Frozen Oreo Pudding Pops

Frozen Oreo Pudding Pops with NANA in Denver

Oreo Pudding Pops

1 box (6 oz) chocolate

1 box (6 oz) vanilla pudding

6 cups of milk

8 crushed Oreo cookies

Popsicle molds or dixie cups

1. Prepare the pudding in separate bowls, following the direction on the box. Split the crushed cookies in the chocolate pudding and the vanilla.

2.Fill popsicle molds, (we used dixie cups and popsicle sticks) with a layer of chocolate and vanilla. It looks really fun when there is three or more layers.

3. Place in the freezer for 3-4 hours. Enjoy on a hot summer day with some people you LOVE!

Chocolate pudding with crushed cookies and vanilla with the crushed cookies, There are ready to be put in the molds (dixie cups).

MJ help his Nana's pour chocolate layer.

JD helps Nana with vanilla.

Nana reviles the first one!!!!

MJ takes his first bite...

Then JD tries his....

It's a hit!

Thanks you Nana!

LEAF Turkeys

First off we had to start a leaves collection for this project. The boys had lots of fun doing this and frankly had a bigger collection than we need! Isn't hat how it always works though? 

Now I am starting to feel a little guilty because I usually take photos of my oldest boy working on the project. With the younger son I am either I am frantically trying to  do everything in the right order and not destroy the house once he wakes up from his nap or trying to do to many things at once with MJ (older) and JD (younger). Maybe one of these days I will do a better job of catching both of them doing the projects. As for now I have to know that it is good that I did the best that I could and our house is still standing! 

The boys divided up the leaves and then choose a fall colored piece of construction paper. I cut out the body of the turkey, which was a brown piece of contraction paper in a figure eight shape. I also cut the legs and nose out of felt. The boys put on there googly eyes. Sure is cool that we can use a little bit of nature to make our craft on a little bit different.

Pretty AWESOME!!!! I really like seeing them work as the project turns out. I let MJ have control of the glue and he thought he was so BIG! This Mama is having a hard time with that but like I tell him, God has big plans for you today and tomorrow and all the days after that as you get bigger and older. 

JD will have to wait a few more years! for glue control ;).

I have to remind myself of this verse when ever I start to feel anxious. Even about not taking photos of JD doing his project. I don't have to have it all together and I don't. I know that my GOD take me as I am, and forgives me when I ask.

God is so good!!!!

Philippians 4:6

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Bee Mine... Bumble Bee Valentine Day Fun!

Bumble Bees, Writing Practice, Paint Hearts, and Pinto Bean Math

Here it is.....! MJ's sweet little bumble bee. I had already decided to that everyone in the family would do a Valentine's Day bee.

This craft was very simple. We took stuff that we already had and used them! 

What we needed:

Toilet paper roll

Craft sticks

Permeant marker 

Googly eyes

Felt for wings and nose

Glitter

Glue (I like to use a hot glue gun)

Yellow and Black construction paper

At this point my every-so-sweet 2 year old is up now. He destroyed all of the piles and what I was doing and even lost one of my googly eyes. This mad one irritated Mama! It was so much fun because he was whining and wanting to do a bumble bee too, and MJ was wondering what he could do next! So I pulled out the paint and let them paint! JD did it later and I wasn't able to get photos of him but they each made enough to send to both set of grandparents and to decorate the house with! All it took was me grabbing a bunch of typing paper and drew some large hearts on the pictures, I finished up doing my bee and work on JD work on his. Dada did his once he go home for dinner.

Now I can't remember when this happened but I am sure it was well little man was sleeping. MJ loves to tell people about our puppy! So I figure why not let him write about it! He was very proud of this when he was all done.  Then I tried to do replicate from what I remember about school and did repeat the a few of words individually.

I got this idea from Webster's Early Learning Center's Math Night about 3 years ago, when we went to go with my BBF's son. I wrote the number of beans that go in each slot and then grabbed a heaping pile of pinto beans. Then I gave him directions and that was that. Next he had to ignore the numbers and count by twos. JD even enjoyed to do this.

I really like the February/Valentine's Day mantle.