JEN SEVERN'S BLOG

Broncos Cupcake Toppers!  Free Printable! Label your YUMMY football food here!

Free Printable Broncos Banner!  Go Broncos!!!

Here is a Vintage Denver Broncos Banner to print.  Just click on the images and print!  This will add some fun to your party!  Go BRONCOS!  DENVER BRONCOS (you need to print 2 o's; 2 n's; 2 e's; 2 r's)

What's for breakfast?   Here is a FUN way to get your kids involved in choosing a healthy breakfast!  I had a girl friend ask me to make a morning menu for her kids.  At first I thought really, we can't be short order cooks!  However, the idea has grown on me.  With so much happening on a school day morning it's nice to wake up with a plan ! Here is how it works.  Print the menu.  Laminate it and they can fill it out with a dry erase marker the night before.  You can always "close" part of the kitchen if something is not available that morning.  For example, if you know you won't have time to make a hot breakfast that morning, just put line through it for that day. This menu is providing healthy options and you are eliminating debating, shouting and frustration over early morning indecisiveness.  I hope this adds value to your mornings!  Thanks for the fun idea Amanda!  Of course I had to give you some color options! ...

A summer bucket list is a great way to keep track of all the fun summer activities you want to do!  We LOVE our Summer Bucket List!! Our family bucket list has been surprisingly great for a few reasons.  First, when my kids say, "Mommy, can we.....?"  I say, "That is a great idea!  Lets put it on our bucket list. Go write it down on a clothespin and hang it up."  Now my child's idea is heard, valued and remembered. Secondly, the bucket lists holds me accountable.  Too often my kids ideas fall on my, too-much-going-on-right-now-to-remember-that-later, deaf-ears.  My kids have good ideas, but often it's just not a good idea for right that minute.  Then we keep track of the idea and when it's the right time we get to do it and enjoy it!  It feels good to put that great idea into the bucket too! Thirdly, our summer bucket list ideas are nice dinner conversations.   We go around and ask, what would you like to do this summer?  We wri...

Serious Science! HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN SLIME!! The slime you might find in a real Mad Scientist's lab would probably be the result of some horrible genetic mutation. You can make slime that looks radioactive and toxic, yet is actually easy to make and safe. Here's how you do it. INGREDIENTS 4-oz bottle school glue gel (for the best slime, use clear glue gel) borax (In the laundry detergent section of the store. USE BORAX!) water food coloring DIRECTIONS Mix 1 Cup of HOT water and 1/8 teaspoon of Borax. Stir until it stops dissolving. (Use 1/4 teaspoon for more firm slime.)  Put Glue in a medium size bowl add food coloring and stir. Add Borax solution to the glue.  Kneed with your hands. Have FUN!  Store in air tight container.

For any of you who have even been affected by a divorce I just heard a story that moved me.  I don't care if you are divorced, your friend is or your parents were.  I have been impacted by divorce.  I have a best friend who went through a divorce, people in my family who have been divorced, we have the crazy Christmas swap with kids here then there then there then....  I think most of us have someone near to our hearts who has been touched by divorce.  If you are divorced, hear this YOU are LOVED.  I heard this message and I could not help but get teary as I listened.  I think it's one of the most redeeming messages I have heard on divorce.  It's a message of honest pain, hope, love and redemption all around the big D.  Let me know what you think.  Below is a link to the audio, if you click around you can find the video too. Jack and Jill