Letter O Activities~

We learned about the letter O this week!

We watched some really cool videos about OWLS online below:

This 1st one below is showing an owl hoot in the wilderness, the kids loved it~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fppKGJD3Y6c

This next one is the Kids National Geographic website where we also looked up ostriches along with owls... a neat website for animal learning~
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/Snowy-owl

A Cool Owl puzzle for preschooler to do online~

Letter O Owl Alphabet Online Jigsaw Puzzle Activities and Crafts

I found some Oyster templates to print out and then used cheeriO's

as a math lesson. Each oyster had different numbers on top that

the kids had to put that many O' PEARLS in the oyster~

Hayden liked his all in a line and uniform!

She is in DEEP thought over this! hee hee

Yehhh...I DID IT!

We worked on LARGEST 'O' Objects

Haydens is below~

'Lyzas 'O' Objects

We learned how to make the color ORANGE!

We finger mixed red and yellow paint to make

ORANGE~

Hayden loves to make handprints!

We took different round items to make

big 'O' prints with the orange paint~

I didnt have enough paper they wanted to make a GAZILLION

'O' print stamps!

One of Haydens finished masterpieces!

Hayden practicing his letter 'O' handwriting~

O is for OWL~

We made these easy Orange Owls from construction paper

and googly eyes.... WHooo WHooo!

Next week we are planning on learning the letter W and U!

Somer Jane

Zucchini Bread Recipe~

*Zucchini-Pineapple Bread*

In a previous post I said I would post my zucchini bread recipe

that I use to cook up all the yummy zucchini that comes from my hubbys garden!

This recipe is so moist and yummy!

I love the bread fresh out of the oven-slathered with some butter!

Mmmmm

This recipe is passed down from my Mothers Recipe Collection~

Ingredients:

3 eggs

2 c Sugar

1 c Vegy oil

3 c Flour

2 c Grated Zucchini

1 1/4 tsp Baking Soda

1/4 tsp Baking Powder

2 tsp Cinnamon

2 tsp Vanilla Extract

Drained half can of Crushed Dole Pineapple (the big can)

optional: Chopped Pecans

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Spray sides & bottom of a loaf pan with Pam FLOUR butter spray and set aside.

Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon & nuts in Medium bowl.

In another Large bowl, mix eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla.

Then mix in zucchini and pineapple with eggs mixture bowl.

Add all the dry ingredients to the egg mixture bowl and mix very well.

Pour half of mixture into sprayed loaf pan.

Bake at 325 for 1 hour (or when toothpick comes out clean)

Makes 2 yummy loaves of bread!

My kids love to help make these

and then eat them for breakfast with some cold milk!

Delicious and ENJOY!

Somer Jane

O is for Ocean Creatures~

So I love my subscription to Disneys Family Fun

Magazine that I get every month!

They have the neatest ideas for fun things to do with your

little bebes and my bebes sure do love crafts & cooking!

We are working on the letter O this week and I saw this

craft to make OCEAN creatures and thought~PERFECT!!
You paint a cardboard egg shell container different colors
You add googly eyes to the creatures

Make a little ocean scene for the creatures to hang out on...

I used blue & green crystal rocks and beach shells

Hayden is glueing his octopus legs on his OCTOPUS!

Here is the completed OCEAN creature scene!

'Lyza made this pink and purple fishy!

Hayden and his little crab!

Mommy made this Oyster by herself!

We keep our OCEAN creatures as a table decoration!

We made starfish, crabs, octopus, an oyster, fishys with

Dory the fish too!

O is for OCEAN!!

Somer Jane

O is for Oyster Cookies~

In this months Disney Family Fun Magazine they had this

'Treat of the Month' recipe

for Oyster Cookies called~ 'Pearly Bites'!

I thought this would be a perfect treat to incorporate with learning

about the letter O this week!

The recipe was SUPER easy and I bought all the stuff at the store-

NO BAKING REQUIRED!!!

You simply take Keebler Shortbread Cookies, spread some strawberry flavored icing on one side of a shortbread cookie, top icing off with yogurt covered raisin & then top another shortbread cookie off for the top of the oyster shell.

Use icing to make eyeballs on the top of the oyster- I used tiny tubes of decorating icing in white and purple to make the eyeballs.

They kids loved their 'O' for Oyster Cookies!

We may have to make these cookies again soon, they were eaten up too fast!

(The strawberry flavored icing really complimented the shortbread) MMMMmmmm

If you dont get the Family Fun Magazine here is the recipe:

Pearly Bites Recipe

(Family Fun Mags Treat of the Month)

INGREDIENTS:
Pink frosting
Small, round wafer cookies (I used keebler shortbread)
Yogurt-covered raisins or peanuts
White frosting
Purple or black frosting for pupils

1. To make each oyster, spread a layer of pink frosting on the bottom of a small, round wafer cookie, then gently press a yogurt-covered raisin or peanut on top. Position another cookie as shown, anchoring one edge in the frosting. 2. Dab on white frosting eyes, then use a toothpick dipped in black frosting to add pupils.

Somer Jane

Hotdogs from Gretchen Cordy~

The kids and I were out running errands today...

nothing exciting just the usual-

but we had a fun moment while we were out on our errand adventure!

We were listening to the radio and the radio was doing a promo on the very same highway we were driving down giving away chances to win waterpark

tickets as well as giving away free LUNCH-hotdogs, chips and drinks!

Well, mommy wanted to win those WATERPARK TICKETS for her bebes!

So we decided to stop and enter the contest.

While we were there Gretchen Cordy- Alum from 'SURVIVOR' (TV SHOW)
served my kiddos free hotdogs, chips and bottled water.

Gretchen even complimented my kids for choosing the water over the variety of

coke products they had to offer...(Im such a proud mommy!)

Well we didnt win the tickets to the waterpark that day but

the kids did get free lunch and was served very nicely by

Miss Gretchen Cordy herself!

Thanks Gretchen for being soo nice to my kiddos!!!

Somer Jane

The Garden of Abundance~

He who plants a garden plants happiness.-

My husband wanted to start a garden this year and so

I helped him pick out a spot in the yard for it

and I suggested things I would like if he wanted to grow them...

and then he went to work!

I'm actually amazed at how well his garden turned out!

He planted corn, yellow squash, zucchini, banana peppers,

green peppers, bradley tomatos, strawberries and some cucumbers.

Here is a green pepper growing away~

The zucchini grows over night!

We have been eating LOADS of fresh steamed zucchini

and I have made a few loaves of tasty zucchini bread as well~
(The recipe is super delicious and yummy warm with butter-

I will have to add the recipe on another blog post its that good!!)

Oooh and I made Paula Deens Squash Casserole recipe from

her book of recipes I copied from my grandmother...

its sooo yummy and if your needing a good squash casserole

try this recipe one day, its great for Thanksgiving too!

heres the link to it online:
http://www.pauladeen.com/recipe_view/152

The only thing I omit from this recipe is her house seasoning and I just

add salt to taste instead. Im not a pepper fan.

I also like to mash the squash with a masher before I add it to the

baking dish mixed with the other ingredients...this is a yummy recipe!

The Cucumber plants amaze me at how they grab on to things

amd wrap around whatever they can attach to...

We made pickles from this cucumber!!
Some of the Gardens Bounty~

He who works his land will have abundant food.

Proverbs 12:11

Somer Jane