aPpLe PiCkInG...!

My life equals craziness right now.....! Maybe that's what the voices in my head try to make me think? {LOL}

I'm still haven't got my groove of a schedule, really trying though, just not a smooth groove.

My husband got into the County Fire Academy, so that is busyness in of itself.

Hopefully, things will settle down. I'm trying to make things normal...still do our bedtime routine and after school routines. I'm a creature of habit and so is my family, so I need those normal-cies.

We snuck off to a local farm for a bit this weekend to pick some apples...!

 

 

 

 

 

After church the next day, I got to bake.

The apples were so fresh and delicious. They taste so much better right off a tree...!

I made these Apple Muffins with this recipe for Cream Cheese Frosting on some.

 

We also made Apple Crisp.....Mmmmm.... vanilla ice cream on top...drooling....

It was an awesome weekend centered around family and apples...!

Letter {Oo} Week

Letter Oo was a pretty easy week for the kiddos.

They recognized the Oo's right off the bat.

 My SIL made O OCTOPI with the preschoolers.

Aren't they cute? With the middles cut out, she had them color them ORANGE.

 Another day, we made OCEANS.

 These O OWL'S are made out of leftover scrapbook paper.

They cut their handprints out for the wings.

 Can't have O week without OSCAR the Grouch....!

Here's a printout that we went over. Can't remember where I found it to link it back up. I printed it at night for lesson plans the next morning. Sorry.

Have an OUTSTANDING Oo Week....!

T-Shirt Bag.

Ironically, when I'm looking at my Blogger Stats...my top post is where I complain about the Homemade Ice Cream. Sheesh! I feel like a complainer now. I'm really not, I pinkie promise. I just pointed out that I personally did not have an easy time with the Ice Cream. I feel like my complaint is stuck in history forever. I'll suck it up and keep the post up though.

Onward to my project.....I remember making these bags out of t-shirts when I was a youngin' in Girl Scouts. {I did not make it up....it's an old craft from years ago....wanna give credit to Girl Scouts somewhere in Southern California {winks!}}

So, I went to Goodwill and found a bunch of these "Go Green" T-Shirts .95 cents a piece....!

 I cut the sleeves off of the shirt. Try to keep the hemline on to make the bag stronger, but obviously I didn't practice what I preach because I messed up the back of one sleeve on this one...!

 Cut the neckline off. You can use a circle template if you want....or just wing it...!

 Turn the shirt inside out and stitch along the bottom.

I first did a basic stitch then a zig zag to make it stronger just since it's made to hold stuff in it.

 Turn it right side out and you have a Recycled Bag.

Cute huh? Admit it...! Come on....she's adorable with the bag...!