Our "Egg" Craft....

This Easter was surrounded with busy BUSY days, both before & after. My Grandma D turned 80 & we went to her birthday party the Sat before Easter, I sang at church Easter day & we began revival! Dinner with Hubby's family, K-dog had her FIRST (& only) public school, Kindergarten program, Both K-dog & D-bug were in a dance recital this last weekend (yea we've been "flying by the seats of our pants" the last couple weeks) . . . . so here I am F . . I . . N . . A . . L . . L . . Y getting around to posting about our craft we did the week before Easter.

How much time I've spent on Pinterest & then thinking "hey we can do that" . . . yea I need to quit . . . it was almost a disaster BUT our eggs turned out really cute, I just have to get over the "mess factor" when doing crafts with kids LOL

Well I had seen these eggs made with balloons & yarn.... they were so cute & easy looking in the pictures! Well I wanted to make a cornstarch paste instead of a sticky glue . . . . so I found one that was just cornstarch & water (I didn't pin or save the web site, so I will have to look for that again) . . . . I made it up, blew up a few balloons & got the girls to the table. I explained what we were doing & showed them how to do it . . . . & then handed them a bowl of "glue" & yarn & a balloon . . . then my OCD kicked in & I literally had to leave the room for a bit why they wrapped the balloons . . . . Here are a few photos . . .  they don't show where K-Dog dropped her whole balloon wrapped in glue on my floor!!! 

 D-Bug & K-Dog studying very hard to get those strings to stay on the balloons!
This was tricky for little hands . . .

 Our finished "eggs" ready to dry
Who knew it would take almost 3 days for them to dry! 

 K-Dog & D-Bug holding their "eggs"!

D-Bug was more interested in picking the excess dried "glue" off.

"Eggs" are "chin holders"!

These really are cute & fun to do, I just think the next time I will try them the girls will be older...I'm thinking 10. . . that gives me 4 years to work on my fear of messes! LOL 

Have a great day & many blessings to New Beginnings!

Fun at Lunch!

The one thing I really don't like it making meals . . . ugh . . . no one ever seems to have any ideas for what to make, so it's almost ALWAYS up to me. So for today's lunch I took to Pinterest & the "pins" I had made concerning meals . . . . & I found this picture  - Although I couldn't find who the original poster was, I am forever grateful! Here's our creation: 

The girls LOVED it! K-Dog called them silly octopuses! D-Bug just thought they were weird but she loved them just the same!
So this was their lunch today! I on the other hand don't know what to eat yet . . . . go figure . . .

So there's another "New Beginning"!

Chickens!!!!

As our new beginnings continue, we have added these lovely baby chickens!

These beautiful babies are about 2 weeks old!
There are 11 Rainbow Layers & 7 Red Sex Link Chicks
For a grand total of 18 baby chickens!!!

I am so ready for them to start laying eggs! The girls are excited to see all the colors! We should have all sorts of colors: from browns to blues to greens & possibly even PINK!!! Sadly we may have to wait as long as 20 weeks for our first egg! *well boo*
I have been working on the hubby for over 6 years on getting chickens! I really think he just decided to give up the fight! LOL poor guy I love him so much & he spoils me rotten!

So now for the hard part, getting a chicken coop all figured out & built....I have many ideas (thanks to Pinterest.com) Now just to combine all my ideas into ONE realistic idea. 

This will be a great way to help teach the girls about baby animals & how animals grow & reproduce & also about the foods we eat. We will also be able to go over our colors & counting! YAY!!

On a side note, It has been so windy here- I think we are in the middle of our 2nd week of non stop wind during the day! UGH!!!

Back to getting ready for more New Beginnings!