Nutella Rice Krispie Treats

These sound so YUMMY. I made them for the kids for their after school snack.

Here is the recipe.

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup corn syrup
• 1 cup Nutella
• 6 cups crisped rice cereal

Instructions

1. Put sugar and corn syrup in a heavy sauce pan.
2. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently.
3. Remove from heat.
4. Stir in Nutella.
5. Stir in cereal.
6. Spread in greased 9x9 inch pan.

Preschool Time WK 2

THEME-"G" is for Garden

Monday-
Read the Creation Story. Talked about what God created on Day 1 and 2.

Sang the Creation Song

The Creation Song 
(Sung to the tune of Frere Jaques:)
In the beginning (in the beginning)
God created (God created)
Day and night (day and night)
On Day 1 (on Day 1) 
In the beginning (in the beginning)
God divided (God divided)
Water and sky (water and sky)
On Day 2 (on Day 2) 
In the beginning (in the beginning)
God created (God created)
Land, plants, and trees (land, plants, and trees)
On Day 3 (on Day 3) 
In the beginning (in the beginning)
God created (God created)
Sun, moon, and stars (sun, moon, and stars)
On Day 4 (on Day 4) 
In the beginning (in the beginning)
God created (God created)
Fish and birds (fish and birds)
On Day 5 (on Day 5) 
In the beginning (in the beginning)
God created (God created)
Animals and people (animals and people)
On Day 6 (on Day 6) 
In the beginning (in the beginning)

God rested (God rested)

Sang the ABC's
Counted as far as we could
This week we are learning the letter G so we practiced what the letter G sounds like and we practiced writing the letter G in our alphabet notebooks.
Watched the nursery rhyme Mary, Mary quite contrary on you tube.

We practiced zipping zippers.

Read the poem You Never Hear the Garden Grow by Lilian Moore
Row on row,
you never hear the garden
grow.

Seeds split.
Roots shove and reach.
Earth heaves.

Leaves unfurl.
Stems pierce the
ground.

Pea pods fatten.
Vines
stretch and curl.

Such growing 
going on
without a sound.

Listened to the song The Green Grass Grew All Around

Listened to what a Goose sounds like
Lesson on ABC Mouse
Had some salad for a snack

Tuesday-
Read the Creation Story again and talk about what God created on Day 3 and Day 4.
Sing the creation song from yesterday
Go outside and look at plants
Practice the sound G makes
Learn what a square is and draw one.
Go around the house looking for squares
Work on the chore of cleaning our rooms

Read the Poem
If you ever, ever, ever
meet a grizzly bear,
You must never, never, never
ask him where
He is going,
Or what he is doing;
For if you ever, ever dare
To stop a grizzly bear,
You will never
Meet another grizzly bear.

We read Giving by Shirley Hughes
Learn what a gorilla sounds like.
Lesson on ABC Mouse
Snack-granola bar

Wednesday-
Read the Creation Story again and talk about what God created on Day 5 and Day 6.
Sing the creation song again
Sing our ABC's
Count as far as we can
Practice counting how many blocks there are
Go to the library
Read the Poem Good Night by Victor Hugo
Good night! Good night! Far flies the light; But still God's love Shall flame above Making all Bright. Good night!
Good night!
Read the Story "The Golden Goose" by Uri Shulevitz
Listen to the song Golden Slumbers

Lesson on ABC Mouse
Snack-Graham Crackers

Thursday-
Read the Creation Story again and talk about what God did on day 7. 
Sing the creation song
Sing our ABC's
Count as far as we can
Practice making and writing the G
Make fingerprint flowers
Give fingerprint flowers to our friends
Read The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone
Listen to Amazing Grace

Lesson on ABC Mouse
Snack-Green Beans

Friday-
Play with play dough and make a garden
Read The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
Count seeds and place them in the right numbered egg carton spot
Do a puzzle
Play in the sensory bin
Read Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Play the Goodnight Moon Game
Pretend to gallop around the house
Practice writing the letter G
Lesson on ABC Mouse
snack-grape juice
Watch What's in the Bible with Buck Denver (Volume 1)
Here is the first few minutes of the super cute show

Menu Plan 9/7

Menu Plan week of 9/7

Breakfast

Sunday-French Toast
Monday-Pancakes
Tuesday-Banana Bread
Wednesday-Yogurt and granola
Thursday-Danish
Friday-Cereal
Saturday-Pancakes

Lunches

Sunday-Crackers, cheese, salami and fruit
Monday-Bagel and cream cheese, apple, string cheese
Tuesday-Sandwich, yogurt and orange
Wednesday-Sandwich, pretzels, grapes
Thursday-Sandwich, goldfish crackers, strawberries
Friday-Leftovers
Saturday-Ramen noodles

Dinner

Sunday-Elk Steak, broccoli and baked potatoes
Monday-Salmon, rice and salad
Tuesday-Hash browns, eggs and sausage
Wednesday-Tacos
Thursday-Crockpot Chicken in a Hurry, mac and cheese and corn
Friday-Hamburger patties, green beans and rice
Saturday-Elk Steak, mashed potatoes and salad and a raspberry breakfast braid for dessert.

Preschool Time

This week we have started up with preschool again. I love being able to teach my little's. 

This week's theme is "X" Marks the Spot

Tuesday

We started the day off with doing a treasure hunt. Finding all the X's which had a school supply and the big treasure was a bible. We are going to be learning about the bible this year along with all the other letters, numbers etc...

After finding all the treasures we sang the B-i-b-l-e song and the ABC song.

Counted as far as we could. Lil J counts to 17 and Lil W counts to 4

Learned about the letter X and the sound it makes.

Talked about what kinds of clothes we should wear for all the different seasons.

Listened to Saxophone music 

Read a poem

Extra Special X
by Katrina Lybbert

Excellent, exciting letter X!
So extra special is letter X.
Fox, box, mix, wax,
Phlox, ox, six, tax.
Always an adventure to explore,
With letter X, which we adore!

Had a X snack.

And last they each did a lesson on ABC Mouse. 

Wednesday

Sing the B-i-b-l-e song and ABC song

Count as far as we can.

Practice making the the shape of an X along with the sound an X makes.

Go on a hunt for anything that looks like an X 

Read Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss

Sing the song Six little Ducks

Learn about a FOX

Had another X snack

Teach them how to make their beds

Lesson on ABC mouse

Thursday

Sing the B-i-b-l-e Song and ABC song

Watch a veggie tales movie

Sing A Hunting we will Go

Practice making the shape of an X along with the sound of an X.

Play Tic tac toe

Play Freeze game with saxophone music.

Have the kids practice writing X all over a piece of paper and then help count how many they wrote.

Practice sharing toys.

Lesson on ABC Mouse

Friday

Hide some treasures and do another treasure hunt.

Play Tic Tac Toe

Play in the sensory bin.

Practice writing X's 

Play with play dough

Pretend to be Jack in the box and jump out of a box

Drive into town to look at the boxcars at the train yard.

Donate toys 

Lesson on ABC Mouse.



What a great first week of preschool. Hope you follow us each week to see what we are up too.

Weekly Menu Plan

Here is our menu plan for the week.

Breakfast

Wednesday-Muffins and fruit

Thursday-breakfast sandwiches

Friday-muffins and fruit

Saturday-Cereal

Lunches

Wednesday-Sandwiches, cheez its, pickles

Thursday-Waffles, blueberries, trail mix

Friday-crackers and cheese, cherry tomatoes

Saturday-leftovers

Dinner

Wednesday- hamburgers, corn on the cob and fruit salad

Thursday-crockpot creamy spaghetti

Friday-Elk Steak Chef salad

Saturday-Chili Blackberry Oatmeal Crisp

I have missed blogging.....

I haven't wrote a blog post in FOREVER....my life just became way to hectic. 5 kids, sports, preschool and daycare kids it all just seemed like I needed more hours in the day. Now we are at the first day of school for my 3 oldest and I only have my 2 youngest at home during the day with no extra munchkins. I'm going to try really hard to at least post once a week hopefully more. I would like to post about our preschool curriculum I'm doing at home with the little's, a weekly menu plan and whatever else comes my way like LIFE. Stay tuned.... 

Hello

Again it's been a few months since I have any checked out anyone's blogs let alone update my own.

I was gone most the summer visiting friends and family in Oregon, which is always so nice not only for me but also for my kids.

I have been slowly updating my house. Today I had a interior design class come in from a local university and they are going to redesign my kitchen and give me a presentation in about a month. It will be fun to see all their ideas, I think I will have 4 different designs.

My kids are all growing up SOOO fast, in a week my youngest daughter will be turning 3. 

Tomorrow I'm going to be shopping all day with my friend. Our first stop is Just Between Friends. If you haven't heard of this before you should check it out. Basically its a huge consignment shop filled with kids clothes and toys for super cheap. This is my first time going but my friend goes every time they have it which is twice a year in our area.

I have managed to lose about 10 pounds in 2 months which is pretty good I think, better than gaining right? 

Until next time my friends......