This year we started into our school year early, with just the basics – back in the hottest, most mosquito ridden days of summer. We went five weeks, still going to the pool in the mornings, building in subjects. Then, last week, we took off for the beach!! (We stayed in a beach house called […]
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Homemade Handprint Beach Crab T-Shirt
With a make-your-own souvenir t-shirt you can save money (whatever the cost of souvenir t-shirts are x seven family members). And, dipping everyone’s hands into red paint sure builds memories. My kind of stuff! With these cute crabs, we preserved children’s handprints too. So, last week at the beach, we made beach crab t-shirts as […]
SunButter No-Bake Energy Bites
Ah, Pinterest. A wealth of inspiration. Like these wonderful No-Bake Energy Bites. Adapted for our allergy-friendly needs with our favorite SunButter. Yum. Yum. Yum. Easy for children to mix up for a little cooking fun. Delicious with ground flax seed, coconut, honey, oatmeal, chocolate chips and SunButter. But simply not enough for us! Next time […]
Slow Cooker Mexican Chicken Recipe
Talk about a Hodgepodge favorite! Ever since my friend, Little Sanctuary, posted her Mexican Chicken recipe, we’ve enjoyed it at least once a month. That was until I found a slow cooker version of it. Now we sometimes enjoy it even more times than that. Most requested by eldest girl. It’s what she’s asked for […]
Shrimp Salad
We enjoyed fresh, boiled shrimp at the beach last week. Believe it or not, we had some left over. So, we threw together a shrimp salad. No certain amounts but just a few key ingredients. : Shrimp Salad leftover, boiled shrimp chopped pickle mayo, approximately 2 tablespoons. Old Bay Seasoning, to taste. Peel and chop […]
Last Days of Summer at Hodgepodge Lodge
The beach countdown chain only had one loop left. The muchly anticipated day arrived. Our goal? Soak up the last of summer. The last of August into Labor Day weekend. And get our toes in the sand! Face in the water! Grand sand castles built… We watched the sunrise and sunset seven days straight. Stand […]
Tech Tools at Habits for a Happy Home
The above graphic is one pinned on my weather board. Fitting for recent hurricane activity as well as tropical disturbances as we head into this weekend. I’ve also added the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center, Hurricane Center and Underground Weather resources. I’m sharing some tech tools organized on Pinterest over at Habits for a […]
Tech Tools
The above graphic is one pinned on my weather board. Fitting for recent hurricane activity as well as tropical disturbances as we head into this weekend. I’ve also added the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center, Hurricane Center and Underground Weather resources. You can view those here. Not only can Pinterest be used in all […]
Helpful Habit: What’s on your coffee table?
With five weeks of learning tucked behind us, we officially took this week off. Even so, learning still happens. So, here are some highlights and fun, project and play sorts of things we did this week. Soaking up the last of summer… 1. Edible Sand dessert thanks to Household Ways. | 2. Last Days of […]
Loving Living Math
“From the time my children were in kindergarten, I have followed the same basic weekly schedule for math. We typically complete three textbook lessons per week and two living math lessons per week.” ~ Cindy West Cindy West’s Loving Living Math has given my family permission. Permission to learn and enjoy the real life stuff […]
Barbie Circus
~Another favorite from the archives in honor of the third blogoversary of Hodgepodge this month. This one, about Middle Girl, back when she was just six… Ken was the strong man. He wore Dora the Explorer’s pants and lifted the tissue box. The clown told colorful knock-knock jokes. The Barbie radio played the songs I […]
Pinterest Makeover
Pinterest is the ultimate visual bookmarking tool and I have had lots of fun using it for organizing all kinds of ideas and inspirations. While I have loved! the recipes on Pinterest , I would have a hard time narrowing them down to a few, so I decided to spotlight recent finds I pinned for […]
My favorite Pinterest finds!
So do you have a Pinterest account yet? Oh my…. it is indeed an addiction! It is great though! My creativity gets flowing and I do actually try some of the ideas and recipes! Here are some of my favorites! These are delicious! I made the chicken before hand in the crock pot with a […]