Cardio Circuit Workout

Cardio Circuit Workout 

1. Burpees

Do 3 sets of ten 

2.  Single leg dumbbell row

Do 3 sets of 20 (10 on each leg)

3. Mountain climber on ball

Do 3 sets of 45 seconds

4. Alternating ball pushups (on toes or knees)

Do 3 sets of 10 

5.  Dumbbell Swing

3 sets of 20 on each arm

6. V-Ups 

Do 3 sets of 20 

Perform all exercises in a series and then repeat the 2nd and 3rd set. This is a great way to mix weight training and cardio. It is a very effective workout in a short amount of time.

Dr. Seuss Baby Shower

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! You all know that we love Dr. Seuss at our house. We basically have an entire room dedicated to him. Well since today is the doctors birthday I thought I would share some fun ideas for throwing a Dr. Seuss baby shower. Since my son’s nursery is Dr. Seuss themed I was thrown a Dr. Seuss baby shower. Now granted my son will be turning 2 in just a few weeks. This wasn’t a recent shower. I still thought it would be fun to take a look at the amazing shower that our amazing mother threw for me.

We had themed food to match a few of the books. We had green eggs and ham rolls. The green eggs were just chocolate eggs covered in green foil. The ham rolls were ham, cream cheese and chives all rolled together. Yum!

One fish, two fish cupcakes!

Cat in the Hat and Thing 1 and Thing 2 cupcakes. The cat in the hat cupcakes are topped with red lifesavers and white mints. The thing cupcakes were topped with lots of delicious frosting!

We even had cat in the hat striped Jell-O!

It was such a fun baby shower!

Thanks again for the shower!

If you are looking for some other Dr. Seuss projects. Check out the following:

Dr. Seuss reading corner

Dr. Seuss storage boxes

Dr. Seuss mobile

St. Patrick's Day Scavenger Hunt

Finally, a new printable! This time we are offering a St. Patrick's day scavenger hunt.

 

 

 

I imagine my son waking up on St. Patrick’s day to find little leprechaun footprints starting at his bed and leading to his bedroom door where he finds the introduction to the scavenger hunt(the cloud) and his first clue(the red arch of the rainbow). The idea is that a leprechaun has scattered a rainbow throughout the house. My son will have to follow the clues to find all of the missing pieces of the rainbow. Then he will have to put the rainbow back together to find where the leprechaun left his treasure or his pot of gold.

 

Here is what the scavenger hunt will look like:

 

The Introduction: A sneaky leprechaun snuck into this house. He scattered a rainbow, as quite as a mouse. Let’s piece the rainbow back together, and follow his clues till we find a treasure.

 

Clue #1: Rainbows always start with red, but what Color always follows? Keep your eyes “peeled” for the color of a yummy fruit. (Fridge)

 

 

Clue #2: You have found orange, but time to move on. Now go to the pLace where the bright sun wakes you at dawn. (Bedroom window)

 

 

Clue #3: You now have yellow, but let’s keep going. Next lOok for the color of the lawn that may need mowing. (Backyard)

 

 

 

Clue #4: With green in hand, you are getting so close to the treasure, you hope. The color you must Search for now can be found in a place that holds bubbles and soap. (Bathtub)

 

 

Clue #5: Now that you have blue, it is time to look for your next clue. Look in the place wherE you keep your feet. *Hint: Rhymes with blue.(In their shoe)

 

 

Clue #6: Put the rainbow back together. What do all of the underlined letTers spell? That is where you will find your treasure. (Closet)

 

 

Once the rainbow is put back together, the underlined letters will spell out the word CLOSET. The closet will be where the treasure can be found.

 

 

The printable I am offering comes with the introduction cloud, the set of rainbow clues, a set of six pairs of leprechaun feet that can be printed multiple times so you can leave little leprechaun feet throughout the house or by each clue. There are also two black pots that once cut out can be stapled together and filled with treasure.

 

As always, our monthly printable is available for download on our Facebook page. If you already follow us via Facebook, click on the free gift tab on our Facebook page to download this scavenger hunt.

 

Pumpernickel Sandwich

I want to introduce you to the most delicious sandwich! I am hooked on it right now. I swear I eat one or two for lunch almost everyday. This is a sandwich that our mother would make for us on occasion when we were kids. I don’t think I really appreciated it until I was an adult. Now it has become one of my favorite sandwiches!

I think that I have just decided to call this the BPT (Bacon Pumpernickel Tomato)

Ingredients:

• Pumpernickel bread
• Bacon
• Tomato
• Avocado
• Alfalfa sprouts
• Munster Cheese
• (Optional) Cream cheese or hummus

This sandwich is super easy to assemble. After all it is just a sandwich. I thought I would offer some helpful tips on how best to go about it.

1. Cook your bacon. Or on lazy days, I use precooked bacon. It doesn’t even need to be reheated before putting it on the sandwich. You will be putting this sandwich in the broiler for a few minutes and the bacon will reheat during that step.

2. Start to assemble your sandwich. Lay down one slice of pumpernickel. Then spread a little cream cheese or hummus on top of the bread. I just use whichever one that I have on hand. Mostly it is used for texture rather than taste. This will soften the sandwich a little. My husband thinks the sandwich is too dry without that addition of cream cheese. I like it with or without. So if you don’t have some cream cheese on hand- no worries, it will still taste great.

3. Add the rest of your ingredients. I usually layer mine bacon first(2 slices), then tomato(2 slices), next avocado slices(about 5 slices or 1/2 an avocado), then I add the sprouts, and finally I top it off with the Munster cheese. Obviously the order of the ingredients isn’t a huge deal, but if I put the tomato or avocado on the bottom then I usually find the ingredients slide right off the bread, and sometimes onto the floor leaving me sad and very hungry. I’d play it safe with the bacon on the bottom :)

4. Put the sandwich in the oven on a low broil for about 3 minutes or until the cheese starts to bubble and turn brown. This step also crisps up the edges of the bread which is one of my favorite parts about this sandwich.

5. Enjoy!

Bath Bomb Recipe

I have been working on perfecting my bath bomb recipe as of late so I thought I would share it with you.  These bath bombs are pretty easy to make, and more importantly if you have ever worked with bath bombs, they are not too hard to mess up. They are also fun to make and fun to use.

Bath Bomb Recipe

Dry ingredients:

• Baking Soda – 1/2 cup
• Citric Acid(Sour Salt) – 1/4 cup
• Corn Starch – 1/4 cup
• Epsom Salt - 1/4 cup

Wet Ingredients:

• Water - 1/2 tbsp.
• Essential or Fragrance Oil – 5-10 drops
• Almond Oil – 1 1/2 tbsp.
• Food coloring - 2 or 3 drops

Instructions:

Step 1- Blend your dry ingredients

Step 2- Blend your wet ingredients

Step 3- Then while stirring slowly add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients

Step 4-Try to avoid volcanoes. If the mixture starts to foam, you are adding the liquid too fast. Quickly stir the reacting ingredients into the nonreactive part and you should be able to stop the reaction. When all of the wet ingredients have been added, you should have a mixture with the consistency of slightly damp sand. The mixture probably wont look wet, but It should clump together in your hand when you squish it

Step 5- Mold quickly. The mixture can dry quickly. You want to get it in the mold while it is still damp. If it does become too dry, you may add a little bit of water to dampen it up again(no more than a ¼ tsp at a time.)

Step 6- Let dry. I use ice cube trays from IKEA to mold mine. This recipe will fill an entire tray. To be safe you will want to let these dry for about 24 hours or they can crumble when you take them out. If you want to speed up the process though, you can put them in the oven on 200 degrees for 20 min.

These will make the perfect valentines gift for a friend, or a sister, and I am sure husbands wouldn’t mind them either.