Zan's rambles, scraps & gems

Time passes like wings of lightning

2010-06-25T12:41:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day is over, My Birthday has passed and 4th of July is around the corner

Wow
Do you see that big boy in The pictures we took on Mother's day?
That Is SirJay My oldest boy

Now look at these two pictures one was on my birthday 7 years ago and the other the 4th of july 6 years ago

Remember you can click on the pictures and see a bigger picture at DST along with all the credits
Well enough of dreaming over the cute little kid that is quickly becoming a young man back to school and cooking
Homeschool Freebies
Speaking of which want some great cooking lessons look at this website
http://www.kids-cooking-activities.com/kids-cooking-lessons.html
it has great free cooking lessons for kids 3-18 check it out.

More School-Talking about Beans?

2010-06-17T12:30:00.000-07:00

So How did we end up Spending yesterday talking about beans.
Well Sir J has been curious where things he eats come from.
We have been doing a cooking and ingredients unit study. We have learned about germs, hand-washing, what a cook wares, cheese, Milk, and today Beans
Why Beans well we were making nachos which uses chips(I have made my own lots from tortillas, and make tortillas all the time so this was nothing new to the kids)
tomatoes, grean onions, cheese, sourcream Sir J guessed this was made simular to cheese using milk and the proper enzymes. which is real close...but had no idea how we got refried beans he knew they were mashed beans. But what were beans they arent a meat, they didnt look like a grain...So we looked it up.
I never realized how interesting bean plants looked
Here is a cool UK site on pinto beans here is someone who decided to sprout their own beans wanting to know what the plant looked like.

Home-school Freebie
Another Cool site I use all the time. I get ideas for Sir Jays drawing lessons from this site.

Made it to the middle of the Week

2010-06-16T08:32:00.000-07:00

Well today is Wednesday Feels more like a Monday...sigh
Everyone is getting sick...no fun. But on a good note All my Jan Feb Kids have gotten there check ups and only Mr. Man and Princess Bee have there teeth left to be checked out...so far no cavities Ya!!!
We are set for school for the Month of June...We school year around as it makes it easier to have a routine. We are doing a cooking unit. We are working on where cheese and noodles come from this week
School freebie Link
Cheese Class A awesome sight with pictures and instructions on how to make cheese including syllabus. The basic class steps you through making, Yogurt, Labenh, Neufchatel, Basic cheese for one gallon-hard cheese, Basic Cheese for 5 gallons-hard cheese, American Mozzarella, Blue Cheese

Here are some sights we used to Study and make noodles
Ramen noodles
Fried Ramen noodles
and just for the fun of it Homemade Ramen Seasoning
Egg noodles

We used the egg noodle recipe to make Sir K's Grandmas Homemade meat raviolis and some cheese raviolis both delicious.

2010-06-14T08:08:00.000-07:00

Good Morning
Well The kids are still a little bit tired...Today we have two Dr. Apt check up.
Saturday we had a lot of fun at Uncle Erzee's Wedding.
Here is what we made him.

I don't have a picture of the full basket but we put this in a basket of a bunch of Tea stuff. ( a Tea Pot some nice teas a strainer some Tea smoothies that kind of stuff)
Craft Freebie Tip
So you want to make your own
Check out these two sights
The original idea
How to make a sock monkey
A great free project to do for a present...Either use an old sock or go grab a set from the Dollar store(ours had a nice selection with toes and heals)...The jacket made from an old pair of Jeans.
Hope you enjoy...Well off to finish school with the kids and all that Jazz
Zan

Trying again

2010-06-11T11:53:00.000-07:00

Well I was just about to throw in the towel on the whole blog thing.
I decided to try again using this blog to post about my adventures in life, homeschooling, scrapbooking ect.
So if you are interested in pictures of cute kids with a few links to great things I find then stay tuned.
Today I am taking it easy. I got stung by a bee 2 days ago it swelled up but went away. Yesterday I was on my feet doing school, planting, Logging books(trying to get the "Library under control") well it is swollen again and looks awful so resting again today.
We are still in on the 6 month new testament challenge we get to catch up a little bit today but now I have it on the schedule during "Bible time" so it shouldn't be so hard to get the 2 chapters everyday.
If you are interested in the challenge check it out here we would love to have you join us.
On Scrapbooking News I did get some pictures of my baby girl that I took in May scrapped.

I cant believe she is 7 months old here she is with her Loving 2 year old big brother. Still as in love with her as the day we brought her home.
I used EllasDigiDesign Notish template for this layout. Its easy to use and free. Go to her blog and grab it, use it, post it and enter her contest for a free Gift Card to her store.
Scrapbooking Freebie tip
I love frames, ribbons, laces...I love to use the cu freebies by Gunhild
the photo frame and ribbons(recolored) are from her sight.