November Ipsy Bag (review)

  The November bag is titled rockstarlet!  This bag is a navy blue bag with a star ipsy zipper tag!  I received 5 items in my bag.

First up is OFRA cosmetic laboratories banana highlighting powder.

Net wt: 0.14 oz

I am not real familiar with highlighting so this will be interesting experimenting.

Next product was Pūr-lisse Blue Lotus Prevent balancing moisturizer.

Net wt: .5oz

This cream is for normal to dry to sensitive skin.  Perfect for under makeup and aids in fine line prevention.  It has a pleasant smell and was easy to blend in without any residue.

A beautiful brush was in my bag this time as I have grown accustomed to.

This SLMissGlam brush was an angled eye W20.  Embellished with some bling on the end!

Mad Lash black mascara by the Balm Cosmetics.

Net wt: 0.08 glad oz.

Lastly, a pop of color for my lips!  Ciaté London Liquid Velvet in Diva shade.

Net wt: 2ml

There  you have it all zipped up in my November Ipsy Rockstarlet bag!

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Meal plan 11/21-11/24

  Thanksgiving is almost here.  All I have to do is just get to that day.  Then I am home free with leftovers for a few days; well depending on how much I make.  When you have a large family sometimes leftovers are hard to come by.

11/21 Breakfast in bed (mommas got a migraine)
Eggs and toast

11/22 chili and cornbread

Chili:http://wholesomemommy.com/meal-solution-6-chili-night/

Cornbread: http://wholesomemommy.com/beyond-beans-cornbread/

11/23 Chicken
https://www.campbells.com/kitchen/recipes/easy-chicken-and-pasta/

11/24 Thanksgiving Feast
Turkey dinner with all the fixings!

11/25 leftovers

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Letter H Preschool (recap)

Letter H can get the creativity going at a intense speed.  H is for hammer. The boy loves his hammer.

He did get to start his week off with a horse (ok I know it's a pony but close enough).

  Even when I give him worksheets I try to change them up.  Some of the ones in his workbook I keep from letter to letter but hands on ones I change the rules on sometimes.

  Instead of using dot markers we used beans this time but, first he had to make alphabet soup!

 He was digging out the beans.

Pouring them in the pot to cook.

Now he had to use the pot holder because the pan was h for hot!

He found the letter H!

He also used his fingers to make the h on this worksheet.

  Hand eye coordination, patience and slowing down was all practiced with this page!

  Did you catch our h for hand turkey project?

He tried to make hearts for his h worksheet.  I tried to show him with two fingers and one finger but that was the same unsuccessful outcome.  He knew what it was supposed to be and kept trying.  Maybe by February he will have perfected it.

Lastly we finished with playdough!

H is for happy!  For this I asked for a face and he said he couldnt.  I showed him a few and he realized a face needed more than just a mouth.  I asked for 3 happy faces and I got them! 

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Crafty Turkeys

  As the day is slowly approaching I decided it was time to make the bird.  Of course I have two eager artists but add some paint

and those eager kids are ecstatic!

They love to make art with their hands.
The paint tickles them and they think it's hilarious.

The result of two painted hands is two painted turkeys.

 The only thing needed for this craft is: paper
different color paint
a paint brush
A pair of hands
I then used a crayon to add legs and a beak and goggley eyes!

Gobble, gobble.

Now grab those kids hands and make a turkey keepsake! 

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Weekly Recap

    It's funny to think you never do anything until you sit down for a moment and reflect on the week that passed.  For me reflecting on the week kind of grounds me.  It helps me know that I did actually do something.  Maybe got to do something I wanted too, alone time happened even if it was momentary or I accomplished a goal or task.

  We went to a fall festival.  Nothing is better  then games, ponies, bounce house, rides candy and snowcones free! Perfect weather was just a bonus!

  We also started our week off with a stop at a local museum.  The were celebrating 50 years!  Even though we missed the cake we saw plenty of animals and dinosaurs!

My 2nd official mammogram went better then the first.  Read more of that story here.  I had the mammogram reading then a few days later I met to receive the results.  I received a clean bill of health for this visit.  I will tell you when you have a scare you look at life differently.  It's a frightening experience.  I have never found that peace of mind again.  

I made dinner at home 3 days this week as one night was dinner out.  

Tuesday was salmon.

Wednesday was breakfast (pancakes).

Thursday was pulled pork tacos from the crockpot.

Did you catch our crafts this week? A turkey here and a turkey there.

I'm still reading this book.

Next book is.

My workout has gone pretty good.  I have been working out regularly.  I haven't gone to the gym everyday but between cardio and the gym; I have rode and ran 4 days this week! 

I was even thrilled hen I told myself to keep riding one day and made it almost 13 miles!

          

I have big plans this weekend and I can't wait to share them with you! Stay tuned!

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Turkey Day

A turkey day from nature.

Grab a pinecone, leaves in different shapes and colors, and glue!

I drizzled glue into the crevices of the pinecone and then inserted the leaves.  Stack the leaves in largest to smallest from the back working your way forward.  See how I added my bigger leaves in the back and even added the colored ones in the front.

I cut out the head, beak and wattle and glued them together; then added the eyes.  Again you can add a drizzle of glue in the pinecone or just wedge it in.

I obviously skipped the feet part but I did use the caps of a milk container to prop them up or even angle them and it worked out perfect! 

Great project for kids and the uniqueness  of  their turkeys will shine through.

Gobble, gobble

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Party Time

        (Photo credit to VLM Facebook page) *


  This past weekend a local museum celebrated a milestone.  The Virginia Living Museum turned the big 5-0!  To complete the party though you need to invite people so they invited the whole community to celebrate!  The admission was pocket change!

  My kids

to get out on a Sunday and we were excited to see a new exhibit!

  This museum is a great visual story of a variety of species that call Virginia home.  Animals ranging from birds to four legged creatures, swimmers to crawlers, scales or fur covered.  You are able to touch critters, see animals in their habitat view the stars and learn along the way!  There's a store to purchase your souvenirs, a planetarium and a outside trail to get plenty of air as you meet more animals outside.

Little ones got to take a peek at what lives in the water.  I'm not sure if they will ever swim again.

The fox was on the move.  Animals that move are so much better for kids to observe versus the sleeping  less actives ones.

Whose paw print is that?  My son had fun touching the prints of animals.  His hand was bigger then some and smaller then some.  Birds have different feet then the fox.  Always having fun and learning while doing it.

The eagles watched us while we watched them.  I love seeing these beautiful majestic birds.

Of course the main event for us was the dinosaurs!  This exhibit was under construction the last time we were here.

The children were able to get a closer look at a couple toddler dinosaurs.  These were strictly look and touch but don't ride.

It takes a lot of patience to dig in a sand box and not play.

There were big and small dinosaurs or maybe it was mom's and babies but I'm not really sure how you tell.

My daughter giving you a size comparison of a leg.

My son giving you a size comparison of a foot print.

Maybe that's not a good enough comparison.  After all I think my kids are pretty short.

Overall we had a fun time celebrating  a great museum on our Sunday afternoon.  Even if we missed the cake!  Don't tell the kids.

*Lol, when I left the statue boy didn't have the banner or hat anymore.


Find our morning about the museum here.


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