Every year for Christmas and Easter dinner, my mom makes stuffing balls. I only recently began eating them. I am not a huge stuffing fan…I know some people who live for stuffing during holiday meals! When I lived at home with my parents, many times I would help my mom make the stuffing balls. I enjoyed chopping vegetables, so I…
I posted this recipe on my first blog site, but when I transferred my posts over to this website, this recipe did not come along. But it is too good to pass up, so I thought I would write a second post about it! I love the combination of coffee and chocolate. Mocha drinks are delicious, and so are cookies,…
Every year, my favorite Christmas ornaments to make with my students are made from two simple ingredients: cinnamon and applesauce. That’s it. It’s pretty incredible how they set up, actually! Each year, we fill the rooms and halls with the warm, spicy aroma of cinnamon. As we were making the ornaments this year, some of my former students walked by…
Every year, I love making Christmas ornaments with my students. First, we decorate our classroom tree, and then they take their ornaments home and decorate their family’s tree. One of the ornaments we made this year were salt dough ornaments. I do not do this activity every year with my students, as it depends on the amount of time we…
This post contains affiliate links. Please refer to our Disclosure Policy for details. For some reason, it struck me that I very rarely clean my yoga mat. And right about now, there are yogis everywhere cringing. So, I decided to a little bit of research and find out the components of mat cleaning spray. I knew from the beginning that…
Every year, I do many activities with my first grade students based upon The Gingerbread Man story. We read many different gingerbread man books, write about decorating a construction paper gingerbread man, and even perform a gingerbread man readers’ theater for the kindergarten class! But never have I actually made gingerbread cookies with my students (or ever, really)! I thought…
It’s December! I hung up the Christmas lights in my classroom last Tuesday, but I made my class wait until today to turn them on! Since I love Christmas lights, I think it actually may have been more difficult for me to wait than for my students! I am excited to start thinking about Christmas. I love picking out our…
Previously, I wrote a post about homemade facial cleanser using essential oils. To accompany that, I created a facial toner recipe for oily skin. I had purchased some essential oil toner from a company, and I really liked using it! But when I ran out, I decided to look at the ingredients, and figure out my own (much like I…
As probably all of you know, tomorrow is Thanksgiving. A day devoted to food, family, and football. But it is really so much more than that. While we should be thankful all year round, it is easy to get caught up in life and forget. And when I say “we,” I can really only speak for myself. I have always…
I recently saw a Facebook post by Pennsylvania DCNR stating that the Ricketts Glen falls trail has been closed for the season, due to ice buildup. The pictures were beautiful! It reminded me that I have not written about a Pennsylvania State Park in quite a while! Ricketts Glen is probably my favorite state park to visit. My family has…