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Easter Eggs – a new/old way to die eggs

I have to throw in one more unplanned post today. These Easter Eggs are gorgeous and promise to be fun to make. The project will fit perfectly into an unplug the TVs week. You may need to go grocery shopping as well as dig in you dresser drawers for old stockings. The rest you’ll need to read from this exciting link: Big Sis Lil Sis:  Natural Dye Colored Easter Eggs

Avocado fun

These boats were made with homemade play dough. The bird bath served as our puddle and the wend blew the boats around. I ate a half of an avocado out of it’s shell with a spoon. When I was finished eating it, the shell made me think of a little toy sailboat. Some clay, purchased or homemade**, (or maybe just some chewed bubblegum) could be pressed into the bottom of the shell to weight it so it wouldn’t tip over

Share family stories and write them down

I wish I knew the stories that my grandparents might have told. I only had the privilege of knowing one of my grandparents, and I didn’t get to spend much time with her. I lived on the farm that was handed down through the generations in my family from the time of the Northwest Territory land grants until my father sold it in the 60s. I can only imagine the stories no one remembers today. I began writing family memories a

Plant a garden

Children enjoy watching seeds grow. If it isn’t warm enough to plant outdoors yet, plant seeds indoors in trays for transplanting later. Homegrown plants usually perform as well as or better than greenhouse plants. So what shall we plant? Some easy flowers to plant from seed are sunflowers, cosmos, zinnias, and marigolds to name a few. Or perhaps you might prefer to grow vegetables like beans, squash, tomatoes, cucumbers and melons. If you like to watch butterflies, plant some parsley with