Math Ball

First let me say that I stole this idea from a 4th grade teacher at the school where I work.

This is probably Teacher 101, but I thought the idea was brilliant.

Zachary does not like math and finds sitting down to do math worksheets excruciating. Sports however he loves. So in a effort to make math more fun and engaging, I bought the kids a $6 kick ball and in permanent marker I drew a bunch of triangles with numbers 1-12 in each triangle. We went out and played catch and added numbers for over an hour and had so much fun! When the ball is caught, you add (or subtract, multiply, etc) the 2 numbers that your thumbs land on. Well worth the $6 investment plus the kids now have another ball to add to their collection. :)

Caramel Apple Cupcakes from Yourcupofcake.com

So delicious and perfect for fall!

You'll want to check out other recipes on this site as well.

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Mailman play set

Lucas's teacher has a wish list and some of the items on the list are occupation type dress up play sets for the kids to use during center time for pretend play.

I decided to make a mailman play set since I had lots of time on my hands this weekend.

It was fun to be creative with this set and it was actually pretty inexpensive since I used primarily felt.

You can open the little envelopes and in each one is a shape or pretend note.

Lucas has already had lots of fun playing with the set this weekend.

House pics~

Ok....for those of you that aren't family, you may want to skip right over this post as you probably won't be interested.

If you are family you may not be interested either! ha! :)

These are picture of the interior of the new rent house.

View as you enter the front door ~ Josh's office area:

If you are standing in the entry way and look to the right...you see the formal living room (and Josh):

Looking to the right from Josh's office area is the kitchen/dining:

Another view of the office area:

Boys room:

Bathroom:

Looking down hall from boy's bedroom back to kitchen area:

Italian Cream Sodas~

Fill glass half full with ice

Add 1/4 cup of simple syrup flavoring (I like Torani and the fruit flavors work best)

Add 1/4 cup of half and half

Add 1/2 cup of soda water

Stir

Top with whipped cream ( Redi-Whip in the can is easy)

Enjoy!

(The soda pictured above was made using Torani's orange flavored simple syrup. Tastes like a Dreamsicle!)