What is it?

Can you guess what this is? It took me forever. I still didn't get it.

Will loves playing with Play-Doh. He gets so creative sometimes. He has recently learned to make balls that actually look like balls, so this is what I expected to see when he asked me to look at what he made. This is what I got.

He finally decided to tell me it was an octupus holding a see shell. Did you get that? I still don't. That is a 3 year old for you. At least I know he has a great imagination.

I do have a recipe for homemade Play-Doh if you would like it. I have tried it and it is great. I don't use it because in Louisiana it seems to go bad super fast. The humidity and all I guess. This recipe is from our cousin Christina in Memphis. She uses it and loves it. It does great there.

Stove-Top Playdough

1 cup of white flour

1/4 cup salt

2 tbs cream of tarter

1 cup water

2 tsp veg. food coloring

1 tbs oil

Mix flour, salt, and cream of tarter in a medium pot. Add water,food coloring, and oil. Cook and stir over medium heat 3-5 min. ( I cook it longer) Mixture will look like a globby mess and you will be sure it's not turning out right, but it will. When it forms a ball in the center of the pot, turn out and kneed on a lightly floured surface. Store in an air-tight container or plastic bag. It is Edible but very salty. (so that the children usually only try it once!)

This recipe comes from Vicki Lansky's book Feed Me I'm Yours.

Thank You!!!

To all of you who have read my blog and then came back to read more, I say "Thank You!". I am always amazed people actually come back to read about my life with my family. I don't think my life is all that interesting so you can see how surprised I was to have someone not only come back to read more, but to give me an award!!! Words failed me when I found out I had been given an award. Then I got my second one! All in one day!!! WOW!! I'm so happy, y'all don't even know.

I was awarded the Splash Award from Momma Such at Raising My 4 Sons . This award is given to alluring, amusing, bewitching, impressive and inspiring blogs. I didn't even know my blog was any of these things! LOL! If you haven't checked out Raising My 4 Sons yet, What are you waiting far. This blog was my blog of the week!

I am passing this award on to:

Mellisa @ Getting all my Ducks in a Row

and

Rebekah @ Outnumbered

The second award that I was blessed to receive is Best Blog Award! I was given this award from Niki at Nocturnal Queen . You know Niki! Her blog was my very first blog I highlighted in my blog of the week! I hope you've been keeping up.

The Best Blog Award rules are as follows:

1. To accept the award, post it in your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his/her blog link.

2. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you have recently discovered and think are great! Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

This is a bit hard. I have been finding new blog that I like, but 15. Wow! I think I will be a rebel though and only pass it on to 8 great blogs. Why 8? Why not? (Can they take it away now? Let them try!!!!) LOL!!!

I will pass this great award to:

1. Sarah @ 15 Minutes of MommyTime
   
   
2. Ruth @ Adventures with a Sewing Machine...
   
   
3. Lisa @ All That and a Box of Rocks
   
   
4. Kay @ High Heels and Golf Spikes
   
   
5. Little Miss Muffins Cakes @ Surrounded by Boys!
   
   
6. Courtney @ Women Living Well
   
   
7. Unfinished Mom
   
   
8. Chele @ The Bona Fide Life

Again I would like to thank everyone who reads my crazy stuff! I do have a question if anyone can help educate me a little on blogger. How do you post a picture from the web? Like the awards I have above. The only way I can do it is to copy the picture to my computer and then put it in that way.

I may just be a lost cause, but I would really appreciate the help. I would love any tip about blogger!

TRACTOR!!!

Have you ever had to keep your kid up in the car on the way home? This is something we occasionally have to deal with. Will has decided he is too big to take a nap, so that means he usually falls asleep in the car on the way home when we go somewhere.

Yesterday we where on our way home from Mee Maw's house and Will was insistent on closing those eyes. It was only 6:45 pm. Much to late to take a nap with bed time coming up. So, we have come up with a way to keep him awake on the ride home.

All the way home we make it a game to see who can fined tractors along the road first. This game is great because the farms are separated by big fields and tractors are plentiful. We probably saw about 25 to 30 tractors in a 20 mile ride! We all just yell out TRACTOR!!! as we see one. We get very competitive as we go. It's a lot of fun and keeps Will up!

How do you keep your kids awake when they are determined to take a nap in the car at the wrong time?

Quotable Sunday

Welcome to Quotable Sunday!

I have found that this is an idea I like. Mellisa at Getting all my Ducks in a Row introduced me to it. I saw it on her blog and loved it. To join just post one or more quotes on your blog that you would like to share and then add your post link to this Mister Linky. Then check out what other quotes your fellow bloggers put up. Easy!

So my quote for today is:

A smile of encouragement at the right moment may act like sunlight on a closed up flower, it may be the turning point for a struggling life.

Anonymous

Say Cheese!!!

I decided that I didn't really like my photo on my profile page. You can see it on the left hand side of my blog.

I never really like any picture of me. I don't photo well. It could be that I just don't like the way I look and try to imagine my self differently. (This my be why I am always surprised at how horrible my pictures come out. LOL!!!)

So Will and I played with the camera some, and this is one of the best pictures that came out of our little play time. He took it of course! He took picture after picture. At three years old this one was one of he best. I have a lot of my knees and half of my face. He did a good job in the end. I also took a ton of pictures of him in the process. All had the same goofy smile he has though. You know how when they force the smile how goofy it looks. That is the smile I got.

It's ok though. We had a good time and I got a new picture. I would like to know how everyone else gets great photos for their blog. I did consider just taking a picture of my feet or something, but then just decided to show my face in all its glory.

Car Wash!!!

Yesterday was a fun filled day for us! We visited with old friends and got to spend time with family. But the best part of our day was washing the car. Yes I said the best part of the day was washing the car!


You see I learned something Sunday form my hubby. It isn't often that I admit I am wrong, but this is one of those times. I have always been a bit of a control freak when it comes to what I allow Will to do and not do. I don't know why, but I have struggled with letting him do some things that seem crazy to me.


One of those crazy things was washing the car. I always allowed him to help me, but to a degree. I never let him "clean" over the part of the car Mommy already cleaned. It would leave streaks!!! And I limited his time with the water hose. Why would I let him soak himself and me? This was just a normal reaction from me. I tried to control it all. In the end I always ended up with a headache and Will got upset! We where both in a bad mood after all that.


After watching my son have such a good time helping Daddy wash his truck Sunday, I realized that I need to let go. So, today was the day! He helped Mommy wash her car. He washed and rinsed. He mostly played with the water hose. Boys and water!!! I'll never get it!

I will never admit it to my hubby, but he taught me something invaluable. Who cares what my car looks like or how wet we got. Will had a blast and nobody got hurt!!

Blog Of The Week!

Did you miss this? I know I didn't highlight a blog last week. Yes I am a slacker. Last week was a bit crazy, so I am going to make up for it this week. I have chosen a great blog to share with everyone.

This weeks Blog Of The Week is.........Raising My 4 Sons !!!!

Mandee (Mama Such) is the great Mom who owns this blog. She is a stay at home mom who has 4 boys and has been married for 10 years! WOW!! She blogs about some of the crazy things her silly boys do. As you read you can't help but feel like part of her family. She even makes time to laugh at herself. This is important when you are a mom, but even more so when you have 4 boys!

You can read about the mouse she found.......and where she found it here!!!

Or see the great giveaway for a FREE Money Monster Bank that ends TODAY......enter here!!!! I did!

Go on over and visit her, and when you get there tell her I sent you!