Homemade Butter

When we got home from the maize, we made butter. We have never made real butter before, and it was so much fun! We had a jar with cream about half full and we shook it. We shook and shook and shook, and about 15 min later we took off the lid. It was getting thicker, but it wasn't butter yet, so we shook it some more. Finally, daddy took it and shook it really hard for about 30 seconds. We opened the jar and there was a lump of butter and a bunch of buttermilk. It was a lot of work! We ate some for dinner, and it was good. I think we will continue to make our own butter, but I think next time we will try putting it in the mixer.

Corn Maze

Duck water slide
Fun in the corn box

Getting lost in the maze of maize

Paintball

Corn box

Which way is out?

Racing ducks

Cow train

We went to the Maize with our homeschool group, HERO, yesterday, and we had so much fun! It was a perfect day to be out and about, and I even got a little sunburn. We got there around 11am and left about 3:30. We had the whole place to ourselves, so the kids just ran and ran and ran. They wore themselves out. Paige met a new friend, Devin got to see one of his new friends, and Brooke got along with everyone. We had a fire pit, so we roasted hot dogs and marshmallows. It was so much fun! I think we made some wonderful memories as well as some new friends.

I have been wanting to make word are with scriptures for years. Please let me know what you think. Thanks!

Ahoy Matey!

Check out all the swashbuckling pirates and prissy princesses. Brooke had a lot of fun at her birthday party. She especially enjoyed seeing James, her best friend from school. She has told us several times that she is going to marry him! Anyway, the boys enjoyed rough housing as pirates, and the girls primped and played dress up as princesses. Tons of fun for a 4 year old!!! My baby is growing up.

Ketchup day update

The day was a huge success! The children loved the idea of eating and playing with ketchup. We watched a video with a guy painting a picture with ketchup and french fries. The children finger painted with ketchup and mustard...they drew tornadoes. We made homemade ketchup, but we didn't like it. I will have to modify the recipe to make it taste good. Overall, it was a ton of fun!

Ketchup day

Today is Ketchup day. We were on fall break last week because Jake had to take vacation or lose it. We have a few things that we should catch up before we start our new school week, so we made catch-up-day which translates into ketchup day. We get to catch up on our work and have something with ketchup for lunch. Today, we are having hot dogs, french fries, and fruit. The kids are really excited about catching up on their work, too! Ketchup day...who knew it only took a little ketchup to make work fun!?!

Baking soda

As many of you may know, I use baking soda for just about everything. I clean, cook, and soak with it. Recently, I heard about using it as a face wash and, loving baking soda and natural products, decided to use it. I have been using it for a couple of weeks now, and I'm not sure what I think about it yet. I love the way it dissolves dirt and exfoliates, but it has also been pulling all impurities to the surface. So, of course, my face has been broke out for a couple weeks. I am going to stick to it, though, and see what the results are after a few weeks. I did some research on the Internet, and discovered that a lot of people swear by it. Tonight, I decided to make a mask consisting of baking soda, tea tree oil, and thyme oil. So far so good. So if you see me with beautiful, glowing skin in a few weeks, you will know my secret. Until then, you may think I'm crazy (like you didn't already think that!)