disney, Gathered thoughts

Mondays & Disney Cups

Happy Monday!

.

Here’s to another week of Adventure,fun,learning and teaching and the perfect cup as we head into the week 📚

Here are a few other favorite cups for the week as we channel our inner Belle 💙

We earn a small portion of your purchase when you use our links..Thank you for supporting our blog💜

disney, Disneyland, downtown disney

Belle & the Beast

“Here’s where she meets Prince Charming, but she won’t discover that it’s him ’til chapter three!” -Belle

.

This is one of our favorite displays in downtown Disney at the Lego Store.I wonder how long it took the brick builders to build??Any ideas?

Here are some of our favorite Lego sets that you can do at home💙

We are an Amazon Affiliate and receive a small commission on your purchase when you click through our links above…thank you for supporting our blog💚💙💜


California adventure, disney, Disneyland

Pym Test Kitchen

Giant pretzels! Yes!! Head over to the Pym Test Kitchen @californiaadventurepark ⭐️

.

Ant Man & Wasp led a team of research chefs as they explore using the shrink and grow of Pym Particles  on food @pymtestkitchen  @avengerscampus ⭐️

homeschooling

Candy Corn Math Fun 🍁

Who knew that candy corn made the perfect greater or less than symbol for math🍁
.
It such a fun way to teach math when you can incorporate some fall fun into the lesson plan🍂


We are an Amazon Affiliate and earn a small commission on your purchase when you use our link above…Thank you for supporting our blog❤💚💜

American Girl Doll, Book, homeschooling

Felicity~American Girl Doll History

Felicity

Recently ,we had the opportunity to learn about Felicity Merriman for our American Girl Doll History Class.
.
It was so fun going back in time to Williamsburg, Va and taking a peek inside Colonial living and what it would have been like living in Felicitys time.
.
We jumped right in and started with making our butter and our spiced almonds.

.
The butter took lots and lots of shaking the heavy cream .. then letting it sit and then shaking throughout which gave us two products, A cream to use with our scones and then shaking some more produced the butter. 

.
We also worked on coating the almonds in between the butter so we rotated everyone through to have a chance to make the spiced nuts. 

.
While the spiced nuts cooked, we sat down to have our tea party . We enjoyed scones with raspberry compote( our version of the raspberry flummery) and the cream from our shaking. We also enjoyed Felicity’s Liberty Tea which is actually red Raspberry leaf tea without any added sweeteners. We also talked about proper tea service and table setting , something Felicity would have learned at her Tea lessons. It’s fun seeing how these simple traditions are carried through time. 
.



Below are some helpful links, the recipes, printables , books and activities,I used in class⭐️


Butter in a jar:

https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/how-to-make-butter-in-a-jar/


Spiced Nuts:

https://dandridgehousedolls.com/2019/05/17/felicitys-spiced-nuts/


Felicity Lesson plan:

https://fieldsofdaisies.com/product/colonial-america-american-girl-felicity-printable-power-pack/


Books :

Movie:

We are an Amazon Affiliate and receive a percentage of your purchase when you use our links…Thank you for supporting our blog❤🧡💜

homemaking, homesteading, Money Saving

Harvesting Leeks


We harvested leeks from our garden this weekend and to say I was overjoyed is an understatement! We have tried to grow them before with no results and then this years harvest was amazing! 

.

We were able to fill the freezer with chopped leeks to add to one of our favorite soups .. leek and potato.. Yumm! 

.

The part of the leek that is generally harvested is the white bulb part, but that left all the leaves and so I wanted to know if I could use those . 

.

I was happy to find out they can be used to make stock and there are several recipes where they roasted them. We chose to try adding them to stock. 

.

If you have a favorite leek recipe please share in comments ❤️


Clicking on the link above will earn us a small commission on your purchase…thank you for supporting our blog ❤💛🧡

Affiliate, disney, Gathered thoughts

Don’t just fly, SOAR ⭐️

Happy Tuesday! Here’s to crushing today’s goals! You can do it! Whatever waits past your cup of coffee this am , invite God into it and go! Even if you don’t know how it will all work out or look today , He does❤️

.

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” (‭‭Joshua‬ ‭1‬‬:‭9‬ ESV)


Clicking the links above will earn us a small percentage of your sale ..Thank you for helpig support our blog!