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My husband was telling me that he remembers making

My husband was telling me that he remembers making his own butter as a kid at school.
But I don’t remember doing that,

and when my friend @coffee_cupcakes_kids shared about making her own, I knew the kids would love it.

So this week we made our own butter in a mason jar. It’s so simple and only one ingredient !

Just put 1 cup heavy cream (high fat content) in a glass mason jar

And shake shake shake!

That’s it! A clump will form in about 7 minutes. When you hear a thump you just shake for 30 seconds more, pour out the liquid (buttermilk)
run your butter under cold water for a few seconds,
pat dry,
place in a container and eat.

We added a little honey to ours and ate it with bread. Danny and I really liked it and Rosie just chose to stare at her’s instead 😄

So tell me, Did you make your own butter as a child?

That one time we found the sweetest hideaway in th

That one time we found the sweetest hideaway in the middle of the forest right alongside a little creek.

Sharing the link for this beautiful listing from @tentrr today in my stories.
I wish pictures could do it justice. Somany great memories made here

3. • • And when I say being a mother is a drea

3. •
•
And when I say being a mother is a dream come true, this is what I mean

Butterfly catching game using stuff we were going

Butterfly catching game using stuff we were going to throw away.

Double confession time
Confession 1: I have been thinking of this activity for a year

Confession 2: I was figuring it out as I recorded this video but I figured if it was a success I would want to share that 😆

For the pasta butterflies I found this bag of pasta when cleaning out my pantry and since it was so old I decided to do this with some of them and save the rest to make bats on Halloween

Could I have just bought a bug net? Of course, but where’s the fun in that.

So instead enjoy this trashy activity 😆

Episode 3: a Brand New Set of Wheels. . . One thin

I can’t believe Danny will be three this month.

I can’t believe Danny will be three this month.
He got an early birthday surprise from @cocovillage and I would tell you how excited he was about his new balance bike but I think the pictures speak for themselves.

Check them out and use code: DANNY10 for 10% off your order

#gifted #getcocozy

Here’s a fun little activity I had been wanting

Here’s a fun little activity I had been wanting to do for a long time.

Then it got so hot out and we were like nope nope nope, we’re not going out 😅

This weekend was a bit cooler so we decided to go out for our nature color hunt.

All you need is :#
Cardboard
Paint samples
Clothespins
Glue
And items from nature!

Happy Monday friends!

Episode 2: A Little Basket of Strawberries. When I

Episode 2: A Little Basket of Strawberries. When I was a little girl we lived next to huge strawberry fields called Otsuka Farms.
I remember peeking over the wall that separated our home from the fields to watch the laborers picking strawberries.

Its a memory that has stuck with me decades later. I find myself thinking more and more about those fields and the workers now that I have been frequenting the local farm with my own children, so I made a little video about it.
Check it out.

Do you get this excited over breakfast too? 😄 I

Do you get this excited over breakfast too? 😄 I’ve shared in the past how much we love @kodiakcakes Nut Butter Syrups.

We put them in our oatmeal, pancakes, and I’ve even put a little in my coffee ☕️

They are now available at sprouts for $3 off for the rest of June.

Have you tried these Nut Butter Syrups? If not, nows your chance!

#KodiakinSprouts

Yay! We have finally reached the stage where my ki

Yay! We have finally reached the stage where my kids don’t try to eat the playdough

Which means we can have more fun with what we add to it.

I decided to make something that would be calming so we added dried chamomile and lavender.
As the kids rolled it and handled it it let out an amazing aroma.

I’m just not sure if it was more for them or me 😄

Happy Wednesday friends
#sensoryplay

Episode 1 : The Repurposed Ice Cream Container. He

Episode 1 : The Repurposed Ice Cream Container. Here’s a little story I recently remembered while doing our grocery shopping.

It’s one of my favorite kids of stories too, the ones that transport you back to a place and time you you didn’t realize you had stored away.

Why is it that the seemingly mundane every day actions end up making the best memories?

Anyway I hope you enjoy this one.

Quick grocery trip at @Frysfoodstores done just in

Quick grocery trip at @Frysfoodstores done just in time for the @Dbacks game!
Danny and I chose some of our favorites in store. It was super easy with the labels indicating the participating #frysdbacksrewards brands. There were so many to choose from and each dollar we spent earned us one point toward D-backs gear like merchandise, autographed memorabilia, and more!
You can accumulate these points until September 6 and start redeeming on June 12th.
What do you guys think we should exchange our points for? Check out my stories to learn more about it!

#fryspartner #lovemyfrys

Here’s a fun little activity we’ve been loving

Here’s a fun little activity we’ve been loving.
This also works with any small toys you may have and I sure love finding stuff to freeze and play with 😆

Turn the penguins into little ice skaters by freezing them in containers. I was originally going to use fruit cups to freeze them but I found this big ice cube tray so that worked really well.

Make some slides for them by freezing water in containers at an angle. In the end we ended up freezing the entire tray at an angle to make a mega slide 😄

We put it back in the freezer and got two days of play out of it
Hope you like this one. Happy Monday!

Currently in the middle of a hide and seek game an

Currently in the middle of a hide and seek game and I have no idea where the kids could be hiding 😉😆

Running on 4 hours of sleep and headed to Tucson later to explore Saguaro National Park.
I hope you’re having a great Friday. What are you up to this weekend?

This past weekend we went peach picking. The kids

This past weekend we went peach picking. The kids sampled a few of them in the orchard and then we went home and made a peach crisp.

This isn’t my recipe. I googled it 😄but it was amazing and officially my husbands new favorite dessert. I’ll share the link my stories.
🍑

Happy Wednesday friends. What’s your favorite summer time dessert?

I have been thinking about Dannys schooling a lot

I have been thinking about Dannys schooling a lot lately. I get asked all the time if I plan to homeschool and to be honest I always imagined I would.
And then... he started asking to go to school...everyday.
He is such a social boy who thrives in soccer and Sunday school and asks for more.

Preschool starts this fall and sometimes I feel so overwhelmed by those decisions but it helps to remember that no matter what we choose, he is already learning so much on a daily basis.
Every question, every game of pretend, every meal he helps with, every song we sing, every craft we make together or time spent outdoors.
They are all perfect learning opportunities!
This is how children learn at this age.

What are some non school ways your children are learning these days?

We got a lot of screen time yesterday 📺 Been

We got a lot of screen time yesterday 📺

Been in a crafty mood lately and this was so much fun. Thank you @kate.and.her.trio For the inspiration.

Happy Thursday friends!

15 months of joy #rosiegirl

15 months of joy
#rosiegirl

Give me the wild children. A few moments from our

Give me the wild children. A few moments from our camping trip with one of my favorite poems.

“Give me the wild children
with their bare feet and
sparkling eyes. The restless,
churning climbers. The wild
ones using their outside
voices, singing all the way
home. Give me the wonder-filled
glorious mess makers
dreaming of mountains
and mud, aching to run through
a field of stars.”

-Nicolette Sowder

We’ve been taking it pretty easy around here. E

We’ve been taking it pretty easy around here.
Enjoying the warmer weather and spending a lot of time at the farm picking fruits and veggies. This past weekend we made some peach lemonade from the peaches we got at the farm. Danny loves making lemonade and Rosie loves “hiding” to eat the lemons 😄
I guess you could say it’s been a pretty relaxed season for us and I think we’re all just fine with that.

How was your weekend?

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