Our 'New' Classroom

This last week was a busy week .... 

I spent my time making an old bedroom into our 'New' classroom 

On Monday I wrote in my journal...

"This week I am going to turn Taylor's old bedroom into our new classroom, I should be finished with it by Wednesday"

Okay, Yes, My husband it right! ((See I said it!))

I do think that I have 48 hours in 24

and 14 days in a 7 day week.  (:~] 

On with my story.... 

Once upon a time,

There was a beautiful Queen

and she loved to go to large home improvement stores 

and purchase Cheap paint that others would return

then once she was finished there she would go to yard sales and

purchase large bolts of fabric for pennies.

So one day the Queen decided to make a classroom for her princes & princesses.

In hopes that it would keep them focused and be a little more organized. 

I started by emptying everything out of the room.

I then pulled out our paint cans... 

I thought the Purple and Green would be a great lively classroom colors.

Prince Tater Bug thought the yellow stripes would be a wonderful addition.

And to work we went....

Paint (2) gallon cans $5.oo each

Princess Turtle Run worked on curtains. 

She did a wonderful job working the sewing machine.

Fabric- Yard Sale.... $2.oo for 40 yards.

Then we found some shelves and 

used some of the extra paint on them as well.

I really had no hope for these shelves.

But I need something to put books on

and need to do it as cheap as possible.

Shelves.... Free with the purchase of the house

Turtle Run did a wonderful job on the curtains and the 

shelves turned out so much better then I expected.

Our Room is ready for Learning!

I have a couple things that I want to add to the room such as a storage box covered in padding and fabric to match the room..... But that will be a few weeks away.

Until Next Time,

Amy

Fall

Fall is sad for me... Its the mark that summer is over.
            
                   and winter is going to be here before we are ready.

But we have for the last 2 years been celebrate the end of summer with a fall project.

               This year we decided to carve pumpkins ..............

    

Then once we finished our carvings we moved on to some of our apples. 

  this year we got a good harvest.... 

Daddy made some of this AWESOME carmel cream cheese dip! 

And then we moved onto some Carmel Apples...... 

and.... they were better then they look!

Until Next Time,

Amy          

Broccoli & Cauliflower leaves.... Eatable??

YES, They are!   

I asked this question on facebook yesterday,

 wondering if any of my friends had ever eaten them.   

I had someone send me links to some sites about eating these leave.

 Well, that was enough for me... 

I told the kids what I was up to and they wanted in!

 Oh Yah! (Big smile from the mama!)

First we started with the picking. 

(Photos by my oldest daughter) 

Next, I washed the greens. (Not shown)

Then peeled them... 

The stems are called "the poor mans asparagus" 

which sounds to me that they might be a little tougher then what I want in my greens. 

But defiantly have their place in the kitchen.

 So OFF with their heads! 

I also ripped them into 3-4 inch large piece.

I also read that the greens might have a bitter taste.  So I filled a pot with cold water & leaves. I brought this to a boil. Once it came to a boil I dipped the greens out and added them to ice cold water. 

Next I drained the greens .... and gave them a good squeeze!




                                                                                          Then I gave them a chopping.

Fried some Bacon....  As my hubby said, Bacon makes everything taste better.

I then add the green to the bacon, added some garlic and sautéed them for about 3-5 mins. 

This gave them a nice crunch. Just the way I like my veggies.

Still amazes me something I once thought to be uneatable, 

something that would just find its way into the compost, could taste so good.

Until Next Time, 

Amy

When Hobbies become something more....

Amy the Photog.... 

(insert roar here)  

I did an amazing shoot the other day.... 

(but then again all my sessions are amazing) 

But the other day, I had two girls that showed up with cute dresses and colorful boots! 

They want a vintage look.

hmmm, I thought.... "A vintage look"

a vintage look, a vintage look, a vintage look

A vintage look is in the eye of the beholder 

There are as many vintage looks as there are Photographers.

(go ahead google "vintage photography" you'll see what I'm talking about)

I thought this might just be a pretty big challenge for me... 

 just going off the fact that I have never done a vintage look that wasn't black & white.

And these boots are just way to cute to make black & white! 

So I went to work and much to my surprise 

I stumbled onto this look and I'm in absolute love with it! 

And it didn't take me a week... just a few hours.

So my friends I will allow you to feast your eyes upon 

this "Lazy Day Birthday Celebration"

Until Next Time,

Amy