stop by her site to join in or see other postcards.

This post is also doubling as a Round Robin post for Amy's Blog: Keeping up with the Schultz Family. Old Valentine postcards/greeting cards make great decorations!

I picked up this card at an antique mall. The card is not real old, but according to the back of the card, the image is a copy of a 1909 work. I thought it was perfect for Valentine's Day!