Granddaughters making MUD PIES!

My granddaughters love making MUD PIES!  Actually, they make pies, cakes, cookies, puddings and anything else they can think of.  They were over last night, and decided it was time to have another "baking session".  (Actually, it was hot enough to "bake"" them pretty quickly.

As you can see they had a ball.  They added "chips" (rocks), coconut (grass), cinnamon (sand) and just about anything they could find.  They found some roly poly's and wanted to add them, but I said no live animals.  :)  Mostly they love making "batter" and playing IN IT.



Kayley loves to "mold"cookies!

Lyndey with the PECAN PIE

They even decorated the swing set!

They had a ball!  They wanted their cousin, Paige to be there and she will be in a couple of weeks.  She gets to come along with her brother to spend a week at Nana's and Papa's.  When that happens the cousins are together most of the time.  I love that.

Make a Christmas Plate with Fabric!

While we were in Texas visiting, Paige and I made the cutest Christmas plates.  She and I don't get to do many "Plan B's" which is what we call craft projects, and it was a lot of fun.  She is always willing to learn something new.

Let me tell you how easy this is to do.  Go to Wal-Mart or anywhere that sells clear glass plates and get you a supply.  You'll want to do a bunch once you get started.  Get some Mod Podge glue/sealer.  I didn't know they had a Fabric Mod Podge, but they do.  I purchased that but I'm sure the plain Mod Podge will work just as well.

We used sponge brushes.  Rob your stash for fabric or buy some fabric.  It doesn't take much.  Just enough to cover the plates.  Wash the plates and dry well.  It took us longer to get those dang stickers off than anything. Then all you do is apply the glue to the back of the plate.  Lay fabric right side down on back of plate.  You want to be able to see the right side of the fabric through the top of the plate.

Once you have smoothed the fabric on the back of the plate, use your scissors to cut fabric around the edges.  Then all you do is apply a coat of Mod Podge over the fabric and let dry.

This is the end result. 

How cute are they?!  And so easy.  Put some cookies, candies, or breads on one and you have such a nice gift for your neighbors, teachers, mailman, beautician, or anyone else you can think of.  Just be sure to tell the recipients they CANNOT immerse the plates in water.  Just wash the tops.

Didn't Paige do a great job!

If you are interested in doing this and want to see a "you tube" tutorial, check out Missouri Star Quilt Co  They do such a great job on all their tutorials!

Grandkids!

My Texas kids were here for the weekend to celebrate their cousins' birthdays and did we have a good time!

Lyndey turned five on August 31 and Kayley turned 8 on September 5, so they had a combined birthday swimming party on Saturday.  They had a blast!  Fifteen kids, that's pretty hectic.  Then the family had pizza and Paige got to spend the night with her cousins.  Jake got to spend the night with Austin, my niece's son, that was staying with my sister. They played the Wii for hours.  The next day we all got together for swimming, trampoline, croquet and visiting.  Had sloppy joes and lots of goodies to go with it.  Then the adults played a new dice game called "Dicescapades".  It's a lot of fun.  It has about a dozen different kinds of dice and you have to do different things with them.  Jake and Austin loved it too.  It was late when we left my daughter's house, but I had promised Kayley and Lyndey they could have a sleepover at our house with Jake and Paige so we woke them up (they had fallen asleep) and brought them over.

We were all worn out this morning.  It was slow moving and I was going to fix pancakes for breakfast but quickly got out voted.  The grandkids all love "monkey bread".  You know where you use canned biscuits, butter and cinnamon sugar!  So Papa made a quick trip to the grocery store with the three girls and we started our assembly line.  Lyndey loves cutting them up with the kitchen scissors and Paige and Lyndey love to roll them in that cinnamon sugar! 



Jake being almost ten now has outgrown the fun of making them and prefers to enjoy eating them.  (He'd rather be playing Wii!)  I had given him a "Hex Bug" and he was checking it out.

Before they all left today, I gave the girls their new fabric "paper dolls".  They played a little with them, but with all the new birthday toys, it wasn't on the top of their play list!  I do understand.  But I know they will play with them some because I kept a set for myself!!

So, Bo, aren't they cute? : )

A week of fun with grandkids!

Jake and Paige were here from Texas for a week with Nana and Papa.  Or should I say their cousins!  They were together a bunch.  And that is fine with me.  They play well together and it keeps them happy.

We went to Frontier City, an amusement park, one evening.  It has been really hot in Oklahoma and we were not going to be miserable all afternoon.  At least Nana wasn't.  :)  They loved it.  Lyndey, the youngest wasn't tall enough to ride all the rides, but enough to keep her smiling.  She did talk her Papa into riding the Tilt-A-Whirl with her.  Bad mistake on Papa's decision.  He felt bad the rest of the evening!!  I knew I couldn't do it and I guess his time has come too. 

The biggest hit was the river renegade ride.  They loved it.  Everyone got saturated including Stacey, my daughter, who had to buy some clothes to come home in.

The picture at the top was taken as we first got to the park and they were not happy.  They wanted to get on with the rides, not picture taking.  It is so difficult to get all four together and smiling!!  I keep trying though.

Lyndey sitting pretty!

Paige, Kayley and Lyndey

Uncle Mike helping Jake shoot!

Rob and my son-in-law, Mike, took Jake out for a shooting lesson with, as Jake says, "real guns".  They had 22s.  Between Rob and Mike they had several and Jake enjoyed it very much.  And the guys said he shot surprisingly well.  Rob and Mike are both very cautious with guns and even Nana put in her two cents in before they left asking him if he knew the number one rule with guns.  He looked up at me like I was nuts and said "Yes, Nana, everyone knows that--don't point the gun at any person".  I was so proud.  His mother is not a lover of guns and though she knew they were going and they would protect her son, I think was glad she wasn't here to worry about it. 

During the week we also went fishing, not much luck there though.  Too hot for fish even.  Jake loves trying though.  He really has patience for a 9 year old--at least when it's fishing.  We made cookies, a must, even decorating them.  We also went swimming several times and did some geocaching.  Paige is my little geocacher.  We even found a travel bug she's taking back to Texas.  We also tried to make a worm farm.  Our worms DIED.  It's so dry here, I couldn't find any worms in the soil, so I went to Wal-Mart and bought some.  Of course, they had been kept in a refrigerator and when we brought them home and put them in the container, they went into shock (so hot again) and died.  It was a good idea we'll try again another day!  They loved messing with the worms anyway and come to think about it, that may have been the reason the poor things didn't make it!

It was a fun week and I'm so happy they get to come and enjoy Oklahoma with their families up here.  BUT, Nana and Papa are sure enjoying today, if you know what I mean!