Semisweet gave a talk today on the new Young Woman value of Virtue. She did a wonderful job! She studied hard, read the scriptures, read several conference talks, studied the For Strength of Youth Manual, and also the new Virtue insert for the Personal Progress manual. She had me read through her talk on Saturday […]
Archives for May 2009
Brown-Eyed Susans Cookies
We made these cookies a couple of weeks ago at our Kentucky Derby party. It was easy and fun for the girls to shape the cookies themselves. These would make a nice treat for someone who is feeling blue! Brown-Eyed Susans 1 batch sugar cookie dough. We use this recipe.3 TBSP. cocoa powder (dutch process)1/4 […]
Gee, Thanks….I Think
Fudge: “Go ahead, Mom, have another scoop of ice cream.” Me: “Thanks, Fudge!” Fudge: “People won’t think your fat now because your are pregnant so you can eat whatever you want.” © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved
Wordfull Wednesday: Mothers
“Female Family History Month” was a unit we did about six years ago for school. The oldest girls were showing interest in their grandmothers and great-grandmothers. I called my mother for ideas, sent e-mails to Mr. Ferrero Rocher’s aunt who is the unofficial family historian on the Crook side (nice surname huh?), gathered pictures, typed […]
I ♥ Faces Kids: Week 18 Laughter
So hard to narrow down all the laughing pictures of my kids. I couldn’t resist the missing teeth in this one though. These two girls are such good friends they are always laughing about something! (I ventured from my usual straight out of camera shot and did some post processing with picnik) Visit I ♥ […]
I ♥ Faces Adults: Week 18 Laughter
I know I’ve posted this picture several times for various posts on this blog but I just couldn’t find any good laughing adult photos that wouldn’t embarrass my relations. ☺ Visit I ♥ Faces for other laughing photos. © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved
Love Story meets Viva La Vida
For your listening pleasure…we love both Jon Schmidt and Steven Sharp Nelson. They collaborated on this piece. It’s a fun one to listen to. Bon Bon particularly enjoyed this as her favorite song right now is Viva La Vida by Coldplay.Enjoy! I have a piano student who is learning several of Jon Schmidt’s pieces. One […]
FHE Resources
No new family home evening lesson this week. I’m still on a Mother’s Day weekend “vacation.” Instead here are some other great resources around the internet to find wonderful family home evening lessons. Idea Door FHE Center – You can find everything from FHE charts to lessons and games. One of my favorites is the […]
Teaching Kids to Cook Part III
Teaching Your Kids to Cook Part ITeaching Your Kids to Cook Part II Grocery Lists We’ve made a menu for the coming week but it won’t be successful if we don’t have all the ingredients necessary to make everything on our plan. Creating a grocery list and sticking to it when we are shopping is […]
Off to spend the day with Mr. Ferrero Rocher here and also shopping for this and eating this. The next installment of teaching your children to cook will be posted tomorrow. © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved
Next Wordfull Wednesday Topic for May 13
May, the time for flowers, celebrating mothers, school winds down, and summer begins! There are so many topics to choose from for our Wordfull Wednesdays this month but I surely can’t pass by the opportunity to write about mothers seeing how Sunday is Mother’s Day. So break out the tissues, take a trip down memory […]
I ♥ Faces Kids: Week 17 HATS
Saturday we had all the girl cousins over for a Kentucky Derby party. Before the race they each made their own fancy hats out of wrapping paper. It was so cute to see them all wearing their hats while watching the race and cheering. Of course, our personal favorite was Chocolate Candy. 😀 Head on […]
Homeschool Stock Up Week!
Homeschoolers are always looking for a good deal on curriculum. This week there are two great events going on. First Learning A-Z is having their annual open house for Teacher Appreciation Week. That means for one week you can access a different part of thier website each day for free! You do have to register […]
Brother of Jared FHE
Another great family home evening lesson from my FHE Swap Group. This one is put together by Melanie D. of Sugardoodle fame. Download the file here if you don’t have a Scribd account: Brother of Jared pdf file To download the Scribd file click on the third icon from the left at the bottom of […]
Navajo Fry Bread
Pueblo Fry Bread, Indian Fry Bread….this goes by many names but we call it Navajo Fry Bread because we got the recipe from our good friends the Blackwaters. He is Navajo (grew up living in a hogan and everything!). She’s half Paiute, half Shoshone. We loved eating at their house because of the wonderful fry […]