Krispy Canada Day Treats: Kidz in the Kitchen

Jun 30 2010

Posted by Elizabeth as Adventures in Parenting, Kidz In The Kitchen

Gooey sticky crunchy sweetness in a muffin-sized glob…

What’s not to like?

Simply melt 1/3 cup of margarine, with 1 bag (about 8 cups) of large marshmallows until it is all melted and then stir in (about 6 cups) Rice Krispies until they are all mixed to the right consistency… you may need to change my portions, a little.

Have your kids grease up their hands and the muffin tray with a block of margarine.

Once, they are all greased up, you can spoon out portions of the krispy mix and cool it off a little for them. Then, hand them the globs to roll around in their hands and press into the muffin tin.

Once you are done, you can sprinkle chocolate chips on top to finish it off with some extra chocolately goodness.

These are the perfect sizes to snack on and are a great shape for little guys to grab!

Enjoy.

Don’t forget to enter the giveaway for Creative Memories Storybook Creator with Lori Douglas. You have until tomorrow night to get your entries in!

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Let’s Get Crazy With Science

Jun 24 2010

Posted by Elizabeth as Adventures in Parenting

Have you checked out the Big Little Science Centre, yet? Located in Bert Edwards School of Science and Technology (711 Windsor Ave), the Big Little Science Centre began in February 2000 and has intrigued many children of all ages, since.

Lots of great hands-on explorations and fantastic demonstrations are sure to get you and your little ones hooked on the world of discovery and shake any intimidation of “Science”. Science ROCKS!

If you would like to get out to the BLSC and check out the fantastic displays and intriguing demonstrations, come out on Saturday, June 26th!

From 10:30 to 12, the centre will be featuring “Top Ten Crazy Science” just for kamloopsparents.com. Of course, everyone is invited to attend but the show promises to be like no other!

Explosions!

Static!

Wild and Crazy Stuff!

There is lots of fun to be had. Feel free to pack a picnic lunch and stay and play after the morning in the centre.

Will we see you there? Admission will be 4$ per person and kids 5 and under are free (max 9$ per family)

The centre is open during the summer and offers summer camps, as well. If you are interested in finding out more about the centre, you can ask when you are there on Saturday, or check out their website or their facebook page.

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French Toast: Kidz in the Kitchen

Jun 23 2010

Posted by Elizabeth as Adventures in Parenting, Family Time, Kidz In The Kitchen, One Parents Perspective

Petit Déjeuner?

We love carbohydrate-loaded breakfasts in my house. French Toast is a big hit, but it is a rare treat. I just happened to think “Oh, I should make French Toast” while I was in the grocery store, one day, at the same time as I walked past the French Bread. That’s so rare. My brain was firing on all cylinders, that day!

So… we snacked on some thick, white, store-bought French bread (a rare thing in my house) at dinner and kept some for the next morning.

Milk (1 cup), eggs (5), and a little vanilla (1 tsp) and nutmeg (1/4 tsp).

Mixed together by my 2 year-old…

Dipped and flipped by my 5 year-old…

Put onto the griddle and finished off by me.

Slathered with butter, plain yogurt (yes!!), and syrup… Yummm!!

Délicieux!

Anyone want to check out some awesome science, this Saturday?

Come to the Big Little Science Centre at 10:30am and see the Top Ten Crazy Science and More.

It will be educational fun for the whole family!

Hope to see you there!

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Drawing Dough (aka a huge mess): Crafting With Kids

Jun 22 2010

Posted by Elizabeth as Adventures in Parenting, Crafting with Kids, One Parents Perspective

Well, I have a new gadget – an iphone. I was searching through the applications and came across a sweet one when I searched “craft”. It’s the Disney Channel Family Craft App and it is great!

So, as I was perusing the different options, I came across “drawing dough” and simply had to try it out.

It’s really simple. You just add 1/3 cup of flour, water and salt together, put it into some kind of squirt bottle and away you go!

Well, I had a syrup bottle in my craft stash and so I thought I would give it a shot with that. I also had some extra KoolAid left over from the PlayDough and so I thought that we would use that for colour.

Step 1: Mix 1/3 cup each of coloured water, flour and salt and stir to remove any clumps.

Step 2: Pour the “drawing dough” into the squeeze bottle.

Step 3: Squeeze to paint and enjoy…

We totally had fun with the squeezing, but it soon turned into just squirting a huge pile of dough onto the page and then finger painting it.

But, why not, right?

When this drawing dough dries, the salt crystals show up to make a really neat “puffy” effect!

I totally would recommend that you give this a whirl because it was a great mess to make, super easy and lots of fun!

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Fitting in Fitness in Kamloops: “Don’t knock it ’till you try it”

Jun 21 2010

Posted by Guest as Adventures in Parenting, Fitting in Fitness, One Parents Perspective

Miranda Brown is a homeschooling Mama of six beautiful children.

“My running journey started when my 5th baby was 5 months old. I decide I would try something new. I saw an ad in Kamloops Daily News for “Run Club” to start training for the annual Boogie the Bridge. So I quickly signed up while I had myself convince it was a good idea.
I did 2 sessions with Kamloops Run Club and then found out I was expecting baby number 6.
I hadn’t loved running at that point at all.

So fast-forward to 10 months post baby number 6. I decide to give this running thing another try.
If you have never run before, there is nothing worse than trying to go out and run without stopping. It can be incredibly HARD and discouraging. Which is what I had always thought runners did?

So a girlfriend and I decide to follow the run club interval training program.
Week one we would run 1 minute and walk 5 and we did this 5 times, every other day for one week. As the weeks went on we increased our running time and decreased our walking. So by the time we had done 6 weeks we were running 7 walking 2 for 5K. We were ready for Boogie the Bridge.

(Miranda finished Boogie the Bridge 2010 within her time goal. Way to go, Miranda!)

I highly recommend that when you are going to start running to find a friend to do it with. It will keep you accountable but also give you that time to meet on adult level.
You will also need a good support system, someone to encourage you to meet your goals, someone to watch you children while you go for your run, and if you are a nursing mom a really good supporting sports bra! Oh and good shoes are a must!

I never thought I would love running, when I first started I came up with every reason why I shouldn’t go. I mean I’m a busy mom there is always something that needs to be done. But I stuck it out, and I am so thankful I did because I have way more energy then I ever thought possible. My head feels crisp and alert, my muscles are toned and I all around feel really healthy.

Someone said to me when I first started “the hardest thing about running is getting your shoe’s on and getting outside.” This is so true.

But let me encourage you to give running a try, you may just love it.”

Are you interested in being a fitness-feature parent? Just e-mail me at elizabeth@kamloopsparents.com