Back in mid summer we started to see two small little teeth nubs behind our daughter's bottom baby teeth. Her permanent bottom front teeth were coming in! Everyone was excited. When we told her to start wiggling her baby teeth to get them more loose, she wasn't too keen on it. She said it hurt. So for the month of August, we told her to wiggle it or we'd have to bring her to the dentist in September. She didn't wiggle it much at all. Goodness, I remember wiggling my teeth until they were … [Read more...]
Caramel Apple Pizza for Family Movie Night
We made Apple Pizza this week for the first time. I was heading to the store with my sister and we were talking about fruit pizza and how we hadn't had that dessert for quite some time. She mentioned making it with refrigerated cinnamon rolls. Well that gave me the brilliant idea to use my canned apple pie filling on top with caramel sauce. It was pretty simple. I unrolled the cinnamon rolls and cooked them for about 7 minutes on 350 degrees. I then topped the cooked cinnamon … [Read more...]
Because Kindness Matters
Wow! It is back to school already. My daughter and I will be starting 1st grade homeschool next week! I have the entire week's lesson all planned out. Whew! 1st grade will be a bit more time consuming than kindergarten was that's for sure. With a new school year on the horizon, many parents are thinking about the math facts and writing skills their kids will be learning inside the classroom in the coming year. But back-to-school season is also a great time to reinforce the life lessons that … [Read more...]
Top 10 Educational Shows on Netflix
We love Netflix. We have been faithful customers for about 8 years. Back then we didn't stream but received two DVDs at a time in the mail. (Remember those days?) Now we stream only. We dumped cable and haven't been sorry. One reason I love Netflix is the abundance of education entertainment available. My six year old can navigate and find the shows we let her watch and she loves educational entertainment. That makes this mommy quite happy! School is out for most kids, so educational … [Read more...]
Mommy Time with Netflix: What are you Binge Watching?
In the evening, after everyone is asleep in their own bed and I've finished blogging, I sit on the couch. I take 45 minutes to an hour of "mommy time". I put on a television show (I haven't watched a movie for a long time!) on Netflix and just relax. I also like to snack late at night too. {Not good for me at all!} Can anyone say, Pizza Popcorn? Do you like relax with television shows? This year I have started watching (or finished watching) the following five television shows on … [Read more...]
12 Must See Musicals on Netflix
With the huge popularity of Frozen, and especially the Frozen soundtrack, I wanted to share a list of 12 musicals that are now available to watch on Netflix. Don't you want to learn some new songs this summer? Check out this list of musicals on Netflix: Shrek The Musical High School Musical Grease Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Footloose The Phantom of the Opera Camp Rock Mulan Pocahontas The Prince of Egypt Leap Frog: Numberland Rockadoodle Options 8-12 above on … [Read more...]
Strawberry Shortcake Party Ideas
Did you love watching Strawberry Shortcake when you were a child? My best friend and I loved her and the toys too. So, I am pretty happy that my six year old can watch this fun show on Netflix. It is like reliving my own childhood when I sit next to her and watch it. In fact, I love that many of the shows from the 80s are on Netflix. These are shows I can feel comfortable having my daughter watch. I think a Strawberry Shortcake party would be pretty fun, don't you? Maybe a great theme for my … [Read more...]
