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Showing posts with label pinterest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pinterest. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Felt Christmas Tree

I finally got around to making Griffin a felt Christmas tree. I have had the stuff for like two weeks! Actually, I had all of the felt except the large green piece, so this project only cost us $2. I kept putting it off because I felt like it was going to take me forever to cut it all out, and I was worried it wouldn't stick so easily. I have no idea why I thought these things and they both ended up being false!

It took me about 15 minutes to cut everything out and get it up. Yep quick quick! Griffin was very excited while I was working on it, and could barely wait for me to get the next ornament cut for him to take to the tree! But once we got the whole thing up, he has just not been interested! Ha! He likes to go over and take all of them off, but he isn't really interested in putting them back. Maybe it will grow on him? It cracks me up how much he loved it as I made it though. Kids!

I would still say try it. It was cheap, quick and he will prob love it tomorrow. I may even get hardcore and cut out lights to put on it like the one I saw on Pinterest... Maybe.







Sunday, October 7, 2012

Pinterest Hoarding







Most are guilty of it, Pinterest hoarding that is. We pin and pin and pin, but rarely make the time to try out any of the great ideas we "save for later". I am trying to make a point of trying out or "doing" at least one of my pins a month (and hoping to do much more!). So here is a summary of all the Pinterest ideas I have attempted thus far:

Tub Cleaner: For starters, I did exactly what this pin said and heated this before mixing. I wouldnt do that next time. It then made the mixture very very frothy and hard to squirt. Once I let it cool down (like a day or two later), it worked great. It really did take soap scum off pretty easily and kept it at bay for quite awhile. I did not love the smell (very vinegary). 

# 1: For Griffin's Bday I took a cue from this pin and made two #1's from pictures of his first year. Super simple and soooo cute! We still have them up on our mantle because we just hated to only use them for a day. 

Busy Bags: I am going to do a whole post on this soon, but wanted to just say Pinterest has great ideas for kid learning activities. 

Recipes:

Sausage wheels: These were yummy but messy and harder to do than they look. I used pizza crust dough and not crescent dough, so that could have been the problem. They were hard to roll tightly, and then came apart after I cut them. But once they baked they were yummy and stayed together. 

Ranch Greek Yogurt: I have seen a few versions of this one. I did the one linked here, which involved greek yogurt, milk and ranch seasoning. Verdict- it tasted good but was pretty liquidly.  I would just do the yogurt and seasoning next time. 

Ranch Pork Chops: Loved them. Easy, quick to put together, and yummy. 

Balsamic Pork Loin: I did this one according to the instructions, but next time I would just mix it all together and throw it in at the beginning. 

Nutella No Bake Cookies: SOOOO yummy. And really easy too. 

Shredded Chicken: This one was easy and yummy too. 


Monday, September 17, 2012

Meal Planning Monday



A few food related things from last week:

- Dont put things that you know you (or your spouse) really dont want on your meal plan. I know that Mr.Pate is not a big salmon fan (though during our dating days he always acted super happy for me to cook it for him for lunch...). Its my favorite food! But I am not the biggest fan of how mine tastes, versus eating it out. So we ate out instead of having salmon as planed one night last week. 
- I made 2 pinterest recipes this week! I made these pinwheels for community group tonight, and these roll-ups to take to Becky's last night. The verdicts: 1. The roll ups were good but I made them large (2 cresents together) and I think they are better smaller (just 1). 2. The pinwheels were yummy but messy. I chose to use pizza crust, which was too big I think. Yay for actually doing something I pinned though! 

Up this week: 
  • Monday: Balsamic Pork Roast in the Crock Pot with Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans (Never had this one, so Ill let you know how it goes)
  • Tuesday: Grilled Chicken and Baked Potatoes
  • Wednesday: Eat at Church
  • Thursday: Ham & Cheese Stromboli (a super old fav!)
  • Friday: North Warren's Fall Festival
  • Saturday: Leftovers/ WKU Game!
  • Sunday: Community Groups (have to take a dessert... hummm any ideas for me?)
Ham and Broccoli Shortcut Stromboli1 package (10 oz) refrigerated pizza dough1 can (10 ¾ oz) Campbell’s 98% Fat Free Cream of Celery Soup1 cup cooked chopped broccoli2 cups cubed cooked ham1 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese

1. Preheat oven to 400ยบ2. Unroll dough onto greased baking sheet (I use a baking stone)3. Mix soup, broccoli and ham. Spread soup mixture on one side of dough (leave one inch on the edges). Top with the cheese.4. Fold the dough over the mixture long ways and pinch all sides to seal.5. Bake 20 minutes or until golden brown. Slice and serve. Yields 4 servings.



Tuesday, July 10, 2012

My first pinterest toy


I am trying to actually go back to my pinterest boards and take action on some of these ideas I spend so much time pinning! My first attempt was super simple and a total hit with Griffin. To make, take a puffs container and cut a slit in the top.  Then just get either large buttons, tokens or something similar and teach your little one to drop them in the slit. This works on fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Easy and quick.