The kids wanted to bake something today so I grabbed a few things from the cupboard and we made Cake Cones.  Its really easy and the kids did most of the work.  The boys set up the cones on a baking tray as the cake batter was mixing in the mixer.  They carefully spooned the mixture into the cones, up to the first line just before the 'lip' of the cone.  Because some of ...

Some people purchase fresh eggs, boil them, dry them and then paint them for Easter. Others spend hours blowing out the content of the eggs to make confetti eggs for throwing at each other. Our family has never done either of those things. I once bought an egg paint kit at Walmart but years later it still lies unopened in the closet.  I prefer to bake. I made these for Easter ...

During a summer, not too long ago, my friend Naomi (aka Awesome Artist) very kindly offered to watch my kids for a morning so I could get a few things done. It turned out to be a 2-day visit for my kids. On the first day they made paper Mache masks but the masks didn't dry in time so she had them again the next day to finish them up. On the ...