A Seussical Week 3 and an Art Appreciation Week 4

Mother Hen's Summer Survival Guide: 12 Summer Themes

Thank you Crafting Chicks for providing these awesome resources for planning a great summer schedule for kids at home.  

http://thecraftingchicks.com/mother-hen-summer-survival-guide-2016/

On to week three.

http://thecraftingchicks.com/dr-seuss/

Week three was a little busy with the kids at a Safari day camp, but we did manage to cook our way through a couple of Seuss stories.  Click on The Crafting Chicks links above for all the different Seuss ideas, but we went for the:

Green Eggs and Ham idea for sweet snacks to pack in our lunch for camp:

and The Cat in The Hat Pizza for Wednesday's dinner:

and well, this has nothing to do with Seuss...but isn't it cute.

Week Four:  Exploring Art!     http://thecraftingchicks.com/exploring-art/

Book ideas: http://thecraftingchicks.com/exploring-art-books-kids/

There are a ton of ideas and I'm going to have to get a Hobby Lobby list ready.  But tomorrow there are two GREAT events that tie in perfectly with this week if you live in the Kannapolis/Concord area.

June 25th: Kannapolis, NC

http://downtownkannapolis.org/event/kaleidoscope-cultural-arts-festival/

June 25th: Concord, NC

http://cabarrusartscouncil.org/news/?p=1167

I'll update with pictures from Week Four......

Our day at Kaleidoscope

Rex took painting his plane we made very seriously.

Week Two: In The Zoo

Mother Hen's Summer Survival Guide: 12 Summer Themes

Thank you Crafting Chicks for providing these awesome resources for planning a great summer schedule for kids at home.  

http://thecraftingchicks.com/mother-hen-summer-survival-guide-2016/

We are continuing your challenge with week two!

http://thecraftingchicks.com/zoo-fun/

Day One:  Time for new books.  Here is the link for Zoo Books provided by The Crafting Chicks:  http://thecraftingchicks.com/the-zoo-books/.  Here are some we found at the Kannapolis Library.

Day Two:  The Zoo.  We made the journey to Lazy 5 Ranch in Mooresville, NC.
http://lazy5ranch.com

Day Three:  We made Giraffes with pretzels and marshmallows.  This was one of the Zoo ideas presented by The Crafting Chicks.

Week One: In The Backyard

Mother Hen's Summer Survival Guide: 12 Summer Themes

Thank you Crafting Chicks for providing these awesome resources for planning a great summer schedule for kids at home.  

http://thecraftingchicks.com/mother-hen-summer-survival-guide-2016/

We have accepted your challenge and are starting with week one.

Day One:  Renovate the sandbox.  We took all the toys out and had a toy, car wash.  Then we washed out the old sandbox; bugs, slugs, and dirt included.  We took a trip to Lowe's to buy new play sand on sale for $2.50 a bag.  NapTime!!  Fill in with new sand, play, and popsicles in the backyard!

Before



Toy Washing Station



The old, and refreshed sandbox!

Day Two:  A trip to the Kannapolis Library to find books about the backyard.  To view the entire list provided by The Crafting Chicks go to this link:  http://thecraftingchicks.com/in-the-backyard-books/    Here are some of the books we selected:

Day Three:  Tents in the backyard.  Why not bring your biggest toys out to the backyard for some new adventures!

Everyday:  Icy Pops!!!  You know the old fashioned, high fructose corn syrup kind that comes 50 to a net bag that you have to freeze?

Cauliflower, Cheddar, and Ranch Chicken Calzones

This year, 2016, has yielded one of the best gardens we have had since Steve and I converted our garden to all raised beds.  We have never had cauliflower look this good.

So now, the challenge has been to find amazing recipes to use the vegetable before it goes bad.  

This winner comes from the June 2016 Cooking Light page 58. 

"Broccoli, Cheddar, and Ranch Chicken Calzones"

To make life easier for myself since we have a 2 week-old at home, I used Trader Joe's pre-made pizza dough and I substituted cauliflower for broccoli and followed all the other directions.    I will be making this again!!!

I couldn't find the link to the actual recipe because you need to have a subscription.....but if you do its on page 58 of the June 2016 issue.  Otherwise, I was too scared to type it for you, so I'm only sharing a picture of where to find it.  :)