The purpose of my search today was to find ideas for our kids club at the YWCA to do. Catrina Ideas for Kids Club o Heads that grow grass(put grass seed in a kneehigh stocking and fill with soil, tie it off and place in a cup to absorb water add a face. o Fuzzy Grass catipiller- similar to the above idea except you put the soil all along the stocking and tie it in segments lay it in a flat dish and add eyes and antenni. Maybe a little more difficult as you have to make sure the seed stays along the whole side of the stocking. o Chia pet o Bird walk in spring o Make bird feeders o Plant something in a boot or shoe. o Stuff to grow-I know you have done the sweetpotatoes, how about; Pineapple tops Gratefruit seeds(or other citris) Mimosa Pudica (sensitive plant)or Partridge pea (chamaecrist fascicelata) Avacados Teddy bear or baby sun sunflowers grown in a pot. o Paint a pot or garden marker o Blind walk(or have things to feel while blindfolded) o Nature memory game-Gather natural objects from the immediate area. Have them under a cloth. Let the kids look at them for 30 sec then cover them and have them find another just like them eg. Seeds, rocks, cones leaves o Microhike-give them each a magnifying glass and have them all find things that are smaller than a cherio o Noahs ark-(may not be enough kids for this) Have cards made with animals, 2 of each kind. Each kid draws one and keeps it secret. Then they act like their animals and try to find the other animal that is like them so they can get on the boat(have a place designated that is the boat. o fairy gardens o Bean teepee o fall preserved leaves http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/seasons/fall/preserve/

tammy...I agree with everyone else...I don't think your kids table is silly at all. It's fun, very pretty and practical too. My kids are no longer small and I don't have too many large family gatherings with many small children at my house at this time. I am sure the time will come when I become a grandmother some day and I will follow your lead then to provide a nice kids table. In regards to the food fight comments, that made me smile. When my youndest DS was about 4 we had a foodfight in the kitchen. I was busy doing something and he kept bugging me. I just grabbed an egg and broke it on his head...that's how it started and it WAS a mess when it was all done and over with but we laughed so hard and to this day he remembers it and we giggle about it...:)

Sissy, any of the recipes that I mentioned came from someone specific are posted here somewhere. I have to tell you, though, that the search is impossible. It's easier to just ask for specific recipes and most of us don't mind posting them again. So, here is the recipe for Sol's honey rolls, they are sweet and light and yeasty and the grandkids eat them without anything on them at all, not even butter. Yes, they are that good. Honey Rolls 1 cup milk 1/2 cup honey 1/2 cup butter [1 stick] 2 teaspoos salt 1-2 tablespoons granulated sugar* 2 pkges. dry yeast 1/2 cup warm water [110º-115ºF] 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 6 - 6 1/2 cups AP flour Heat the milk, add butter and salt. Set aside while butter melts. Stir in the honey. In another bowl, combine the warm water, yeast and sugar. Let it sit until yeast is completely dissolved, about 6-7 minutes. Combine milk mixture with yeast mixture. And stir in the beaten eggs. Beat in 4 cups flour. Add enough remaining flour to make a soft, but not sticky dough. Place dough in greased bowl, turning to coat both sides. Cover and allow dough to rise 1 hour. Punch dough down, and allow to rise another hour. Punch down again, and shape dough into rolls. Let it rise again 45 minutes to an hour or until doubled in volume. Preheat your oven to 375ºF and bake rolls for 25 minutes or until a deep golden brown. For a very soft crust, brush rolls with melted butter as soon as they come out of the oven. Note: You could omit the sugar from this recipe altogether. I sometimes use about a teaspoon of the honey called for in the recipe to feed the yeast instead of the sugar. I also have to admit that I don't follow the directions exactly, I put all the wet stuff into my bread machine, add the dry stuff and let it finish on the "dough" setting. Then I roll it out, cut it into rolls and let rise, then bake. I've done it both ways and they both turn out about the same, so choose your technique, they both work! Annie

When our kids were, DS 17 and DD 14, We took Easter to their grandparents and I brought along Easter baskets with candy for kids and grandparents. I also 'made' my kids do an Easter egg hunt with the plastic eggs filled with money. Some had a quarter or two some a dollar some 5$ bills but two had 20$. In order to get these teens scrambling around their Gparents lawn I had to shake the coin filled eggs and tell them some eggs didn't shake but still had some worthwhile item inside. OMG they loved it. Found all of them. Gparents cracking up at this display of goofiness between brother and sister. The next few years they asked about the Easter egg hunt well before and we had mini ones in the house. But never one on the lawn again, we didn't have Gparents to watch. We did a few baskets later and I gave them eggs filled with some $. Now I just do a family Easter candy basket as we don't do much candy any more and the $ get doled out at Christmas only. DS is not even at home and DD is still in college.