Homemade crayons.
I found this idea at Crafty Daisies and decided to try it today. The kids had so much fun, especially when I said you get to peel all the paper off and you get to break the crayons into little pieces. They were like YES!!! So here are all the broken crayons:
In the muffin tin:
All melted and ready for the freezer for a bit:
And ready to color:
These really are really good for little hands. They had the idea on Crafty Daisies to put some in a bag and give them as gifts. And I think that is a great idea. 
My eldest is at Sports camp all week and he is having a blast. He wants to play real football next fall and I think I am going to let him. I think he will make a great player. He starts basketball in October and so does Chandler so we are going to be very busy with sports stuff. I am doing some new stuff with my eldest this week. And it seems to be working pretty well, I must say though that I am exhausted at the end of the day. It is taking all my energy. We got the final chore charts hung up and the kids are really enjoying putting there stickers on there chores for the day. I am trying to get really structured for him and see how that helps behavior and it seems to really help, but like I said it is tiring. We will see how the rest of the week goes.
Today I went into Chick -fil- a and I was sitting in the play area and all of a sudden Hillsong started playing and towards the end of the song everyone on the CD was just worshiping the Lord in there own way. It was so cool. I was like I am sitting in a public place listening to this, awesome. Then all these worship songs came on, it was great.
Anyways, I need to start dinner. Everyone is getting hungry…
Filed under Crafts, My Thoughts | Comment (1)A dessert that is quite Heavenly…
I love desserts and I love finding new recipes. Sometimes though when you pull a recipe out of a magazine they don’t always turn out like the picture or what you thought it would be like. So when I tried making the White Texas Sheet Cake from Paula Dean’s cooking magazine, I just figured it would be the usual cake! But oh NO…this is quite divine. It is moist. The taste is amazing and once you have your first bite…you will keep wanting more with a big glass of milk!!!
White Texas Sheet Cake:
2 cups of flour
2 cups of sugar
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 cup butter
1 cup water
1/2 cup sour cream
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon almond extract
Butter Frosting
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 15 by 10 inch jellyroll pan.
In a large bowl, combine flour,sugar,salt,and baking powder; set aside.
In a small saucepan, combine butter and water; bring to a boil, stirring occaionally.
Add to flour mixture, stirring to combine. Stir in sour cream, eggs, and almond extract. Pour into prepared pan, and bake 22-25 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Spread warm cake with Butter Frosting. Sprinkle with chopped pecans. Cut into squares to serve.
Butter Frosting:
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
3 cups confectioners’ sugar
In a medium saucepan, combine butter and milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Whisk in almond extract. Gradually whisk in confectioners’ sugar until smooth.
For the past few days this butterfly has been coming out to sit on my purple zinnias. It is so pretty. I am happy I finally got a picture of it. God has got such an imagination.
Yesterday when we were getting ready for our garage sale this weekend. My 4 year old caught this lizard…he has found his new home on my kitchen counter… until I can convince my son that he needs to be let go off to go home with his mommy.
