Salt Water Taffy Gone Wrong

One of my husband’s favorite childhood memories comes from a taffy pull.  Having never experienced this myself, I thought this would be the perfect ending to a spring break week.

So we looked at several salt water taffy recipes and they all seemed relatively straight forward.  Essentially sugar, corn syrup, and flavoring.  We . . . → Read More: Salt Water Taffy Gone Wrong

Eggciting Day

Happy Easter!  Each year I’m surprised at how different the eggs are from the previous year. Of course that might be because we try a new method or two each year.

This year we added the use of toothpicks and paint to make flowers.

One of my new favorite techniques is tie-dye eggs. . . . → Read More: Eggciting Day

Perspectives

I’m a big believer in handing off the camera to kiddos.  Kids take pictures at angles you might never have thought of – at least I never did.

Things you see every day suddenly look very cool with a different perspective,

in a different light.

And, then, there are other times . . . → Read More: Perspectives

Art Time

Using only pastels, my youngest colored this for me.  Ah, perfect timing too.  It still feels and looks like winter outside, but my inner clock is ready for spring and flowers!  She said the secret to her drawing is to outline everything in black to make it pop.  It makes me want to . . . → Read More: Art Time