Our first planting experience

Jelly Belly asked if she could plant some seeds so she can water them. Not sure where she got the idea from but she asked more than once. At first, I thought...this is a project for daddy. But the more I thought about it, the more excited I got. So we went to Lowe's to see what we could find. We bought this ecofriendly starter kit and a few flower seeds. I have never planted anything before, so this will be a new experience for me, and a great family activity. Hopefully our outcome won't be too dissapointing.

Pellets...

Looking at her flower seeds....








First, we watered the pellets and they quickly turned into soil.

Then, we sowed the seeds....

And watered them once more....

We will check them every few days and hope

to soon transfer them to our front yard. Keep your fingers crossed.

She was very quiet through the entire process and this was a great way to end a Monday.

Fourth of July Cupcakes

A very quiet Fourth of July, quite different than what we are used to. No annual barbecue and swimming this year. But we did make some cupcakes with blue frosting and red sprinkles. Jelly Belly is getting so much better at baking (or should I say following directions). So what is so special about our cupcakes??? We used egg replacer instead of eggs because of her egg allergy and applesauce instead of oil to ease the guilt when I eat one or two. And for the first time, we put a little bit of jelly in the middle. We made a cake for Grandma and Grandpa that did not turn out very pretty, but it tastes good!

4th of July

We are still stuck at home....so it's time to do a 4th of July project, the American Flag!
F for flag!
First we gathered our materials: 1. White Paper 2. Red Paper 3. Blue Paper & 4. Silver stars




I was surprised at how well she did, especially since she is not feeling well. She didn't have a fit when I used the ruler to make the stripes or when it was time to cut them (she is into cutting now) and she even helped by holding the ruler down and making the straight line! She actually listened today, when I said, "not too much glue, make little dots".






Time to glue the stripes....

Time for the stars, I really thought she would want to use pink stars but she stuck to the silver ones!

The finished product:

13 stripes & 50 stars, and we did count to make sure!
I really hope we get to see fireworks tomorrow!