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Nonsense [Extravagant foolishness or frivolity]

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. 

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living; it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. 

Which is what I do. 

And that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.

Dr. Seuss

 

Here’s a lovely little way to recycle chocolate heart boxes…

Serve up a little pre- Valentine’s Day lunch for two!

Mini chocolate boxes are prefect for pb&js.  Big boxes could hold any number of nibblies.

 

 

Alphabet SOUP! 

Stone SOUP!

Oh My!

 Is it possiblie to make SOUP fun? Maybe!!!! YES??

S o u p s  O N!

Learning Fun: Spell with Soup Cans & The Alphabet Soup Treasure Hunt

Books: Stone Soup (Murth), Campbell Kids Alphabet Soup (Adams), Mouse Soup (Lobel), Pretend Soup & Other Real Recipes: A Cookbook for Preschoolers & Up (Katzen)

Songs: The Vegetable Soup Song & Soups On! Lyrics: Here

Activities: The Tomato Soup Taste Challenge, Making Homemade Stone Soup (yes with a real stone!) & Can Doo Game 

Arts & Crafts: Cardboard Soup Stove & Alphabet Soup Collage

Making Stone Soup (or shall we call it SILLY Soup?):

 The Alphabet Soup Treasure Hunt was thg big winner of the week. Mason searched for tiny treasures to fill his pot of soup:

Ideas & Inspiration:

Lamb-Chop reads Stone Soup: Part 1  &  Part 2 

Photo Soup Cans:  We made these last year!

Template for Alphabet Soup Collage: HERE!

Stone Soup Recipe: Family Fun

Stone Soup Printable: Scholastic

ohhhh and how could I forget the “Spelling with Soup Cans” game???  Ya, it takes a serious dose of cheesiness to embrace this kid friendly lifestyle!   

So after a full day of winter snow play…. get your SOUP ON!  :)    

I took the big boys to see the Harlem Globe Trotters last night.

I loved their dunks and their crazy ball handling skills.  

 The humor was good, but the talent was spectacular!  

And of course the boys suckered me into getting an official BALL—-

I loved this snippet from the book {Joy Breaks: 90 Devotions to Celebrate, Simplify and Add Laughter to Your Life}:

“There is nobody else exactly like us, and there never will be.  Each of us is His special creation and is

 alive for a distinctive purpose.  Because of this, the person we are, and the contribution we make by

 being that very person, are vitally important to God.” 

 

 

 

Question: Can laundry be fun?

Answer:  Yes, yes it can!  BUT only if you are a kid!!!

Wash. Dry. Fold. Repeat.

Ya, it’s so much more fun when you PRETENDING!

This was Emerson’s santa gift! 

 Sadly, this poor laundry mat will soon be closing shop… cardboard can only last so long (not long at all in our house!)…  but it was fun while it lasted. 

  

 

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