So,
Today I thought I would do something for the girls.
They love paper dolls, and I found this site after a quick search on google for paper dolls that are just as lovely as they can be.
I printed out the paper dolls for my girls and they spent the whole day cutting out the dolls and not once all day did I hear that they were bored or tired from all the cutting. They just kept saying how cute the dolls were and the outfits made the dolls even cuter! I even made holders for the dolls and their outfits by printing out a doll on cardstock and attaching a back to make a folder to hold each doll so their outfits can be kept together with them.
I go back to school next week and I am trying to do as many things to nurture my creative side and bring about less stress in my life. I am hoping these activities will encourage me to keep up this part of my life so that I can be less of a school stressed mom.
Putting yourself first and remembering to take time out to do the things that interest you or enhance you is important and I've have fallen away from this, but I am trying to get back on that ideal.
I Love the blog of Alicia Paulson, and I have decided to do a project
from that site. I ordered the pdf pattern and materials which I pickup at the post office tomorrow since this was the day my girls and I said we would stay in all day (I know it's summer but somethings needed to be done), therefore, I could not convince them that mom needed to go and pickup the materials at the post office right away because they wanted to stay at home and cut out the paper dolls. WOW!
I hope I can do a good job on the project and look forward to putting up pictures soon.
Rice Pudding, look for this vintage book for the recipe. I suggest you buy the book because it has the most authentic dishes from Puerto Rican cookery, if you love Hispanic food, like me.
This book was given to me by my mom and I have loved the book so much ever since. I have made a few changes to the rice pudding recipe. I add sweetened coconut and sometimes instead of raisins I add dried cranberries or other dried fruit and it tastes delicious. I also use sweetened condensed milk instead of the milk and sugar, it just makes it simpler.
