Last week in history we talked about the “earliest people*,” the “nomads.” We discussed foods they ate (plants, roots, berries, meat, fish, wild honey, etc.). After reading about it Ryan and I had this “great” idea to make a dinner of foods the nomads ate. He got REALLY into it and couldn’t wait to show/tell Jared all about the things he’d learned.
First we decorated the dining room with some “cave art.”

Then we talked about what we could make, made lists and a menu, and went shopping.

Then we set the table.

On our menu:

Meat (hamburger patties)
Fish (tilapia filets)
Grain (long grain and …

It’s that time again…
Didn’t do much grocery shopping this weekend. No deals I was super excited about, and my pantry/freezer are pretty full and our neighbors continue to share garden-fresh produce. Oh, plus it’s the end of the month so I’m nearing the end of my $200/month budget. So, all I bought was some marked-down lean beef, milk, and a bit more produce. I spent $10.41.
Here is my dinner plan for this week:

Crockpot beef and gravy over noodles, biscuits, steamed veggies
Cranberry Meatballs over rice, 
Spaghetti, breadsticks, salad
Pita pizzas, salad
Hamburgers and hot dogs, …

It’s Friday! Let’s celebrate with some FREEBIES!
First off, I have this new element pack, and coordinating freebie at Little Dreamer.

If you’re not sure about digital scrapbooking, but want to give it a try, Amazon is offering the Digital Scrapbook Artist software FREE today! (normally $49.99) There are limited quantities, so download quickly if you are interested. (Thanks, Freebies 4 Mom!)

Amazon is also offering a (limited quantities) FREE download of the PagePlus Essentials software (normally $49.99). I haven’t tried either one of these programs, but I’m guessing (from reading the product descriptions) they would be good programs …

A couple months after my son was born and I became a stay-at-home mom I started getting a little antsy about what to do with my time (now I LOOONG for those days!). I was also trying to adjust to going from two comfy incomes to just one in which we no longer had a lot of spending money to feed my scrapbooking addiction hobby.
Eventually I tapped into my creative-side and have been able to earn a little extra hobby money selling artwork and digital designs. (Whole other story about how I …

Today we played a variation of a cute spelling game I found in this* book.
I put several stickers (could also use tape, bingo chips, etc.) on the floor a foot or two apart. At the end of the sticker path was a coveted package of fruit snacks–one for each kid.
They started out on the first sticker and I gave them a word from this week’s spelling list. Ryan (K/1st) spelled the word and if he got it correct he could jump to the next dot. Emmy (Pre-K) listened to me say the first sound of the word and then told …