May Crowning (Part 2)

Yikes, I never updated about our domestic May Crowning!

The night before middle dd made some blueberry muffins.  When they got up they found a "crown" of muffins and a Rosary made from raisins and craisins for breakfast.  Dd added the cross. [photos below] We crowned our little humble plastic statue with the detached crown that fits in a little hole and played Marian songs from the computer and a Little Flowers CD .

We later had rice krispie treat crowns and root beer floats.  Here is the recipe I followed for the treats (from their own website) but I used real butter, homemade marshmallows, and organic puffed cereal (next time I will use pure puffed rice ).

http://www.ricekrispies.com/en_US/default.html#/en_US/recipes/gluten-free-treats

I used this recipe for the marshmallows.  Dd did it with me as assistant :).  We completely left out the corn syrup and it was fine.  I don't even have corn syrup in the house and omit it from recipes (unless I need to substitute with honey occasionally).

http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/106/Marshmallows

They made Mary lapbooks.

These are the homemade marshmallows in progress.  Youngest enjoyed slicing them into squares.

Our rice krispie treats did NOT turn out like I expected (I wanted to make crowns but made blobs instead!).  I used store-bought sourdough bread to make the lily sandwiches.

 We used these special cups for our root beer floats as a special vessel.

What's Green?

Organic bug repellant:
http://www.ecomom.com/natural-bath-and-skincare-products/skin/protect/bye-bye-bugs-organic-insect-repellent.html

What's Cookin'?

Hashbrowns:
http://www.cheeseslave.com/hash-browns/

If you sign up for Cultures of Health's newsletter you get a free pdf of a Kefir Recipe eBook.  I ran out of time on page 16 (that's my note to self!).  I quit kefir last year (killed it with our move) but am currently on a cultured buttermilk kick.  I plan on substituting buttermilk or yogurt in the recipes:
http://www.culturesforhealth.com/free-ebooks-fermented-cultured-foods

What's Organizin'?

Check out this ultra-cool calendar/planner!
http://orgjunkie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/chaos-simplified.jpg

Here is another one:
http://orgjunkie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/polestar-inside.jpg

I think this would be a good one to log each child's 4-H activities as they do them (as a log, not planner).  Each child's name could be at the top and whatever they do that day in the squares (like made brownies, dog treats).  It could also be used as a Montessori shelf work log for the parent with multiple children or for the child for different areas.
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