The Reluctant Mommy Blogger

I found this easy three ingredient snack on pinterest. It was good!

I spent most of the day yesterday re-organizing our classroom. It's now much easier for me to find everything I'm looking for when I need it and it's easier for the kids to reach their educational toys and exercises.

Back to school this week and we are into the fifth week of our curriculum. I know we're going kind of slowly with this, but we were travelling during the first two months of the school year. I actually plan on bringing week six on the road with us. We'll see how that works out while we are traveling. 

I made jello jigglers. I used my new ninja bread men cookie cutters. Now there are jello ninjas.

 

I love my new bread pans!

Here are the boys helping me make a fruit salad from the fruit Santa brought. Each year Santa always puts fruit in the stockings and a box of clementines somewhere near the tree. We needed to use up our bananas and this recipe is perfect for that! It's so easy to just have the kids assemble it, especially since clementines are so easy to peel. 

My favorite Christmas present wasn't one that I got, but one that the kids got. Santa brought them LeapFrog Tag readers and a set of books. These things have made the bed time routine at night such a breeze. I'm not sure how long that will last, but it is definitely holding their interest for the time being.

Just a picture of the sky one night at sunset, as seen from my front door.

The day after Christmas we went to the National Zoo. We were going to try and go to the National Harbor to see the Ice Show at The Gaylord, but the ticket prices were outrageous! Then we thought we might go to the Botanical Gardens to see the trains set up, but when we drove by the line was wrapped around the building. So it was off to the zoo!

Trent and I have started making tomato soup from scratch. We make the meatball soup recipe from Deceptively Delicious, but don't make the meat balls. I love it. He says he does. I think he just likes making it.