Posted in autumn, costumes, family traditions, halloween, memories, play, this moment on November 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »
{this moment} – A Friday ritual (inspired by soulemama). A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor, and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments.
Wishing everyone a lovely weekend!
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Posted in Family Fun, family traditions, food, halloween, memories on October 31, 2010| Leave a Comment »
This year, the girls went through my ideas folder for Halloween. Sophia chose several recipes from Family Fun that she wanted me to make.
So, I tried them and made a special lunch for them this year. The girls loved all the recipes and were so excited to have “the best lunch [they] ever had for Halloween!”
These were the things I made that they enjoyed. To the right is the mult-layered dessert that was in Family Fun magazine many years ago. I’ve wanted to try it, but it is loaded with dairy ingredients.
So, I modified the recipe by using orange food coloring to color the non-dairy vanilla ice cream orange and using Soy Whip.
This is a picture of the dairy version (the non-dairy version looks identical to the dairy one). The layers are:
– Crushed Oreo cookies
– Orange sherbet
– Cool Whip
– Crushed Oreo cookies
If the container was larger, the layers could be repeated. As it was, this was more than enough for a dessert.
Another thing I made were these apple mouths. Family Fun said to cut an apple into quarters, remove the core, and slice a section out of one side. Then, put slivered almonds into the “mouths” to look like teeth.
The girls thought these were funny. It got Olivia to eat an apple (with the peel) which is good. Sophia likes apples, so this was a different treat for her.
Sophia pulled this recipe out of my files. It’s also from Family Fun magazine from many years ago. The recipe called for small tapioca pearls that were cooked and then colored green and blue. Unfortunately, small tapioca pearls didn’t work. You really need to use the large pearls (like the kind that is used for bubble tea). They should be at any Asian grocery store.
Since I had all the other ingredients on hand, I improvised. So, the beverage is lemonade with a couple of drops of green food coloring, diet 7-Up (instead of seltzer water which they wouldn’t have enjoyed), a few gummy fish, and 1 gummy worm hanging out of the side of the cup. Mix it up, and serve.
The girls enjoyed the beverage and thought it tasted great. They liked using the fancy cups for this unusual drink.
Posted in art education, family traditions, halloween, I am grateful for..., legacy gifts, memories, music, nature, pets, wildlife on October 31, 2010| Leave a Comment »
As I think back on the past week, I am grateful for…
:: Good vets who help keep the pets healthy.
:: Being able to hear the Minnesota Orchestra’s performance for school children/families on Wednesday.
:: Having fun celebrating Halloween at the party on Saturday and then with my parents/family today.
:: Seeing three deer on Saturday and two deer on Sunday.
:: Having good memories of grandparents who I knew (some died before I was born or shortly after), and seeing how their legacy lives on through me and now through my daughters.
Posted in autumn, family traditions, halloween, memories, pets, this moment on October 29, 2010| Leave a Comment »
{this moment} – A Friday ritual (inspired by soulemama). A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor, and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments.
Wishing everyone a lovely weekend!
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Posted in autumn, family traditions, halloween, memories, this moment on October 22, 2010| Leave a Comment »
{this moment} – A Friday ritual (inspired by soulemama). A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor, and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments.
Wishing everyone a lovely weekend!
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Posted in colorful, halloween, montessori, play, waldorf on November 2, 2009| Leave a Comment »
This is the headdress that she wore for Halloween. It’s from the carnival museum in Mobile, Alabama.
Now that Halloween is over, the girls can use the headdress and mask for play. They enjoy dressing up, pretending, and creating their own stories/plays. Am interested in seeing how they use the headdress in play.
They could spend hours each day playing – creating stories with rather involved plots and characters. Having a variety of costumes, fabric, and miscellaneous items (open-ended toys, essentially) gives them a wider range in their play. They are not limited by what the costume or item dictates.
I continue to be fascinated with how they transform everyday items into their stories and play.
Posted in family traditions, halloween on October 31, 2009| Leave a Comment »
The girls and I drew and carved the pumpkins one afternoon. We had lots of fun.
This was the first year that Sophia was able to carve her own pumpkins. At 8 1/2 years old, this is an important milestone. Now, not only can she draw what she wants her pumpkin to look like, but she can carve it as well.
Made roasted pumpkin seeds later. They were very good!
More pictures from the pumpkin carving afternoon are at my Flickr site.
Posted in art, colorful, etsy, for sale, halloween, holiday, origami, waldorf, window star on August 7, 2009| Leave a Comment »
This is my entry for the July Craft Challenge for the Halloween Year Round group on Swap-Bot.
I made a 9 foot Halloween garland using ribbon (for the garland itself), kite paper (for the 5 translucent origami stars), cardstock for the 4 pumpkin outlines, and 4 vintage image stickers on different colored printed paper (scrapbook paper). The stickers feature a jack o’lantern, cat, and owl.
Here’s how each component is represented:
~ A Jack O’ Lantern – There are 2 Jack O’lantern stickers
~ A Piece of Printed Page (No size requirement, no subject requirement. Can be from a book, newspaper, scrapbook paper.) – Each of the stickers is on top of patterned paper
~The Shape of a Star – There are 5 stars that are made with translucent kite paper. Each point (of each star) is folded 11 times, and then glued to another point. So, to create one 6-pointed star, I needed to do 66 folds. With 5 stars…that’s 330 folds.
~ The Date “October 31st” – The date is handwritten on the ribbon in permanent blank ink.
This is available in my shop, Harvest Moon by Hand.
Harvest Moon by Hand 