Tuesday - Spring Break

Today I woke up early to remind the manager about saving coffee ground for our craft project - and then I went back to sleep. My allergies have been bothering me, but 2 nights of benadryl and good sleep has sure helped!

Josiah and I played more Skip Bo Jr.

We went and picked up our Coffee Grounds - a whole bunch too!!

We had lunch and then the 3 older kids and I made treasure Rocks - which was super fun. This was Josiah's favorite project of the week.

Homemade Rocks Recipe
(From Skip to My Lou)
Mix up:
• 1 cup used coffee grounds
• 1/2 cup salt
• 1/4 cup sand
• 1 cup flour
• 3/4 cup water
• Mix together dry ingredients, and then slowly add enough of the water to make a stiff dough---you might not need all off the water, so add slowly.
• Knead the mixture on a floured surface until fairly smooth.
• Break the dough into desired sizes. Hide your trinkets (super balls, small plastic toys, etc.) or money in the center of each ball of dough.
• Bake at 150F degrees for 2 hours (I turned them over half way through) and then air dry 2-3 days (or longer). If you make smaller rocks I would dry one hour in the oven and then air dry 2 days or more. The size of rock and the amount of humidity in your home will affect the drying time. They will look and feel like rocks when dry.

When Jeremiah got up from his nap we made some - Josiah offered to help him - he pretty much took over ;)

We also made some tissue paper pompoms and hung streamers. Definitely made the dining room more festive.

After dinner we all headed over to Aunt Chrissy's house for hair cuts. The kids really enjoyed playing with their cousins. Then we visited Granny (the kids had suckers), and then we visited Nana (who gave them cheeto puffs and cookies). They were quite happy. Picked up coffee grounds from them and then it was time to come home and get showered and ready for bed. A long day. Lots of fun though.