Yummy Dessert

I do not usually make a lot of desserts for our family. There are a couple of reasons for that: my husband is diabetic and I love to eat them :) I guess I figure we eat enough sweets elsewhere and at snacktime that we don't need anymore. Plus, it's hard enough some days to get a nice meal on the table much less a dessert.

The other day I had some strawberries that needed to be eaten and decided I had enough ingredients on hand that I could make a nice trifle dessert without much effort. This is what I came up with. I'd eaten this before so it's not my own recipe, but I don't know where it came from or I'd give credit where credit was due.

Trifle

yellow cake (I had some yellow cake in the freezer that I made last month.)

instant vanilla pudding

strawberries, cut up

blueberries

Cool Whip

All you do is layer these ingredients and you have a nice, yummy dessert!

To tell you how good it really is, my son (who loves everything chocolate and is not crazy about other sweets) said this while eating his, "Mom, I think this is better than... chocolate!" That pretty much sums it up!

Blueberry Pickin'

It's blueberry picking time down south! We love blueberries at our house- well, most of us anyway!

A few weeks ago the kids and I went with our homeschool group to pick blueberries. We set off with the bottled water, sunscreen and hats- all ready to conquer the heat. On the way there it started raining. I was disappointed because I really wanted some blueberries. It didn't last long, but there was a bonus to our little shower and sprinkles- it cooled the temperature down and therefore we didn't burn up while out picking- yah!

We had a great time! My 7 year old picked as many as I did. I finally had to tell them to stop because I couldn't get more than a bucket. We enjoyed eating blueberries for a few days and will enjoy them later as I put up a few bags in the freezer.

Kayla and one of her friends found this bird's nest in one of the bushes. She was so excited to find this since we studied about birds this year.

Psalm 1 progress

"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful, but his delight is in the law of the Lord." The children and I are learning Psalm 1 this summer. This is the part that we're working on now. I'm glad I already knew some of it since I have a harder time with memorizing than my children. Next week we should be able to move on to the end of verse 2 and complete verse 3. I've been thinking a lot about "but his delight is in the law of the Lord. " Do I find my delight in the law of the Lord? Lord, please help my delight to be in the law of the Lord!

My Summer To Do List Progress

Well, we're well into the summer here and I've been working on my to-do list slowly. Tonight I've been working on the apron I'm making. I found a cute and easy pattern on-line. I'll post pictures later. On Thursday, I let the kids loose with the box of craft supplies and they (especially my crafty seven year old) went to work on making lots of stuff. She used up a lot of stuff, but had so much fun. Here's a pic of her work, plus a couple of things my son made. He wasn't quite as interested as she was. At least not for as long anyway :) The newspaper makes it hard to see, but as you can see she was very busy. They both made little men/monsters out of the styrofoam balls and toothpicks. As for the rest of my list, I'm spending lots of time working on organizing/decluttering lots of rooms. Yesterday I rearranged/added furniture to my office/schoolroom space. I'll get it straight one of these days. One day at a time! We had our VBS the first week of June. It went well and it's another thing completed for the summer. I can't believe how fast June is flying by. Lots to do before it's over.

Our "pets"

We have the greatest pets a parent could ask for. Our neighbors have two goats- a nanny and a billy goat. They live behind the backyard fence. The children love to feed them branches and leaves. It's having two pets without the care of them. It definitely works for me! Our baby girl (18 months) loves to see them the most. She starts baaing (I know that's not a word, but it works, ha) and pointing when she sees them. It's so cute!!!

Psalm 1

My children and I are working on memorizing Psalm 1 this summer. I think learning chunks of scripture is beneficial and so important for all of us. I hope that we can accomplish this by the end of July or earlier, if possible. What scripture are you working on with your children or yourself? If you're not, I challenge you to start today!

Nature Journals

Well, I've finally gotten these pictures to upload. We made these a few weeks ago as we began our summer nature study. I found these in the school supply section and the kids used scrapbook paper to decorate them. Do you see the nature theme? :) The pages have a blank section at the top and lines at the bottom. It's been so much fun for them to work in so far.