Reading Challenge

I am doing a reading challenge for 2009. I have created a blog to post about the books I read (blog site listed above...needs alot of work ;0) ). I am also listing all the books. Please join me in this "adventure." I am joining with the ladies from www.welltrainedmind.com .
Have a great day.

Food update

Katie has been eating eggs and is doing very well. Oh, this is good. She has had no itching or any other reaction so far. She loves to eat these for breakfast (not everyday). I still use egg replacer in other things because I find it is much cheaper. I bake alot so that is ideal for me.

Enjoy your Sunday!

Election Results

I am saddened for our country. I cannot believe Mr. Obama is now our president. Yes I will respect him because of this BUT, I believe our country will never be the same. He is not for what this country stands for. He is for government control, abortion, our rights are going to be slowly taken away, etc.... We all need to pray, especially for our children's future. This is going to affect them so much it's scarey.
When it is election time you are to vote for the person who you think can/will do the job. This was not the case for some people who were interviewed on tv last night. What were/are they thinking??
Yes I cried. I do know that Jesus Christ is my saviour and someday I will be with him and will never cry or worry again. I will pray continually for my little ones that are not saved so they can enjoy eternity with no fear or tears and especially be with the Lord.
Last but not least I will pray for Mr. Obama.

ELECTION and ELECTION MAP

Today our house is full of excitement. Jon, Tom and I went to vote this morning. This was Jon's first time. He doesn't show much emotion but I do believe he was excited to be voting. I actually jumped out of bed ready to go....that's amazing because I really wasn't looking forward to this. Eddie, on the other hand, doesn't want to vote but he will.
I have been doing election stuff with Tom today. He/we will all be doing the Electoral College Map (BELOW). Tom has one for a lapbook and we will be doing a large wall map. For each state won, we will stick a small picture of the winner ... http://vintageholidaycrafts.com/category/paper-dolls/ .... If you go to this website you can print out election "buttons" AND McCain/Obama paper dolls. I minimized the paper dolls to use for the winners on the map. I will have to post pictures tomorrow. We also got the election lapbook booklets from http://www.homeschoolshare.com/ .
This is going to be a long day. ;0)

WE ARE READY!

Katie Food and Tape

Katie hasn't had apples or eggs for a very long time. Apples make her extremely hyper and she tested positive to egg allergy. This past weekend I made applesauce bread (Gluten,casien,egg free) She had a piece and nothing happened!! I made the applesauce by just pureeing (spelling???) the apples. I didn't add sugar, lemon juice or anything to them. The past 2 days I gave her an egg for breakfast. So far nothing has happened. I do know that it can take a couple of days or so to show up. We will see what happens. It would be really great if she can eat apples again. Milk, on the hand, is another story. As soon as she has something made with it, she will get all miserable and extremely itchy/hives/eczema.

Katie is doing remarkably well with the Gluten Free diet. What a change.

She is a taping, cutting, gluing, craft making fanatic! Yesterday and Today she had the one whole room taped up. She literally just tapes everything...LOL!!!! Outside she usally has a long clothes line and wraps it around everything! Tomorrow I will try and post the "hat" she made after watching 'Curious George'.

Have a good night everyone!

Gluten Free Brownies

I found a recipe on allrecipes.com for brownies so I changed it to be Gluten free, egg free, dairy free, and nut free (unless you add them :0) ). I times this recipe by 4 so I get about 2 9x13 pans or 1 extra large pan.

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1/4 cup earth balance (melted)

3 Tablespoons cocoa powder

3 Tablespoons carob powder

*(or 6 Tablespoons of cocoa OR Carob)*

3/4 cup sugar (your preference more or less)

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup Authentic Foods Multi Blend All Purpose Gluten Free Flour

1/4 teaspoon Xanthan Gum

2 teaspoons pure vanilla

3 teaspoons (1Tbsp.) EnerG egg replacer

4 Tablespoons water

**Optional** add any type of chopped nuts in or on top

We use almonds

Mix everything well by hand. Bake at 325 degrees for at least 45 minutes (According to your brownie "likes") I believe I may have baked longer than this.

LET ALL YOUR THINGS BE DONE WITH CHARITY. 1 CORINTHIANS 16:14

Tile Craft (very cheap)

Today we did an extremely fast craft. I bought the tile for 16 cents from Home Depot (using the back side of the tile). We had the color tiles from Oriental Trading Co. Used black permanent marker and elmer's glue and now have a nice little mosaic tile. :0)

My Daughter

This is for my daughter, Becca.
God has given us a beautiful girl that loves the Lord with all her heart. At age 14 (almost 15), I believe she is stronger in God's word than many adults. She tries to love and help everyone/anyone that comes in her path. She struggles with not feeling well (alot) but still pushes on. She has been put down and been mean to for reasons I do not know or understand. But I know that the Lord is with her and she will do great things for him. She can write poems/songs for the Lord in a matter of minutes where I can't even start in a matter of days. :0) I love being with her (even the rough times!) and enjoy all our wonderful and not so wonderful conversations. It seems some do not think we have a relationship but in fact we have a terrific/close relationship that I wouldn't trade for anything.
So, that is it. That's all I wanted to write for the moment.
Have a good day.

Wordless Wednesday

Number Board

Here is a picture of our number board. It is a large foam board with 130 spaces. Each space has velcro on it along with each card. I also added the alphabet down at the bottom. You can make the cards different colors for counting by 2's, 5's, etc. I sometimes take random numbers off so Katie has to put them back in the right space. You can also make alot of alphabet cards to have the kids make words. (I still have to do this.). There is probably a ton of things you could do with this board.