Homeade Playdough

Today Keira and I made playdough....I wanted to share the recipe ...it is sooo easy and makes GREAT playdough that lasts a long time!! The recipe is edible but not tasty!

Mix in a medium saucepan:
1 cup flour
1/4 cup salt
2 T. cream of tartar
Combine and add to above:
1 cup water
2 tsp. food coloring
1 T. vegetable oil

Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly for @ 5 minutes. When it forms a ball in the center of the pan, turn it out and knead on a lightly floured surface. Store in airtight container or ziplock. Now it time for some fun for the kids!!!

Book Report

I just wanted to share a book I just finished and also share some resources I have discovered and am excited about. "Respectable Sins" by Jerry Bridges is the book I recently finished and it was very good! It is about the acceptable sins we as Christians we tolerate in our lives or we just don't recognize them as "serious" sins. What a wake up call to read this book... it deals with sins like anxiety, critical attitudes, our unkind speech about others, our impatience and anger. Some chapters that really spoke to me were about impatience and irritability...wow ...love covers a multitude of sins ...even the unitentional things people do to irritate us and cause us to respond in a sinful way. The chapter on anger was excellent and really helped me define and understand some of the "weeds of anger"....resentment and bitterness. The book also gives hope and resolve to help you with these sins.



I also discovered some really neat resources for parenting. In the back of recipe book I have it listed some really cool helps . Since then I have had the opportunity to look at some of these resources from a friend and wow..they are really neat. I wish I would have had some of these helps when I first started training my kids. Here is a list of books worth checking out.



"Shepherding a Child's heart."..my favorite parenting book!

"The Heart of Anger"...do you have an angry child or an angry parent?

"For instruction in Righteousness"...a topical guide to use each time you discipline your children
(this is awesome and such a help..gives you scripture verses and biblical examples and ideas for disciplining..a MUST have!)

"Polished Cornerstones" and "Plants Grown Up" ..These are a really neat resource to use for your boy or girl their whole life ..using reading , writing, Bible study, and activites

Here is the website..check it out! http://teachmagazine.com

Cookin' Keira

I just bought a sewing machine last week.....(my other machine broke last Christmas) so it has been fun to sew again...I made this apron for Keira...she loves to bake with me! I can't wait to work on some more projects!