Recycled Crayons

Worst picture ever, I know... but I wanted to share these sweet little crayons that the littles and I made over the weekend. Like many of you, we have an ever growing pile of broken crayons that are too small to use (or, in the case of my Curly Girl, that she broke to make too small for her brother to use...). Either way, I hate to just dump them, so we made some new rainbow crayons. 

This is the easiest project in the world! All I did was spray my crafting muffin tin with some cooking spray and fill each cup with pieces. I did try to break the bigger chunks in to smaller, similar sized pieces. I wanted to stick with similar colors, but the littles did a few of their own, and we have several rainbow chunks that they love. Then I placed the tin in an oven heated to 275* until they were melted. Sorry, I don't remember how long they were actually in there... you know how that goes. Once melted, I let them cool on top of the oven, and once the tin was cool, I moved it to the freezer until they were solid. They popped right out, and we colored with them right away! We sang the ROYGBIV song from Cat in the Hat as we did it, so I think it counts as a lesson too~ LOVE that!

So what have you been up to lately?

Shaking the Dust Off

Hello, my lovely friends!! I'm feeling a bit chatty today and have a few moments before my sweet girl awakens, so I thought I'd say hello! I can't believe it's been three months of silence on this page, but I can't say that I regret it... life has been pretty good. We've done a lot of growing & playing, making & baking, and I even took on a new business just to keep things jam-packed. God has been gracious in keeping us relatively healthy (nothing but the yuck that sort of comes with the season...). We've seen Him all around us, and for all these gifts I can't even for a minute say I'm sorry for not posting more often. Y'all know how it is, and we've been living.

We have had some milestones~ Remy turned 5, and promptly thereafter I signed him up for kindergarten... I cannot believe that day has come!! In the same week, I registered Halle for preschool next year. Just two mornings a week for her, but it does make it seem like time is falling through my fingertips faster than I can hold on. (sigh)

I do hope that you have all been doing well! Thanks so much to those of you sweeties who emailed to check in on me and mine~ you're darling!! I'll try to post more often, but I won't promise!