Weekly Photo Collage :: Fitness & Frosting – 3/22/2013

Jacob and I started reading The Bronze Bow.  If you remember we just finished reading Treasure Island, which was a struggle for both of us to get through.  I had high hopes for The Bronze Bow and so far it hasn’t disappointed.  We read the first chapter and a Jacob said “wow, that was actually pretty good”.  Believe me, that’s high praise for him! {FYI, it’s an excellent price at Amazon right now}

The younger kids and I spent the week learning about Beatrix Potter and reading some of her stories.  The Beatrix Potter Treasury has a nice biography at the beginning and then several of her most popular stories.

If you have never seen Miss Potter, I highly recommend it.  Very interesting movie about the life of Beatix Potter.
We took treats into Jacob & Sarah’s Tae Kwon Do for their birthdays this month.  Simple and easy.  Graham crackers frosting sandwiches dipped in chocolate with some sprinkles.

It was a crowd pleaser :)

Around the House:

I’m still cleaning and purging.  This last weekend was our family closet.  I mostly did some purging of some of my clothes.  I realized that it would be a more effective use of my time to revisit the closet when birthday season at our house is over and when spring really hits and it’s time to switch out clothes.

The calendar may say it’s spring, but this is not spring people.



Healthy Living:

We are heading into phase 3 with the Ultimate Reset, we finish up on Holy Thursday.

This week the blog was all about Healthy Living.  Did you have a chance to enter to with the fitness basket?  It ends today!

On Tuesday I shared the 5 Things I Love About Shakeology, then I gave 9 Ways to Stay Motivated to Exercise, and finally I shared 8 Tips for Beachbody’s Ultimate Reset


Blog Happenings:

How do you celebrate the Easter season?  Earlier this week I shared some of the ways that we Celebrate the Easter Season in our home.

Finally, I’m at the Home School Village today talking about A Homeschooling Spring Cleaning {plus a FREE printable!}

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!


Homegrown Learners

Comments

  1. Rebecca Ray says

    I’ve been working in our closets too this week. I just hate trying clothes on. I just want to hold onto it all, but I’m trying to make my clothes more manageable….I really like the frosting graham crackers too. That does seem very easy for a birthday treat.

  2. Phyllis says

    I love the books and the graham cracker treats. It doesn’t feel like spring here either, but it sounds like you are getting a leg up on spring cleaning with your closets!

  3. Jessy Gaffen says

    Isn’t the family closet awesome?! I never considered having one until about 2-3 months ago. My friend with 9 kids has one so I was familiar with it, but I only have 3. I was getting frustrated with the kids not putting their clean or dirty clothes away and rewashing everything. So, now ONE closet! Simpler! And I know what’s dirty and clean! :wink:

  4. Patty says

    I was just about to suggest the movie Miss Potter! I watched it again recently at our moms night out. It is a tear jerker….for a moment there, isn’t it? Such a sweet woman :) The birthday snacks looked like a winner! Have a good weekend!

  5. Homegrown Learners says

    Jen — we LOVED The Bronze Bow – I read it to both kids last year and it still remains one of our favorite books. They talk about it often!

  6. Tricia Hodges says

    Frosting graham crackers?? yum! And yes, we are seeing signs of spring but it’s still a bit nippy here too :)

  7. Sharla Kostelyk says

    Those graham cracker treats look like they would be a crowd pleaser! Your fitness and decluttering is inspiring and one of these days, I may get up and actually try to follow your lead. Keep the inspiration coming!

  8. Lori_KeepingItSimple says

    I remember loving the bronze bow with my older girls, but I can’t remember for the life of me what it is about. I’ll have to pull it off the shelves! I LOVE the birthday treats! Happy birthday to your kiddos! I am so bummed I missed your basket give away- I meant to come back to enter, but this week just got away from me. I’ll try and send a bit of spring your way. ;)

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