tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post4261895791416795376..comments2024-03-28T22:03:06.328-04:00Comments on Live and Learn-Toss and Turn: Thankful Sunday--August 8, 2017Live and Learnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-61496460267995388222017-08-18T06:36:47.638-04:002017-08-18T06:36:47.638-04:00I'm not sure I could have ever gotten my sons ...I'm not sure I could have ever gotten my sons out of that igloo.Live and Learnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-8070731502297832842017-08-18T03:05:14.687-04:002017-08-18T03:05:14.687-04:00Love all the creative things you photographed! I ...Love all the creative things you photographed! I think the bench is my favorite, but that sunflower is awesome! My daughter would have loved an igloo like that! What a great creation!Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-63533780114680980722017-08-16T20:01:16.268-04:002017-08-16T20:01:16.268-04:00I love the bench also. My husband doesn't do m...I love the bench also. My husband doesn't do metal work, but I wonder if he/we could make a bench with a similar surprise underneath. This is going to require some thought.<br />Live and Learnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-65602434904694857072017-08-16T11:05:26.685-04:002017-08-16T11:05:26.685-04:00My sunflowers have not bloomed this year. I can&#...My sunflowers have not bloomed this year. I can't figure out why. They keep growing taller and taller, but haven't bloomed. I love that bench with the diving ducks underneath. Now that is awesome and very creative!Strayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124298302997708537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-25013243148429947992017-08-16T07:01:11.832-04:002017-08-16T07:01:11.832-04:00After we sang the song with that visual, we got ou...After we sang the song with that visual, we got out the parachute and pretended that was the spider's web and bounced the elephants on it as we helped them play. The kids loved it.<br /><br />Wow, what a grandmother you would be if you made an igloo house for Pip. However, I bet she would love the elephant-spider web, too. Kids are easy as long as their not tired or hungry.Live and Learnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-72589348206220585112017-08-16T03:43:23.462-04:002017-08-16T03:43:23.462-04:00I remember the song and used to sing it to Son3 al...I remember the song and used to sing it to Son3 all the time! Great visual for it.<br />That igloo house is the bomb. If Pip lived closer I would make one for her room here.Anne in the kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533249631969001657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-73648494372827897452017-08-15T12:56:10.812-04:002017-08-15T12:56:10.812-04:00Glad to know I'm not the only fan of bar cooki...Glad to know I'm not the only fan of bar cookies! One of my son's friends was confused this past year because he was eating a bar cookie--I told my son to tell him that cookies can come in many shapes, not just circles! The older I get, the less I want to putz around shaping cookies ... and I'm not sure I like the taste of springerle enough to go to the effort of making them. Krisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-12855925814254271752017-08-15T09:43:12.642-04:002017-08-15T09:43:12.642-04:00We collected used milk jugs for months for the igl...We collected used milk jugs for months for the igloo. Each one was washed with bleach and the lids were glued on. Our igloo as hot glued together with two jug units. We were very afraid that little kids would climb on it or it might not hold up, but it's doing just fine.<br /><br />I thought about making the spider lifelike because you know I like bugs. But I decided against it because some people are afraid of spiders and I didn't want to make them uncomfortable.<br />Live and Learnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-74368936552019784432017-08-15T08:07:37.554-04:002017-08-15T08:07:37.554-04:00I love that you thought to put a planter under you...I love that you thought to put a planter under your bird feeders so the seeds dropped on the ground might have a chance to germinate and give you new flowers for free! That's one impressive sunflower, too! I probably need to do what you did, although nothing seems to germinate under my bird feeders... but as you know the seed that I threw in the gravel path, hoping that the birds or squirrels would come and eat it, did germinate there, arrgh.<br /><br />Back when my kids were in elementary school, each year the school organized a "Celebration of Learning" event for the families and each classroom pod was decorated with science projects that the kids had worked on during the year. The 1st grade quad was always themed for the arctic and the teacher and kids/volunteers built that same water bottle igloo each year and made other things too with upcycled materials that they had asked families to turn in all year. Now I wish I could remember what they did! I'll need to look through all my pictures and see if I kept any of them, it was quite impressive. I don't think the bottles are glued at all, either!<br /><br />It was very nice for you to make the spider web with the little pink elephants for storytime! Kids surely appreciated it. That spider looks very friendly, you did a great job! I think the song was on one of the CDs my kids used to listen to all the time. Nathaliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01654610295436446555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-59551270964402381972017-08-14T16:00:55.869-04:002017-08-14T16:00:55.869-04:00I do appreciate quirky things, that's for sure...I do appreciate quirky things, that's for sure. As far as the spider's web goes, I'm not sure that it is really that special, but I was pleased that it was so simple to do with stuff that I had on hand. And the finished product was very easy to work with. A win-win.Live and Learnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-68698721116876585292017-08-14T15:59:01.497-04:002017-08-14T15:59:01.497-04:00Yep, they are springerle cookies. From someone who...Yep, they are springerle cookies. From someone who usually makes bar cookies instead of individual ones because of the work involved, springele cookies are a little out of my league. However, maybe if I committed to them for something like a wedding, I might make them. But first there is a big investment in molds.<br /><br />Everyone loves the igloo from the elderly to babies. Lot's of pictures have been taken this summer with the igloo. It is pretty impressive when you first see it.Live and Learnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-45350267135878472202017-08-14T15:53:57.524-04:002017-08-14T15:53:57.524-04:00Not to worry about typos. My life is full of them....Not to worry about typos. My life is full of them. I had sunflowers that were given to me as a house warming gift that were supposed to be mammoth sunflowers, i.e. 10-12' tall with huge flowers. That's not what I got. It's not that I don't appreciate them, but I'm disappointed that they are smaller with heads that are breaking off. However, the birds are all over them. So that part is good.<br /><br />I can totally see you building a water house. I look forward to seeing it.Live and Learnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-31717317248933281652017-08-13T17:40:39.290-04:002017-08-13T17:40:39.290-04:00I love your eye for the quirky and your creativity...I love your eye for the quirky and your creativity in making the exhibit with the pink elephants for the song! I used to know the name for those cookies but it is long forgotten. Have a good week.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-68699431008353920162017-08-13T14:43:12.328-04:002017-08-13T14:43:12.328-04:00I am also unfamiliar with the song, but it sounds ...I am also unfamiliar with the song, but it sounds like a fun one. Nice job with your creativity. <br /><br />My kids would have loved the igloo! Actually, even though my son is almost 14, I bet he would still get a kick out of it. <br /><br />The cookies I am familiar with are called springerle. Here's a link--maybe you can tell me if I have the name correct. :) http://www.marthastewart.com/332892/springerle-cookies<br /><br />I would love a bench like that! What a neat discovery.Krisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-30801239123091109052017-08-13T13:48:27.538-04:002017-08-13T13:48:27.538-04:00Oops! Don't know what that "se" was....Oops! Don't know what that "se" was... the perils of editing one's comment! "Readers confused to death by horrific 'se' typo!" :-)EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6315851262843522940.post-38680476398501651002017-08-13T13:46:36.942-04:002017-08-13T13:46:36.942-04:00I love your spider web, but I confess, I've ne...I love your spider web, but I confess, I've never heard the song. I think my favorite is the milk jug igloo. I have fantasies about building some sort of all weather green house out of jugs of water - because the water would act as a thermal mass and protect the plants even in the dead of winter. I have a terrible fear that the thing could come crashing down around me though. I can just see the headlines: "Woman crushed to death in horrific se collapse!" Well anyway, your sunflower is beautiful. My volunteers have been blooming for weeks now, but the ones I planted? Nothin'! EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.com