What to do on a cold day

Well this morning we woke-up to a very cold house...at first we thought maybe the furnace was just having trouble keeping up since it was so cold outside, but we soon discovered sometime during the night the furnace had quit! So by the time me and the girls got up for school it was down to 49 degrees in our house, that is cold!!! We all had some hot cereal for breakfast and bearly wanted to move we were all so cold.





Anyways, we had someone come out to service out furnace, we were very glad to hear the door bell ring shortly after 10:30. He quickly discovered what was wrong and by 1:00 my house temp went back up to a nice and cozy 70. We were all very thankful for the heat!! The things you take for granted, never realize what they are until you don't have them!!





Anyways, this post is suppose to be about play dough......so after Makayla got home from school today we decided to make some play dough, which is very easy and very fun thing to do with your kids if you haven't done that before. Here are a few pictures of the girls making the play dough along with the recipe.

Lots of stirring.....

and even more stirring and mixing.......

It looks more like sticky slime but don't worry it will eventually turn into play dough....

Here you go....some yellow play dough!

• 3 cups of flour
• 1 1/2 cups salt
• 3 cups water
• 3 t. cream of tartar
• 4 T oil
• food coloring as you wish

Mix ingredients together. Heat on low heat until mixture "lumps" then stir into a dough consistency. Store in a plastic bag or air-tight container. That's it.....have fun!

I also have another play dough recipe where you use Kool-Aide, which gives it a nice fruity smell! You can email me if you want that recipe.