The ELF on the Shelf!

A friend of mine just told me about this book and I am excited to be getting mine in the mail next week!!

You can find it Here or Here:)

What is it about? --

"This clever holiday book uses playful rhymes and an entertaining story to remind kids that Santa is watching who’s naughty and nice. The accompanying elf keeps an eye on children by day, reports to the North Pole after bedtime and returns to a different location in the home, creating a fun hide-and-seek game each morning."

And the parent reviews said it helped their kids behave better this time of year...

Well that sold me!!

Now I am crossing my fingers that it works;)

○YuMmY pLaY-DoUgH○

Pumpkin Spice Playdough:
2 cups water

orange food coloring (or combine yellow and red)

2 TBSP vegetable oil

1 cup salt

4 tsp. cream of tartar

3 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
2 cups flour

Combine all ingredients in large pan on stove. Over medium heat, stir until most of the lumps disappear and it thickens up to a dough-like consistency. Put on countertop and knead like bread dough. Store in a air-tight container.

Chocolate Playdough:

Mix together:

1 1/4 cup flour

1/2 cup cocoa

1/2 cup salt

2 tsp. cream of tartar

Make sure you combine these ingredients until they are thoroughly mixed together. Then add 1 1/2 T. cooking oil and 1 cup boiling water. Mix and knead until you have a nice smooth ball of dough.

Roberts Give Away!!

Robert's Arts & Crafts is having a FREEBIE FRIDAY giveaway! Check it out!! There is a cricut cartridge involved!! Check it out, and enter to win!! :)

HAVE YOU SEEN THESE??

I have never heard of a Tooth Fairy Pillow before, until today. A friend of mine got one for her little girl. She said go to www.etsy.com, and type in Tooth Fairy Pillows. There are tons to choose from!! Such a cute idea. From what I understand, you put the tooth inside the pillow pocket, then the Tooth Fairy leaves treats inside! BRILLIANCE! I swear, whenever my kids finally start to loose some teeth, I am getting some! Click HERE for information regarding the above pillow.

HaLlOwEeN Preschool Movies

My Preschool age children LOVE these movies!! (My older children do, too. But Shhh! They would probably be mad if I told.) It really gets us in the Halloween spirit around here, when we watch these. We even pop popcorn, and put them in festive Halloween cupcake wrappers.

Halloween Forest Centerpiece

Doesn't this look like fun?!

Directions:
Black licorice, threaded with wire and shaped to make a forest of spindly trees, makes this creative non edible Halloween table topper. Snip off the ends of six pieces of black licorice and push heavy-gauge wire through the holes of each piece. Holding the pieces together in the middle, bend the ends to form a tree trunk. Bend the opposite ends to form gnarled tree branches and wrap black wire around the center of the pieces to hold it all together. Repeat for each tree. Place each tree atop a chocolate-frosted graham cracker, add a candy-corn fence, and arrange mini artificial pumpkins under the trees to complete the landscape.

Thanks for the idea, Parents.com.

~Picky Sticky~

I snatched these up from babyhalfoff.com right after the little man turned 4 months old.  Man I wish I could have found them sooner.  But they still are GREAT and fun to use.  Just peel, stick to a onsie and snap some pictures:)  When your done just take off and I plan to stick them in his scrapbook along with the photos.  These are great for a shower gift or if you are expecting!!  They also have milestone ones...i.e. I can sit, I crawl etc.    These are the boy ones and I bought my adorable niece Baby P some girlie ones.  They also carry generic:)  Check out their website for all the info PICKY STICKY.

My handsome little man is 5 months old - YEAH!!