tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88634671560719491262024-03-27T02:50:02.424-05:00*Random Thoughts of a SUPERMOM!*Kelli Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07865834655887862155noreply@blogger.comBlogger895125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8863467156071949126.post-14225581266643104342014-12-25T10:00:00.000-06:002014-12-26T09:24:57.082-06:00 Advent Calendar<div style="text-align: center;">
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I had been wanting a cute advent calendar for a couple of years. We had used a cheap felt one from Walmart for a few years. It did the job okay, but it wasn't nearly as cute as I wanted it to be....so I decided to make my own Advent Calendar. I did a little research online, and I got a ton of inspiration from other blogs and from Etsy. I took a few of the ideas that I found and mixed them all up and came up with my own version of a Metal Tin Advent Calendar.</div>
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I hit up Hobby Lobby for </div>
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wedding favor tins {you need 24 in all}</div>
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Christmas scrapbook paper</div>
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a painted star</div>
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I already had some stuff at home</div>
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fabric</div>
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rick rack</div>
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I started by cutting out a lot of circle with my circle cutter...48 to be exact.<br />
24 circle with numbers for the front of the tins and 24 unnumbered circle for the inside of the tins.<br />
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I applied a thin layer of mod podge to the inside of the tin and to the inside of the lid.<br />
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I place the unnumbered circles {pattern side up} inside the tins and Mod Podged them in place.<br />
I put the numbered circles in the lids {with the pattern of the paper and the number showing through the front of the plastic} and then Mod Podged them into place.<br />
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I cut out a Christmas tree from leftover green and white polka dot fabric and used spray adhesive to attach it to the canvas. I also added a trunk to the tree made from a scrap of brown corduroy fabric. I finished off the edges of the tree by attaching some white rick rack around the edges with my hot glue gun. I also added a wooden painted star to the top of the tree. After all the Mod Podge was dry, I put the lids on the tins and hot glued them to the Christmas tree. I chose to attach my numbered tins in a straight line, but you could mix it up and glue them in a random pattern if you wanted.</div>
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On the last day of November, we load up our advent calendar with small treats and hang it in our hallway. Starting on December 1st my boys will get to remove the lid of one tin each day until Christmas {starting with number 25}. To make our advent calendar even more fun, I also place small pieces of paper with special Christmas activites {bake cookies, sing Christmas songs, wrap presents, watch a Christmas cartoon, read the Christmas story} for us to do in some of the tins. </div>
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We started off March by celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday!</div>
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I sorted pennies at Grant's school for their annual penny drive.</div>
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We had fun at a friend's birthday party!</div>
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I ran two miles! This was a great time for me at the beginning of March, but today I did two miles in 21 mins!</div>
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Our chicks started turning into chickens:)</div>
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Eli got a splinter in his knee....</div>
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...and it got infected which meant a trip to the doctor!</div>
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Henry did a little maintenance on the chicken coop... definitely a job for a boy!</div>
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Eli did not want to take his meds!</div>
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We adopted two baby bunnies that Phoebe brought up to the house. I bottle fed them for a couple days, but they didn't make it:(</div>
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Our afternoons were filled with soccer practices!</div>
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Grant had field day on a gorgeous sunny day!</div>
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We celebrated Pi Day {3/14} with a chicken pot pie:)</div>
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I made rainbow oatmeal for the boys for St. Patrick's Day...can you tell I love holidays.</div>
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I got Parent of the Year from Grant's school.</div>
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I spent the day in the PTO room sorting shirts for Henry's field day.</div>
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We spent the weekend working on the garden and the fence to keep the critters out.</div>
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We ate dinner at Olive Garden and I resisted the temptation to eat a million calories of fettuccine alfredo!<br />
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Typical Sunday morning in my preschool S.S. class.</div>
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I made P cookies for Eli's P party at school. They got to were pajamas and they ate pizza and drank punch:)</div>
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Henry and his friend Hayden doing the three legged race at field day.</div>
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Easter treats for the boys' classes. I made about 70 of these cute marshmallow pops.</div>
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Eli wearing his bunny shirt at his class Easter egg hunt.</div>
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Onions growing in the garden.</div>
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Dyeing eggs! We used muffin tins this year, and it will be a new tradition! </div>
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The Easter Bunny came to our house and brought candy, swimsuits, and Hexbugs!</div>
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Two out of three of my boys love oatmeal...the other takes a little bit of coaxing and he will normally eat about half a bowl. But when I put this bowl of rainbow oatmeal in front of him it took way less convincing to get to him to eat his oatmeal! St. Patrick's Day is such a fun holiday, and I've made quite a few different rainbow treats to celebrate over the years. But this year St. Patrick's Day falls on a Sunday which means we will be short on time to make fun treats since we will be running around trying to get to church on time. I decided to make some healthy oatmeal and add a little bit of a St. Patty's Day twist with a couple shakes from my sprinkle stash:)</div>
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Raid your sprinkle stash {or buy a couple bottles of sprinkles in all the colors of the rainbow}!</div>
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Fix up your kiddos' favorite oatmeal and then simply add the sprinkles on in the shape of rainbow.</div>
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They turned out so pretty, and once your kiddos mix the sprinkles into their warm oatmeal, their whole bowl will be colorful!</div>
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Our fun rainbow oatmeal even got this oatmeal non-lover to smile!</div>
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<br />Kelli Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07865834655887862155noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8863467156071949126.post-17999431915321431792013-03-15T09:09:00.000-05:002013-03-15T09:09:28.453-05:00St. Patrick's Day Reverse Applique Shamrock Initial Tee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
If you've been around my blog long, you know that crafty shirts are one of my favorite things to make for my boys! I have made them for almost every holiday, birthday, and special occasion for the past few years. This year I decided to some cute shirts for St. Patrick's Day...but they needed to be church friendly since St. Paddy's day falls on Sunday this year. So I picked up a couple green polo shirts from Target and added a cute, but subtle shamrock to each of them using a reverse applique technique.</div>
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The first step is to decided what kind of design you want. I decided to go with a smallish clover with each of the boys' initials placed inside the clover. I found a clip art clover, opened it up in photoshop, added the letters on top of the clover, and then printed out the page. </div>
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To get the shirt ready, decided where you want your design to be. Then pin your fabric of choice to the inside of the shirt with the right side of the fabric facing the shirt. Sounds kind of confusing, but the picture on the left should help a little. Then turn your shirt right side out and pin your design to the shirt making sure that all of the design fits where you pinned the fabric inside. </div>
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The next step is to sew around the edges of your design. For my shirts, I sewed around the clover and also around the outside of each letter. </div>
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Once you finish sewing, simply pull up the paper to reveal your design. </div>
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Now, comes the fun part! Using a small pair of scissors, carefully cut out the inside of your design as close to the stitching as you can get without cutting it and without cutting through the layer of fabric underneath. I usually start in the center of the design because it is easiest to separate the shirt from the fabric. For my shirts I had to go around the inside of the clover and also around the outside edge of the boys' initials. </div>
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And this is what the finished project looks like! You can also start out easy with just a solid shape so you don't have to deal with cutting around the initial. I think they turned out pretty cute for a basic polo, a scrap of fabric, and a little bit of time!</div>
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Kelli Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07865834655887862155noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8863467156071949126.post-42176920895777447072013-03-11T09:19:00.002-05:002013-03-14T20:54:43.485-05:00Pallet Chicken Coop: Part Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Things have been crazy busy around here. Between our attempts at starting a farm, my attempt at getting healthy, and all the things that the boys have had going on at school, I really haven't had any time to be creative or crafty! I seriously miss it...but sometimes everyday like comes first. Anyway, our chicken coop project is pretty much complete. The chickens are actually already living in it! These are some pics I took of the rest of our construction of the coop...I will try to add another post later this week with the run so that you can see the whole finished project. If you missed the first part you can check it out here: <a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2013/01/pallet-chicken-coop-part-one.html"><span style="color: red;">Pallet Chicken Coop: Part One</span></a>. And I totally messed up on the name, so the first one says Pallet Chicken Coop and the second one says Project Chicken Coop....oops!</div>
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We used two glass front kitchen cabinet doors that we found at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore for the front windows of the coop. Jason cut two holes out of the front of the coop to accommodate the windows.</div>
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We added some cozy nesting boxes inside for the when the chickens are ready to lay eggs. I read online that the chickens like for it to be private and dark, so I'm thinking about maybe adding some burlap curtains at some point...it just depends on how much poop they get on everything:)</div>
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We added a tin roof with some sheets of corrugated metal.</div>
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Jason installed the windows using the hinges that were already attached to the windows.</div>
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We added some access doors on the back side of the coop behind the nesting boxes so that it would be easy for the boys to gather eggs.</div>
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This is what it looks like with the doors closed.</div>
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After the whole coop was built with the pallets, we went back and filled in all the gapes with pieces of plywood from the inside. It was pretty easy to do and covering the gapes makes sure that the chickens will stay nice and warm. After we were finished assembling we added all the finishing touches.</div>
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I painted the whole coop with a mixture of lime and water...kind of like a whitewash effect. We added a door for the chickens to use made from a recycled kitchen door.</div>
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I painted the windows, doors, and some of the trim a bright yellow color. It was leftover from our <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2011/07/patio-makeover-reveal.html"><span style="color: red;">patio project</span></a> </span>from a few years ago. </div>
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Jason started working on our garden at the beginning of February. Our neighbor came over and with his tractor and broke up the ground a little for us.</div>
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I worked on lots of Valentine's Day crafts.</div>
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I bought new sunglasses that kind of make me look like a bug:)</div>
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We worked on Valentine boxes for school.</div>
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We had family pizza night and the boys got to make their own mini pizzas.</div>
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We headed to North Carolina for a little ski trip during Mardi Gras holiday.</div>
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We ate at a fun crepe restaurant in downtown Asheville.</div>
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We hit the tubing slopes...</div>
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...and had a blast...</div>
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...even though most of the snow was man-made!</div>
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We ate yummy Mexican food to warm up after tubing.</div>
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We hit the ski slopes early the next morning...and Eli really enjoyed eating the snow that stuck to his gloves:)</div>
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Grant and I cheesing and skiing:)</div>
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I worked on a cute dinosaur shirt for Eli to wear on Valentine's Day.</div>
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Jason worked on the garden some more...</div>
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...and we got baby chicks!</div>
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Eli and I had a quick Monday of coloring...</div>
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...and laundry.</div>
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I started using a fun new app called runtastic (that I LOVE) to track my time and distance while jogging.</div>
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I babysat Eli's friend for the day.</div>
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For a couple of days we had a farm in our front foyer complete with chicks and veggies:)</div>
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Girls Night Out painting pottery was a blast...and then we went for fro-yo:)</div>
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I tried out a recipe for pineapple salsa that ended up tasting pretty good!</div>
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I had a cruddy day and just vegged on the couch watching stuff on my dvr.</div>
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Somebody was good at school and got two treats from the treasure box.</div>
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The county came and paved our road...and the boys had a blast watching all the big equipment.<br />
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I spent my day helping at the book fair...this time of year is always so busy at school!</div>
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<br />Kelli Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07865834655887862155noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8863467156071949126.post-4740779915611328552013-03-01T08:08:00.000-06:002013-03-01T08:08:29.585-06:00Treat Round Up for Dr Seuss' Birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Dr. Seuss' birthday is tomorrow. I'm not sure if it's because my boys are getting older or because March 2 happens to fall on a Saturday this year, but either way I ALMOST forgot about one of my favorite school celebrations. Luckily I didn't forget and I had time to whip up a few treats for Grant's class {I guess 3rd grade is too old for Dr. Seuss because I don't think Henry's class is doing anything} and time to make a fun lunch for the boys today. Nothing new happening around here this year, but I did put together this round up of a couple of my past Dr. Seuss treats just in case anyone is looking for a fun way to celebrate tomorrow.<br />Enjoy! </div>
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Kelli Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07865834655887862155noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8863467156071949126.post-5272401005449678862013-02-13T08:17:00.001-06:002013-02-13T08:33:09.667-06:00Love at 1st Bite Valentines<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays. It is full of pink and kisses and candy and hearts and sparkle. Basically it's a little girl's dream...and a little boy's nightmare! It can be really hard to come up with Valentine ideas that don't leave boys running for the dirt pile, and I have to admit that in the past I've made my boys suck it up and take pink, girly Valentine's to school. But last year after Halloween when I came across these cute Glow in the Dark teeth on clearance, I knew they would make a really fun and very boyish Valentine!</div>
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I started with a couple packs of clearance Glow in the Dark teeth, cute chevron bags, sticker paper, washi tape, and mini candy bars. I designed the cute Love at 1st Bite printable on my Silhouette software and then print and cut them out with my Silhouette. I saved the printable without my boys' names too, so if you have a Silhouette and you want the printable file just send me an email {kellibwilson @ gmail.com}.</div>
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I stuck a sticker onto the cute chevron bags...</div>
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...and then stuck in the Glow in the Dark teeth and a mini candy bar. I made the black bags for the boys and the pink ones for the girls.</div>
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To close up the bags, I folded over the edge and secured it with a little bit of washi tape.</div>
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I think my boys are going to be excited about taking these Valentine's to school tomorrow. They are boyish enough for them, but still really cute and Valentine-like for me {and all the girls in their classes}!</div>
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Kelli Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07865834655887862155noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8863467156071949126.post-379873353380771832013-02-12T07:00:00.000-06:002013-02-12T07:00:12.977-06:00In Celebration of Mardi Gras...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i>{This a re-post from last year.}</i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Mardi Gras everyone!</span></i></div>
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Mardi Gras is a fun holiday for us. I know that it's not as big of a deal in other parts of the U.S., but we are right in the middle of Mardi Gras country! To our east is Mobile, the official birthplace of Mardi Gras, and to our west is New Orleans, the place best known for it {sometimes} wild Mardi Gras ways! It is such a big holiday were we live, that the kids get three days out of school for it!</div>
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We usually celebrate by going to a local {very family friendly} parade. The boys love all the decorated floats, catching beads, listening to the marching bands, and eating yummy Mardi Gras snacks. Besides the traditional King Cake {which must be from the fabulous <a href="http://paulspastry.com/"><span style="color: red;">Paul's Pastry Shop</span></a>} that we eat every year around Mardi Gras, we also LOVE a <a href="http://moonpie.com/"><span style="color: red;">Moon Pie</span>.</a> These sweet treats are so yummy, and they are even better if you catch them at a parade! Unfortunately we missed our usual parade because of storms that came through on Saturday...so no parade caught Moon Pies for us! I decided making some homemade ones would be a fun replacement, and I'm sharing the step by step for those of you who can't get your hands on a store bought Moon Pie!</div>
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Start with some really easy ingredients: graham crackers, marshmallow creme, and chocolate. </div>
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There technically isn't any cooking in this recipe...just melting and assembling:)</div>
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Start by using a small round cookie cutter {mine was 2 inches in diameter} to cut your graham crackers into circle. Each cracker should make two rounds.</div>
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Put a good dollop of marshmallow creme on one graham cracker round and then sandwich it together with another cracker. This is easiest to do if you put the marshmallow creme into a ziploc bag and then squeeze it out onto the crackers! Place them in the freezer to chill while you melt the chocolate.</div>
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Toss the graham cracker sandwiches into the melted chocolate and use a fork to turn and coat them. Lift them out of the chocolate and tap off any excess chocolate then place them on foil to harden.</div>
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These aren't exactly the same as a traditional Moon Pie. The crackers are a little bit crunchier, and the chocolate isn't quite the same but they are a pretty close match without a whole lot of effort...and they taste really yummy!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How do you celebrate Mardi Gras?!?</span></div>
Linking up here..<br />
<a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/">Tatertots and Jello</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.skiptomylou.org/">Skip to my Lou</a>Kelli Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07865834655887862155noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8863467156071949126.post-14024601694338891062013-02-11T16:00:00.000-06:002013-02-14T15:04:40.190-06:00Eleven Fun and Easy Valentine Ideas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
For some reason Valentine's Day crafting and creating has been difficult for me this year! I'm not sure if it's because I used up all my creativity over the last few years, or if Pinterest has made me feel way less creative than I thought I was. Either way, the <i><b>new</b></i> Valentine ideas have just not been flowing much this year. So I thought it might be fun to recap a few of my past Valentine's Day ideas in one big Valentine Round Up post! They are all really cute and really easy to do...which is perfect for all us busy moms who really don't have to make all of those amazing Pinterest level crafts!</div>
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Number 1: <a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2013/02/kaleidoscope-valentines.html"><span style="color: red;">Kaleidoscope Valentines</span></a></div>
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Number 2:<span style="color: red;"> <a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2012/01/valentine-chalkboard-candy-boxes.html"><span style="color: red;">Valentine Chalkboard Candy Boxes</span></a></span></div>
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Number 3: <a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2012/01/chocolate-covered-strawberry-waffles.html"><span style="color: red;">Chocolate Covered Strawberry Waffles</span></a></div>
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Number 5: <a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2011/01/sweet-and-simple-valentine.html"><span style="color: red;">Tootsie Roll Bank Valentine</span></a></div>
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Number 6: <a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2011/02/love-note-in-pancake.html"><span style="color: red;">Love Note in a Pancake</span></a></div>
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Number 7: <a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2011/01/see-through-valentines.html"><span style="color: red;">See Through Valentines</span></a></div>
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Number 8: <a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2012/01/play-doh-valentines-with-printable.html"><span style="color: red;">Play-Doh Valentines with Printable</span></a></div>
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Number 9: <a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2012/02/i-love-you-more-than-chocolate.html"><span style="color: red;">I Love You More Than Chocolate Marshmallow Hearts</span></a></div>
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Number 10: <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2012/02/valentine-mailbox-magnets.html">Valentine Mailbox Magnets</a></span></div>
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Number 11: <a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2011/01/valentine-dish-towels-and-giveaway.html"><span style="color: red;">Ruffled Valentine Dishtowels</span></a></div>
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Anytime you put a treat on a stick, it is just so much more fun {We've all experience the cake pop phenomenon}! So when I saw these yummy red velvet {Twinkie-like} cakes at the store a few days ago, I knew that I just had to put them on a stick! And my theory was right! They were cute in the package but they are so much cuter on the stick...and the sprinkles are helping a little too:)</div>
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I started with a couple of packs of Red Velvet Bingles, white chocolate candy coating, sprinkles, and lollipop sticks.</div>
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I started by melting my chocolate in a tall microwave safe glass. I have found that the tall glass makes it a lot easier to cover the whole cake. Just microwave based on the instructions on your package. I also thinned my candy coating a little with a small spoonful of shortening. Just make sure to follow the directions on your particular package because not all candy coatings can be thinned this way.</div>
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Dip one end of your lollipop stick into the candy coating and then insert into the end of your cake. Place them in the freezer to harden up a little so the sticks don't slip out when you are dipping them. </div>
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After about 20 minutes in the freezer you are ready to dip. </div>
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Make sure to cover the entire cake with the candy coating. Use a spoon to scoop up the coating and cover the end if needed.</div>
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Place the cakes on a sheet of parchment paper and shake on some sprinkles while the candy coating is still wet.</div>
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These little treats on a stick are SUPER cute from the outside, but they are even cuter on the inside!</div>
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Kelli Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07865834655887862155noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8863467156071949126.post-73210648561342793442013-02-07T11:24:00.000-06:002013-02-07T11:24:06.268-06:00Kaleidoscope Valentines<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Valentine's Day is such a fun holiday! I have so many great childhood memories of making Valentine boxes and passing out cute cards in class. And as fun as store bought cards are, I really love making and sending more personalized Valentines to my boys' classmates. {You can look back <a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2011/01/sweet-and-simple-valentine.html"><span style="color: red;">HERE </span></a>and <a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2012/01/play-doh-valentines-with-printable.html"><span style="color: red;">HERE</span></a> to see other examples of the cute Valentine's that I've come up with for my boys to send to school.} This year, I struggled a little with finding a fun {and original} idea...mostly because there are SO many great ideas on Pinterest these days! Anyway, as I was browsing the aisles of The Dollar Tree last week, I came across these packages of cute Kaleidoscopes that I knew would make adorable Valentines. And the major bonus here is that I made enough for Eli's whole class for around $2.00!</div>
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I started with these little kaleidoscopes. I picked them up at the dollar store and they came 8 in pack for $1.</div>
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Then I used my Silhouette to cut out these little tags that say "Love at First Sight". If you don't have a Silhouette, you can easily just print the saying on card stock and then punch them out with a decorative hole-punch or even just cute them out scissors.</div>
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I tied the little tags on with some red and white bakers twine...and ended up with these adorable Kaleidoscope Valentines!</div>
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And a bonus with these Valentines is that the kiddos are getting a little toy to play with instead of even more candy!</div>
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Simple, easy, and SUPER inexpensive Valentines from just a few supplies and a little trip to the dollar store!<br />
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We started January off by working on the chicken coop. And I promise to post more of the {almost} finished coop this week!</div>
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I lounged around in my Christmas pjs and avoided taking down the tree:)</div>
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We took the boys ice skating for the very first time...it was a learning experience for sure.</div>
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But I think they had fun!</div>
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I painted the chicken coop. This is pretty much what it looks like now except Jason has added electrical and plumbing stuff and he is working on putting the run together.</div>
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Eli and I had a lazy Monday at home.</div>
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Jason and I started P90X <i>again</i>.</div>
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This silly boy took his new puppy to school for show and tell.</div>
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I tried to eat healthy...oranges are yummy, but ice cream still taste better:)</div>
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I did laundry.</div>
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Henry and Grant got their report cards. All A's for both of them.</div>
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The boys stayed the night at my parents, so my Saturday consisted of a nice quiet cup of coffee and a pedicure.</div>
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We cleaned out our shed and I sorted through all our old paint cans.</div>
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Preschoolers at church make such pretty messes with paint:)</div>
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Eli and I had another lazy Monday morning.</div>
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Snow was in our forecast...but it didn't happen! We were kind of sad!</div>
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Henry worked on his reading fair project.</div>
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I made some fun snacks for the 100th day of school.</div>
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Grant made a Froot Loop necklace at his 100th Day of School party.</div>
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Pretty blue skies and a county road.</div>
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I made a yummy malted milk chocolate cake for my mom's birthday.</div>
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We bought another Airstream...I'll have to do a post about this soon!</div>
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Dirty dishes started to overtake my kitchen.</div>
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I made another cake for another birthday. This was Neapolitan for my Grandfather's 77th birthday.</div>
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Eli played outside all day and then had a picnic lunch. It has been feeling like spring here lately!</div>
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I pulled out my old elliptical machine and did a little bit of working out while watching Rachael Ray.</div>
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I gave into peer pressure and joined Vine. Come find me!</div>
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I took a much needed trip to Hobby Lobby and bought all kinds of pretty fabric and ribbon!</div>
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<br />Kelli Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07865834655887862155noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8863467156071949126.post-29380376109937878262013-01-29T08:03:00.001-06:002013-01-29T08:03:22.797-06:00Fruit Basket Organization<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I started off this year with lots of good intentions {aka New Years Resolutions}. I wanted to get my house organized, and I wanted myself and my family to start eating more healthy foods. It can sometimes be really easy to plan these kind of things...but the follow through is often really difficult! One of the first places that I wanted to start my organizing was the kitchen, specifically our fruit bowl! For years we kept a medium sized bowl on our counter where all of our various fruits mingled together. The bowl worked pretty good for the first few years when the boys were really little and it was mostly Jason and I eating fruit {other than the enormous amount of bananas that the boys ate when they were babies}. But as the boys got bigger they started eating WAY more fruit which meant our fruit supply started to outgrow the bowl. Plus Jason hated that the bowl took up half of the island, and I hated that when the bananas and apples hung out together the bananas always got brown faster!</div>
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I considered a few different ways to organize our fruit. I had seen a cute <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/262405115758768550/"><span style="color: red;">under cabinet storage idea</span></a> on Pinterest, and I even thought about those <a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=hanging+fruit+basket&qpvt=hanging+fruit+basket&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=2E4A61C4658A9F61A3A591C65090728A0EEAB88B&selectedIndex=3"><span style="color: red;">retro hanging wire fruit baskets</span></a>. But neither of those really worked with our space. I came across <a href="http://www.target.com/p/threshold-set-of-6-small-stacking-satin-basket/-/A-14116594#?lnk=sc_qi_detaillink"><span style="color: red;">these baskets</span></a> one day as I was browsing the aisles of Target, and I knew they would be perfect for holding our fruit!</div>
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I picked up three baskets, brought them home, and got Jason to figure out a way to hang them on the side of the cabinet {these are actually meant to be stacked up, but they work perfectly hanging too as long as you can rig up a way for them to hang because they don't come with hanging hardware}. I love that I took a basically wasted space and added storage to it. Our fruit baskets also look great right across from the boys <a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2010/04/magnet-board.html"><span style="color: red;">Magnet Board</span></a> that I added to the end of one of our cabinets a few years ago too.</div>
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So far the new baskets are working perfectly! Our counter tops are clear of fruit {though I can't say the same about dirty dishes and various papers}, and the different fruits don't have to mingle and make each other go bad too soon! </div>
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Kelli Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07865834655887862155noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8863467156071949126.post-60000730766663386122013-01-25T08:16:00.000-06:002013-01-25T08:18:29.671-06:00Pallet Chicken Coop: Part One<div style="text-align: center;">
For about a year Jason and I have been talking about getting chickens. With a house full of growing boys, we needed to find some easy ways to cut down on our grocery bill. A garden is on our list of to do's for this spring, and I figured if we were going to be farmers we might as well add a little livestock into the mix too! I did a lot of research online, and I feel in love with the idea of a pallet chicken coop. One because pallets make the cutest stuff....and two because pallets are free which means our project would be way cheaper than if we bought all new supplies at the hardware store.</div>
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We started our adventure with a trip to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Our original intention in going to the ReStore was to look for electrical fixtures and old kitchen cabinet doors. I had seen a suggestion online to use glass front cabinet doors as window for the coop, and I figured the ReStore was the best place to look for something like that. We ended up with a couple of glass front kitchen cabinet doors and a truck load of FREE pallets! Jason picked up some extra lumber at the hardware store and then we headed home to start building.</div>
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We decided on a layout and measured how big the base for the coop needed to be. Jason started the base with four 4X4 posts for the corners. Then he attached them together with 2X6's to make a rectangle.</div>
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We used some scrap plywood from another project as the floor...and we got a little help from the kiddos!</div>
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After the base was made, Jason dug holes for the four posts to sit in. We picked up the base and sat it down into the holes, and then let the kids fill in the holes with the extra dirt.</div>
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The next step was to build the walls. Our coop ended up being three pallets across. Jason just laid them down and attached the three pallets together with extra wood strips from other pallets.</div>
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We had plenty of pallets, so some of them {the ones with broken slates or missing nails} got used for parts.</div>
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The design we decided on was a back wall that was one pallet high and a front wall that was one and a half pallets high. After we had the front wall put together, the top edge of the pallets were trimmed so that they could be stacked.</div>
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After the walls were trimmed, we put the walls into place and attached them to the base with lots and lots of nails. Here is a picture of the back wall in place:</div>
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It turns out that pallet wood is actually really good quality...which means it is HARD! Which means you need a lot of muscle and a little bit of patience to get nails to actually go into the wood! We had quite a few bent nails laying around during this project:)</div>
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And here is a picture with the partial front wall in place:</div>
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Here is a side view of the coop with the base and walls up:</div>
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Check back next week for part two...we get the rest of the walls up, add doors and nesting boxes, and I paint the whole thing!<br />
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<br />Kelli Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07865834655887862155noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8863467156071949126.post-82079001281492224752013-01-18T08:35:00.002-06:002013-01-18T08:35:38.733-06:00100th Day of School Cake: Step by Step<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
My kiddos have been in school for 100 days! And Grant's school is having a whole day to celebrate, including a short party where parents get to come and celebrate 100 days with them. I made this <a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2012/01/100-days.html"><span style="color: red;">exact same cake</span></a> last year for Grant's class, and I'm making it again this year...because when something is this cute you just don't change it up:) Last year when I made the cake, I didn't take the time to do a step by step tutorial mostly because I wasn't sure how it would turn out...so this time I <i><b>tried</b></i> to get a couple pictures of the process so I could walk you through how to make this cute 100th Day of School Cake!</div>
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First gather your supplies. You will need two cake mixes, two cans of icing, two bags of M&M's, two round cake pans, and one rectangular cake pan.</div>
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Mix up the cake mixes according to the directions. Split one of the cake mixes evenly between the two round cake pans, and put the all of the other cake mix into the rectangular pan. Make sure to spray the pans liberally with cooking spray so they don't stick! Bake and cool slightly.</div>
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Use a circle cookie cutter to cut the center out of both of the round cakes. To cut the rectangular cake to shape, I just lined it up next to the round cakes and made it look as close to a one as possible {sorry I forgot to get a picture of that}. After all three cakes are cut, place them in the freezer for at least an hour. The cut edges are hard to ice, and freezing them makes it so much easier.</div>
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Take the cakes out of the freezer and crumb coat them with a thin layer of icing. I do this mostly because all those cut edges make lots and lots of crumbs, and I am terrible at icing cakes...and I can't stand crumbs in the icing!</div>
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Now it's time for the decorating! I poured my M&M's into a bowl to make it easier to find the colors that I needed. I put the M&M's around the top and bottom edge of all three cakes.</div>
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I followed a pattern with my M&M's, but you can just put them on randomly...or let the kids help by putting them on. I let my OCD take over a little bit and I put them on in order of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, brown.And yes I know that brown isn't in the rainbow, but I let it take the place of purple since there aren't purple M&M's.</div>
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When it's all decorated with those pretty M&M's you don't really notice the imperfect icing or the wonky number one! And the kiddos for sure won't notice that everything isn't perfect, so have fun with it and make a cute cake to celebrate 100 days of school with your kiddos this year!</div>
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My boys' 100th day of school is tomorrow! Seriously how has it already been 100 days. It seems like we were just taking our 1st day of school pictures! Anyway, last year I made <a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2012/01/100-days.html"><span style="color: red;">THIS</span></a> super cute 100th Day of School Cake for Grant's class...and I'm actually making it for his class again this year. So I kind of started feeling bad that I'm making something for Grant's class two years in a row and I hadn't made anything for Henry's class. So even though Henry's school doesn't do a big party like Grant's {I guess 2nd grade is the cutoff for really celebrating 100 days}, I decided I still wanted to send a fun treat with him to school tomorrow.</div>
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I stopped by the store on the way home from dropping Eli off at preschool, and I browsed up and down the aisles looking for inspiration. I knew donuts would be perfect for the zeros, but I wasn't quite sure what to do about the ones...and then I saw Swiss Rolls on sale! I got home and got busy making these SUPER Easy 100th Day of School Snack...and it literally took me less than 30 minutes to put together enough for Henry's whole class!</div>
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I started with chocolate covered donuts, Swiss Rolls, and wooden skewers that I cut in half. You need half a Swiss Roll for every two donuts to make one 100. So to make 24 100's you will need two boxes of the chocolate covered donuts and one box of Swiss Rolls.</div>
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Start by cutting you Swiss Rolls in half...</div>
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...then lay out two donuts beside the cut Swiss Rolls to make a 100.</div>
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Repeat as many times as kids in the class, and then load them up on a cute platter.</div>
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I think these snacks turned out SUPER cute and the best part is how easy they were to make!</div>
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9:00 am: At the track getting in a little walk/jog.</div>
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10:00 am: Putting dinner in the crock pot.</div>
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11:00 am: Doing a little research for a ski trip we may take in a few weeks.</div>
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12:00 pm: Orange for a snack.</div>
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1:00 pm: Picking up Eli from Preschool</div>
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2:00 pm: My day just isn't complete without doing a little bit of laundry!</div>
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3:00 pm: Raining while we wait in the school pick up line.</div>
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4:00 pm: Boys playing with Play-Doh.</div>
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5:00 pm: Looking over Henry and Grant's report cards. They both got all A's!</div>
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6:00 pm: Dinner is served.</div>
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I have really enjoyed keeping up with my monthly Instagram recaps so I thought it would be fun to put together a whole 2012 recap with one Instagram picture from each month! It was hard to narrow down, but I love that I can see 12 pictures and be reminded of so many things that we did throughout 2012!<br />
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First picture with Phoebe.</div>
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Saturday morning soccer games.</div>
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Eli wrote his name for the first time. I was pretty impressed because we haven't really worked on it!</center>
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April:</div>
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Early morning P90X workout</div>
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Setting up camp at the Grand Canyon.</div>
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Our view in Malibu:</div>
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July:</div>
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Launching model rockets...and getting awesome {and lucky} pictures of it!</div>
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Our road flooded and we had to evacuate in a National Guard Hummer. The boys were thrilled...I was not!</div>
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We watched the Bulldogs play football.</div>
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The boys in the costumes ready for some fun!</div>
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We did lots of hiking at Fall Creek Falls State Park.</div>
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The boys practice with their new bows in their Christmas pjs on Christmas morning.</div>
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We started December off with a fun community Christmas parade with friends.</div>
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Henry and Grant were a shepherd and a wiseman in our church Christmas program.</div>
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We got our Christmas tree up and lit...but no decorations yet:)</div>
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Grant won first place in his school's reading fair!</div>
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I baked lots of yummy food for a family get together.</div>
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Our Christmas cards came in the mail! I love seeing that big orange box on the porch!</div>
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I went to Henry's WINGS class to make some yummy marshmallow snowmen.</div>
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I edited a couple of our Christmas shots...and outtakes.</div>
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I went to Grant's WINGS class to make marshmallow snowmen too!</div>
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Snowman waffles!</div>
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I worked on a cute reindeer shirt for Eli.</div>
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We went to a local church and participated in the Bethlehem Experience.</div>
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Eli had a Christmas party...
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...Henry had a Christmas party...</div>
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...and Grant had a Christmas party!</div>
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We decorated gingerbread boys.</div>
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We went to Target to pick out our traditional Christmas Eve ornaments.</div>
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Santa came to our house.</div>
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The boys practice with their new bows in their Christmas pjs on Christmas morning.</div>
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I wished you all a Merry Christmas!</div>
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We looked at few ideas for a little project.</div>
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We got a TON of free pallets from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore.</div>
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We spent quite a few days after Christmas working on our chicken coop which is still a work in progress.<br />
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We ended 2012 with a fun trip to a hibachi grill for yummy Japanese food and fun chopsticks:)</div>
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Kelli Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07865834655887862155noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8863467156071949126.post-37331218299539221312012-12-25T07:24:00.000-06:002012-12-25T07:24:08.529-06:00Merry Christmas 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Kelli Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07865834655887862155noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8863467156071949126.post-17671417443712301332012-12-23T22:34:00.000-06:002012-12-23T22:34:36.228-06:00Milk Meets Santa Video<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">A few weeks ago, my boys and I got a fun opportunity to be part of a Christmas video all about cookies, milk, and Santa for the <a href="http://www.milkmustache.com/"><span style="color: red;">Milk Mustache campaign</span></a>. You can check the video out <a href="http://www.milkmustache.com/films/milk-meets-santa/?t"><span style="color: red;">HERE</span></a> or you can watch by clicking on the Youtube video below. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> **So what REALLY goes down with Santa on Christmas Eve? Only these kids know the truth. Watch to find out!**</span></span></div>
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Disclosure: I was compensated by the National Milk Mustache "Got Milk?" Campaign for participating in this video.</div>
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