Dave's class a the Christmas sing-a-long!

Sarah really enjoyed watching Dave's performance!

Fresh Idea Fridays...reading!

My Friend Lisa over at Out of the Blue, has posted another Fresh Idea Fridays, so I thought that I would join in.  This weeks topic is reading with your children.  As you can see Dave has a rather big library already.  When I was pregnant with Dave, my mom and mother-in-law threw me a  baby shower, where they asked all guests to bring a book to start the babies library.  What a great idea!    That is where most of our books came from.  My other favorite place to pick up books is a yard sales and mother's marts you can usually find kids books for ten cents to a quarter!!   So here are a few of Dave's favorite books.  

One of Dave's new favorites!!  i bet you can tell from the title where we keep this book and when we read this one...

And of course our list would not be complete without Curious George!  But I wold have to say that is ultimate favorites George books are Curious George and the bunny and Curious George's ABC's!  Chris and I have rad both of the books a few million times and we have both of them memorized at this point, but they are still great ones to read!!

A classic book!!  One that I enjoyed as a kid.  And this is a great one to act out together!!

I know that Lisa had already mention this series, but it is a great one and had to be posted again!

Hope that you enjoyed seeing some of our favorites if you would like to join in on Lisa's Fresh Idea Fridays, please visit her site Out of the Blue!

Fresh Idea Friday - Favorite Kitchen Tools

My friend Lisa started something fun on her blog, Out of the Blue. She does an entry twice a month called Fresh Idea Fridays. This week she chose a topic of favorite kitchen tools, she asked that you choose three kitchen tools that you couldn't live without. So I thought that I would share my favorite tools.
First, are my good set of knives. I don't know what I would do without a really nice set of good sharp knives! They can cut through anything.
Second is my bench scraper. I use this for all kinds of things from taking cookies or french fries off a hot cookie sheet to cutting bar cookies. It has very many uses, some I'm sure I haven't even discovered yet.

And last but not least, my kettle. Not just because I can't survive without tea!! I also use this to boil water very quickly and then I'm able to pour the boiling water into a pot and make noodles in no time at all.

Be sure the check out Lisa's blog for more ideas or to share your own!