Suit up and dance through fall's rainy days, splash in every puddle--share all the new wonders of the fall season with your little ones. This Dino Rain Coat will keep your cutie looking great at budget stretcher prices.In the spirit of the season, here are some fun fall activities to try.
Pick Apples (or Pumpkins...)
Head to your local nursery, apple orchard, or farmers market and pick out your own little piece of fall's bounty. Don't forget to bring the camera to snap some adorable pictures of your angel(s) wrestling pumpkins or climbing haybales.
Make Your Own Fall Story Book
Buy cheap notebooks at the dollar store and decorate the covers with construction paper and common household trash like pieces of popsicle sticks. This idea can be great for several age ranges, as older children can write about their fall experiences and what they are learning, while younger children can go for a more multi-media approach and tell their stories with pictures and collages. Go for a walk around your neighborhood and collect interesting leaves and sandwich them between heavy books or other flat, hefty objects. When dry, the leaves can be glued as is in your journals or used for leaf rubbings. Take a leaf and place it on a table or desk. Cover it with a blank piece of paper. Use pencils, oil pastels, charcoal,or crayons and lightly rub over the top of the paper with the leaf underneath until the impression of the leaf shows, and voile`, you'll have your own leaf in any color you wish.
Go Indoor Camping!
Grab some thick sheets or blankets, drape over a few tall chairs, secure the ends with clothespins, and get ready to go camping in your new "tent." Don't forget your sleeping bags and other essential camping gear. With a flashlight or electric lantern, you and your little ones can curl up and tell tall fall tales. And what would camping be without S'mores?
Here's a quick and easy recipe for microwave S'mores:
- 20 whole graham crackers cut or broken in halves
- 20 marshmallows
- 1 jar premade chocolate frosting or one recipe chocolate frosting
After layering the ingredients, pop them in the microwave for a few seconds, watching carefully.
12:02 AM
Categories:
cooking,
dessert,
recipes,
the Budget Stretcher,
Toddlers.
Author: AJae
Pleasing our little ones is not always so easy. Coupled with all of our other mom/wife duties sometimes time can seem like the enemy! Here are three recipes that will be sure to put smiles on your little ones faces and will still allow you to complete your daily task list.
Easy Peanut Butter Fudge
Ingredients
1 cup creamy peanut butter, 2 cups granulated sugar, 1/2 cup water, 1/4 tsp. vanilla
Directions
In pot bring sugar & water to a boil. Let the mixture boil for exactly one minute. In a bowl, have the peanut butter and vanilla measured out and ready. Pour the sugar and water into the bowl when ready, and mix well. Pour into an 8x8 greased pan.
Let cool and enjoy...Make sure once you pour the sugar and water into the bowl with the peanut butter and vanilla work quickly it starts to harden up fast.And don't use a natural peanut butter it does not work...Use a brand like Skippy creamy
Not Quite Cheesecake
Ingredients
Cheesecake flavored instant pudding, Oreo Pie crust, A few Oreos chopped up.
Directions:
Make the pudding, fill the crust, sprinkle Oreos on top. Refrigerate & enjoy after the pudding sets good. Doesn't get much easier. Not exactly gourmet, but good
Chocolate Peanut Supreme
Ingredients
1/2 cup chunky peanut butter, 1/3 cup butter melted, 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs, 1/2 cup sugar, 3 cups cold milk, 1 package (5.9 oz) instant chocolate pudding mix, 1 carton (12 oz) cool whip thawed, 1 cup chopped peanuts
Directions
In a large bowl, combine peanut butter and butter. stir in cracker crumbs and sugar. Press into a greased 13x9x2 inch dish.*In a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix for 2 min. Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft set; spoon over crust. Spread with whipped topping; sprinkle with peanuts. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or until set. Refrigerate leftovers. 12-16 servings
7:35 AM
Categories:
cooking,
dessert,
recipes.
Author: Tiny Talk
Veggies: The Dreaded Enemy
Why is it that m&m’s taste like a little piece of heaven but will give you cavities but beets taste like and old mop rag and are good for your heart? Was Mother Nature really thinking clearly when these were created? Unfortunately giving your toddlers only what taste good is not going to fulfill your duty of raising a healthy child. Undoubtedly the more you urge your little toddler to take one bite of broccoli the louder he/she will yell “No!” Toddlers are often curious but at the same time suspicious of new foods and though they may be the least bit tempted to taste they will usually opt to feed it to the dog or use it as finger paint across the highchair. It is best to start as young as possible introducing new foods, as they grow they develop a taste for certain foods and become much more picky!
Although it seems like it would be easier to tackle putting a collar on a bee there are ways that are somewhat painless to get you child to eat vegetables.
One mommy told a story of how she hid veggies in all sort of places, such as inside of fruit, Jell-O’s , and even inside of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!“ It was always very amusing to watch them happily chomping on one of there favorite foods and then suddenly they’d get a slightly confused look on their face (which usually only lasted a moment) and then they would going on chomping totally unaware of what had happened. Sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures!
Try these tips to get your toddler to partake of the dreaded vegetables.
Serve the vegetables first while the toddler is hungry. Usually they will take a few bites because they are hungry, which is great, a few bites are better than none!
Be creative when serving vegetables, camouflaging them in different ways, for example: chop up vegetables and add to pasta sauce, lasagna or even as pizza toppings.
Allow your child to help you prepare a meal creating more interest in the foods when served.
Offer a variety of foods to your child, there are bound to be some vegetables he will tolerate. Remember some foods have to be introduced as many as 10-15 times before a child will accept it. Don’t give up!
Offer your child a vegetable fruit blend, like V8
Lastly if every other attempt is unsuccessful talk to your pediatrician about a multivitamin supplement.
Don’t be put off by rejection, your little anti-veggie monster will eventually accept something. Keep in mind the daily serving for a toddler is much less than for an adult, so just a few bites may be more than enough. For a toddler usually one teaspoon per year of age is enough and ½ a piece of fruit is a serving size.
Make and effort to sit down and enjoy a portion of vegetables with your child, make it a fun time. Children tend to like to imitate adults! Set a good example.
Be patient and Good luck!
Fun food games:
Counting Down
Line little pieces of vegetables up and count down as they vanish down the hole
Decorate Food into faces
Ask toddler to eat the eyes, nose, mouth, hair etc
Picnic
Let them have a picnic on the floor and dress them up like a familiar cartoon character. Usually when a toddler is having fun with meals they will be more apt to try diffent foods!
Sometimes it will take of bit of creativity and effort, but are little darlings are definetly worth it! You will sleep better at night knowing youve done all you can for the health of your child.
7:05 PM
Categories:
cooking,
healthy eating,
school aged children,
Teens,
Toddlers,
veggies.
Author: Tiny Talk
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