Project Pinterest - Kids Painting Project

This is my FIRST Project Pinterest Post!  Here is all the info on my Pinterest obsession.  As soon as I saw this kids art project I knew I wanted to try it!  It is so adorable, and although I changed it up a bit, I love it hanging on our Pantry door.

The Original Pin...

                                                               Source: attackofthetwins.blogspot.com via Samantha on Pinterest

I didn't want to do the entire name because Matthew wouldn't fit on the paper I had.  So I decided to do the first initial.

 Use painters tape to make your artwork.

 Let the little ones paint away.

 I took the tape off as soon as they were done painting before the paint dried.

 The finished product.

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Cookbook Organization

 I love looking through cookbooks for new ideas and inspiration in the kitchen.  I am not a fan of clutter though, and sometimes storing cookbooks can lead to clutter on a bookshelf, or in a cabinet.  I do a few things to keep my cookbooks accessible but not an annoyance.

{1}  First tip is to not keep a ton of books.  I have around 10 and that is my limit.  When I actually do buy cookbooks, I always buy from the bargain shelf, and once I read through them and copy the recipes I love, I donate them to the library.

{2} Instead of buying cookbooks, use the local library.  We go to the library for story time once a week anyway, so I take 5 extra minutes after picking the kid's books and head over to the cookbooks.  I don't get a lot of time to pick out a few, so sometimes I get a book and find nothing new, but it is a free way to look through a ton of new cookbooks.

{3}Instead of cookbooks, look online.  There are so many sites dedicated to food, so use them!

A look at my cookbook organization:

{I have a Bakers Rack in my kitchen that was one of the first gifts my husband ever bought me.  I use the bottom for the cook books.}

 

{Larger books plank each side, and smaller are placed in a basket}

{I love the idea for smaller books in a basket, it keeps it looking clean, and organized}

Here is how I choose what cookbooks to keep and which to filter out.  I LOVE my  Better Homes New Cookbook, it is a reprint of the 1953 Edition, the recipes are amazing, and I love everything about this book, it is something I will never get rid of.

I also love having general cooking and baking books.  The Ones on the left from Taste of Home were $5 each on clearance.  

 Church cookbooks always have the best recipes in them, and my MIL knows I love them, so I have a few of those.  

Other than that, most others will eventually get donated, and I will find new.  I always love a good slow cooker book, and new ideas for the little ones.  

I also have a VERY unorganized binder that holds all magazine/printed/written out recipes.  Organizing that is on the list of things to accomplish!

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A Day At the Dr.

Last week Lillian was not feeling well and when she slept almost an entire day I knew it was time to see the pediatrician.  The beginning of January we had to decided to switch to a Dr. that was closer to our house, and we had yet to meet her, well our first visit was an eventful one.  We arrived and after meeting the doc and talking for a few minutes she ordered a chest xray (which is oh so fun with a sick 2 year old).  Then we did a breathing treatment, which is also a blast.  The xrays came back and it confirmed Pneumonia.  We waited for about an hour and received an injection of meds (Poor girl slept on me the entire wait, and thankfully Matthew was in school at the time).  We picked up a prescription and then Matthew, and headed home for a weekend of staying home and not doing much of anything.  Good thing is she is starting to eat again, and not sleep as much.  Also I really adore our new doctor and am very happy at how she handled the situation.

 

{Our very sick, tired and cranky girl}

I hate when my kiddos are sick, and we have been so lucky that before this the worst illness we had in our household was an ear infection.  I of course am having horrible mommy guilt for not taking her in sooner, but with just a cough and a fever that had gone away I thought it was just a cold that would pass on its own.

I am hoping this is the end of germs in our house this winter (we were all already sick over Christmas).

**So I took Matthew to the doctor today (after originally typing this) and of course he has an ear infection, why wouldn't he.  Thankfully he isn't complaining at all, he didn't even mention his ear bothering him.  

My to-do for the day is to Clorox everything in sight!