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Another Batch of Lego Clearance!

Yes, I found more awesome clearance prices on Lego sets at Walmart! Whoohoo! 🙂 Of course, this is just from our local Walmart store so there is no guarantee that the same set is available near you, but it’s worth a look! Without further ado, here we go!

#1.) Lego Star Wars Tenoo Jedi Temple #75358. Sale price $19.00, regular price $39.97.

#2.) Lego Creator Super Robot #31124. Sale price $5.00, regular price $9.97.

#3.) Lego Disney Peter Pan & Wendy’s Storybook Adventure #43220. Sale price $7.00, regular price $19.97.

#4.) Lego Friends Igloo Holiday Adventure #41760. Sale price $19.00, regular price $49.97. (Yep, this one went home with me!)

#5.) Lego Friends Beach Buggy Fun #41725. Sale price $4.00, regular price $10.97.

#6.) Lego Friends Sea Rescue Boat #41734. Sale price $32.00, regular price $80.00.

#7.) Lego Disney Twirling Rapunzel #43214. Sale price $3.00, regular price $9.97.

#8.) Lego Harry Potter Quidditch Trunk #76416. Sale price $27.00, regular price $68.00.

#9.) Lego Super Mario Dixie Kong’s Jungle Jam Expansion Set #71421. Sale price $16.00, regular price $26.97.

#10.) Lego Ninjago Cole’s Earth Dragon EVO #71782. Sale price $13.00, regular price $34.97.

#11.) Lego Ninjago Nya and Arin’s Baby Dragon Battle #71798. Sale price $17.00, regular price $34.97.

#12.) Lego Jurassic Park Velociraptor Escape #76957. Sale price $17.00, regular price $39.97.

#13.) Lego Marvel Endgame Final Battle #76266. Sale price $50.00, regular price $100.00.

#14.) Lego Botanical Collection Orchid #10311. Sale price $39.98, regular price $49.97.

#15.) Lego Jurassic Park Triceratops Research #76959. Sale price $24.00, regular price $49.97.

Those are some amazing prices, right?! I hope you can find some of these great deals at a Walmart store near you! 🙂

Make a Picture With Dandelions

Spring seems to have arrived in Ohio and along with it comes the dandelions! Every year we have hundreds of dandelions and even though they are considered a weed, their bright yellow color sure perks things up. 🙂

Today I wanted to share a fun way to make a picture using dandelions. All you need is a piece of cardboard, some markers and dandelions. Oh, and an adult to poke some holes in the cardboard.

I show some dandelions in that picture, but it’s better to wait to pick your flowers until you are ready to use them. They wilt rather quickly. Let’s start by drawing a vase on the cardboard. It doesn’t need to be perfect. (As you can see mine is crooked. LOL)

Have an adult poke several holes in the cardboard above the vase. Your dandelions are going to go here so make the holes big enough for the stems of the dandelions to fit through.

I drew stems from each hole down to the top of the vase, but I used enough dandelions that the stems were covered up. So it’s up to you if you want to draw stems or not. 😉

You can color your vase to add some more color to your project.

Now you are ready to head outside and pick some dandelions! Pick one flower for each hole you have. Slide the stem of the dandelion in from the front to the back. And voila! 🙂 You have a vase of flowers!

I hope you are having some sunshine and warm temperatures wherever you are! 🙂 Till next time…

Happy National Pet Day!

Yep, it is National Pet Day! 🙂 Do you have a pet? While dogs and cats are probably the most popular pet to have, there are so many more types of pets available. Maybe you have a rabbit or a turtle or an iguana or a hamster or a…(gulp!) snake? How about a bird or a guinea pig or some fish? The list goes on and on and we could do this all day! Haha! Somehow whatever pet we have, we always seem to love ours the most. 😉 So for National Pet Day, I thought I would share some photos of our special buddy. He is a fox red Labrador Retriever and he is super smart and very friendly. (Except to chipmunks…)

Rusty thinks he needs to be wherever we are. Here he was trying to tell his daddy that he forgot to take him outside with him.

Sometimes you can tell what he’s thinking by the look on his face…

This is the feeding time stare…”Mom, it is my supper time. Did you forget?”

“Peek-a-boo! Do you want to chase me?”

“Hello, there! I need pats…right now! You aren’t busy, are you?”

“If I say “cheese”, will you give me some?”

“Happy-Birthday-Pinto-can-I-take-my-hat-off-now?”

“Did someone say treat??”

“It’s time to do a breathalyzer test…were you snacking without me?”

One of my favorite pictures of Rusty…”Me? Begging? No, I’m just sitting here making sure your peanut butter and jelly doesn’t get away from you.”

I hope you enjoyed sharing a little silliness with Rusty today. And I hope you and your pet have a wonderful National Pet Day! If you don’t have a pet, I’m sure there is someone who would be glad to share their pet with you! 🙂

A Solar Eclipse Yummy Project

Happy Eclipse Day to all who are living in the path that can see the solar eclipse today! Or for those who have traveled to places so you can see it. We are some of the lucky ones and we will watch it from our yard! I just wanted to share a quick, fun and tasty eclipse project with you! All you need is a few Oreo cookies…8 cookies is enough.

Take 7 of the cookies and twist to open them.

If the filling doesn’t completely stick to one side of the cookie, you can use a knife to put the filling all on one side. Now you’ll need something flat to lay the cookies on. Like a place mat, a plate or a pizza pan, etc. I’m using the backside of a pizza pan. Start with one cookie with the filling side up. This represents the sun before the eclipse starts.

Now take another cookie, filling side up, and place the bare cookie piece so it just covers a little bit of the filling…the moon is now starting to cover the sun.

Place 2 more cookies with each one covering up a bit more of the filling. This represents the moon covering more and more of the sun.

At the bottom place one whole cookie.

We have reached the totality of the eclipse and can no longer see the sun!

Now add 3 more cookie sets to show how the moon gradually slides away from in front of the sun and soon you are back to seeing the full sun!

You’ve made a complete model of the solar eclipse! Pretty fun, right? 🙂 But now for the best part – you can eat the cookies! LOL

One other quick share…this sign is in front of our local grocery store. They were getting into the spirit of the eclipse today! Look what they have for sell! 😉

Happy Eclipse Day! 🙂 The eclipse is about to start here! 🙂 I must grab my solar eclipse glasses and head outside!

Happy April Fool’s Day!

It’s that time of year again when we pull out all our silly pranks and play them on our favorite people! Happy April Fool’s Day! 🙂 Has anyone “pranked” you? Have YOU played a prank on someone else? Our family has had fun sharing the fun pranks of our day and we’d love to hear what silliness you’ve gotten up to! Here are some of the pranks I’ve heard about today…

#1.) Our daughter-in-law took 2 cereal bowls last night and poured some water in the bottom of them and placed the bowls in the freezer overnight with a spoon stuck in the water. This morning she added some cereal and milk to the bowls and served them to her 2 kids. As you might guess, the spoons were stuck in the bowls! 🙂

#2.) This morning I made my husband a little individual cake…a sponge cake. (Can you guess where this is going?) Yes, I used a real sponge. 😉 Here are a few pictures…

Icing the sponge cake…shhh!

It looks pretty normal, right?

Hey, my fork is bouncing off this cake!

Waaaaait a minute…this is the toughest cake I’ve ever seen…this seems very suspicious.

Oohh, its a REAL sponge cake! Very sneaky!

#3) I heard about coffee made with salt water…and coffee with salt instead of sugar added. 😉

#4.) There were stories about strawberries and blueberries and tomatoes being picked from the garden. (Which normally doesn’t happen till late spring and late summer.)

#5.) There was a rumor of a purple horse running through the property…

#6.) There was news about someone buying a new Gladiator… (No, he didn’t really.)

#7.) I saw news on Facebook today that Bob Evans restaurants are selling pancakes on a stick, today only. 😉

It’s great to have a day for fun like April Fool’s Day! 🙂 I hope you have enjoyed yours! 🙂

Coloring Eggs With Cool Whip

I’ve seen the suggestion floating around the internet to color eggs using Cool Whip whipped topping and food coloring, so I had to try it out. 😉 (I may have shiny object syndrome or something) Here’s how it went for me…

You will need a container of Cool Whip whipped topping, white hard boiled eggs and liquid food coloring. And a dish to do your coloring in…I used a cookie sheet.

Thaw the Cool Whip in the refrigerator. Then spread a bunch on the cookie sheet or dish.

Put drops of different colored liquid food coloring all around the Cool Whip.

Using a toothpick…or other small utensil…swirl the colors throughout the Cool Whip.

Roll the white hard boiled eggs through the colored Cool Whip and let the eggs sit on the cookie sheet. A word of warning…your fingers are going to be just as colorful as the eggs! 😉

Let the eggs sit for 10 to 15 minutes. Then rinse in water. Sit the eggs on a paper towel to dry. Here’s a look at my eggs after they were dry.

The eggs looked neat but most of the color was on the light side. (Maybe I did something wrong?) I had one egg in particular that didn’t take on much color even though I did it twice. Overall this was a fun process so you might like to give it a go too. 🙂

Time for Giggles!

Let’s get the week rolling with some silliness! Are you kids ready for some goofy jokes and riddles? Here we go! 🙂

#1.) Why did the chicken go to the doctor?

Answer: For an eggs-amination!

#2.) What happens when ducks tell jokes?

Answer: They quack up!

#3.) What did the bee say to his girlfriend?

Answer: “You are bee-utiful!”

#4.) What do you get if you cross Little Red Riding Hood with a bird?

Answer: Robin Hood!

#5.) Why are giraffes not allowed to drive cars?

Answer: They would cause giraffic jams!

#6.) What do you call horses in adjoining stalls?

Answer: Neigh-bors!

#7.) How did the llama travel to the fancy party?

Answer: In a llama-sine!

#8.) What do you call a sneak attack by a pig?

Answer: A ham-bush!

#9.) What happened to the leopard that fell into the washing machine?

Answer: He came out spotless!

#10.) What do you call a dinosaur that delivers packages?

Answer: Fed Rex!

Hahaha! I hope those riddles brightened your day and set off a nice round of giggles! 🙂

To Eat “Peeps” or Not to Eat “Peeps”… That is the Question!

You all have likely seen marshmallow “Peeps” for sale in the stores around Easter time. Not sure what I’m talking about? This is the way the original ones looked when I was a kid.

It would seem that folks either love them or dislike them very much. I fall into the latter group. I have never understood why people love them, but to each his own! Each year just before Easter, they show up in stores and I am always amazed at the flavors that are now available! For the sake of honesty, I have never tried any flavor except the yellow ones. My throat says “Umm, not happening!” every time one gets close enough for me to smell it. So maybe some flavors are better than others. I can agree that they are quite cute and colorful! The other day I found the following colors and flavors at our local store:

Pink…

Blue…

Purple…

Dr. Pepper flavor…(really?! I don’t care for Dr. Pepper either.)

Rice Krispies Treats flavor…I do like real Rice Krispies treats.

Fruit Punch flavor…

Party Cake flavor…this one at least sounds good.

Sour Watermelon flavor…

Cotton Candy flavor…

This is a new one I haven’t seen before. Peeps Delights S’Mores flavor dipped in milk chocolate. This one is almost tempting me to try it…almost. 😉

Oh and they also come in bunny shapes which really are quite adorable!

So here is the million dollar question…do you like marshmallow peeps? I am actually curious and would like to know! If your answer is yes, which flavor do you like the most? How about taking a survey of your family members? Do you get more likes or dislikes? According to Wikipedia, Peeps have been marketed in the United States and Canada since 1953. So I’m guessing there are a TON of people that really like them! LOL 😉 If you are one of those, I hope you enjoy them! If you don’t care for them, yea…I understand! 😉

More Lego Clearance News!

Hello there! Just popping in here to say if you are looking for Lego deals, check out your local Walmart store! They have some great clearance prices on Lego right now! (At least at the store here close to us.) Here’s some of the bargains I found:

#1.) Lego Creator Main Street #31141. Regular price $140.00, sale price $84.00. (I might have brought this one home with me.) 😉

#2.) Lego Botanical Collection Wildflower Bouquet #10313. Regular price $60.00, sale price $47.98.

#3.) Lego Harry Potter Quidditch Trunk #76416. Regular price $68.00, sale price $39.50.

#4.) Lego Friends Sea Rescue Boat #41734. Regular price $80.00, sale price $48.00.

#5.) Lego Friends Heartlake City Community Kitchen #41747. Regular price $68.00, sale price $39.50.

#6.) Lego Friends Hair Salon #41743. Regular price $29.97, sale price $19.50.

#7.) Lego Creator Beach Camper Van #31138. Regular price $49.97, sale price $29.50.

#8.) Lego Disney Peter Pan & Wendy’s Storybook Adventures #43220. Regular price $19.97, sale price $11.50.

#9.) Lego Friends Igloo Holiday Adventure #41760. Regular price $49.97, sale price $29.50.

#10.) Lego Minecraft The Deep Dark Battle #21246. Regular price $52.00, sale price $36.00.

#11.) Lego Batman Batmobile Pursuit: Batman vs. The Joker #76264. Regular price $26.97, sale price $16.00.

#12.) Lego Avatar Skimwing Adventure #75576. Regular price $34.99, sale price $19.50.

Run run run to Walmart for some great Lego deals! 🙂 Hope you find the one you want!