It started so well. Lily patiently spread peanut butter and bird seeds on pine cones and IKEA ginger cookies left over from the little “Scandinavian tree.”
[Read more…] about This Bird-Seed Ornament Project Went to the Dogs
Chinese New Year: Ruby’s Wish
With the festivities starting in a little more than two weeks, I wanted to share our favorite Chinese New Year book with you. Ruby’s Wish, by Shirin Yim Bridges, is the story of a young girl living in China in the early 1900s, whose greatest wish is to attend a university. I don’t want to give too much away because the ending has a couple of wonderful surprises.
Mug of Wisdom #47 / C. JoyBell C.
Make: Snowflake Garland
A panda woke up one cold winter’s day and started to make snowflakes.
She made snowflake after snowflake.
She filled the windows. But she kept on cutting snowflakes.
Fortunately, Mrs. Panda remembered a cute snowflake garland they had seen in a storefront window while out Christmas shopping. So they made a garland for the kitchen.
And the panda kept cutting. So they made a garland for her bedroom.
And then the panda’s hands got tired. So she stopped cutting and went to watch Hannah Montana.
The End.
If you’d like to keep your little panda busy, or if you’d like to make snowflakes yourself—and who wouldn’t?!—here’s a refresher on how to cut them.
Lexie’s Homemade Granola
by Lexie
My favorite thing about homemade granola is how customizable it is. Most recipes start with rolled oats and then you can add whatever you like: nuts, pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries, figs, coconut, chocolate chips… There’s really no wrong way to do it, so have fun!
Maple syrup gives the granola most of its flavor; the honey acts as more of a binding agent. The granola is wonderfully crunchy and is great in yogurt, or just plain, by the handful!