One Fish, Two Fish – Story Time Video

One Fish, Two Fish by Dr Seuss

Peanut Butter, Cream Cheese, & Brown Sugar Heaven!

Pin itToday, instead of reading a book, I thought we could sing a song about reading book! This is a great song my Laurie Berkner and I know you’ll love it. So get out your glasses! Check out all of my Story Time Videos below! The Little Red Hen Click, Clack, Moo! Cows That Type Bark, [...]

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A little comfort food with a side of comfort…

Yoo-hoo Ice Cream is delicious, easy, and only has two ingredients!

Pin itI dearly love today’s story. Katy Rose brought it home from the school library one day this past year and asked me to read it to her. We both quickly found ourselves laughing throughout the whole book, especially the ending! I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Thank you for all [...]

Pin itJune is National Dairy Month! To celebrate it, we were invited to visit an Alabama dairy farm courtesy of the Southeast United Dairy Association. We had a WONDERFUL family day and I’m so excited to bring you along with us in today’s post! This is Mr. and Mrs. Childers, who celebrate their 47th wedding [...]

This is a GREAT activity to do with kids but even adults enjoy the “neatness” factor of making your own butter.

Pin it Giraffes Can’t Dance Listen to more of my favorite stories below! Tacky The Penguin Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type Bark, George YES DAY! Giraffes Can’t Dance Pete The Cat Kiss Good Night Green Eggs And Ham One Fish, Two Fish Wocket In My Pocket “If a child can’t learn the way we [...]

A fun, easy, and inexpensive shirt to make for the 100th day of school.

Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Snow Cream
IngredientsDishpan of fresh, clean snow (or shaved ice) 1 can Sweetened condensed milk 1-10 kidsInstructionsCombine snow and sweetened condensed milk. Stir well. Hand over to kids. Discourage snow cream fights because they are sticky to clean up. Google Recipe View Microformatting by ZipList Recipe Plugin1.2 Bookmark [...]

Pin it Felt and glue are two of the best things to have on hand during Christmas time with your kids. I can’t even begin to count how many different ornaments and crafts we made up as kids to hang on our tree or give to friends using mostly those two simple supplies. It’s so [...]

Pin it Reading Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. HAVE A GREAT DAY! Listen to more of my favorite stories below! Tacky The Penguin Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type Bark, George YES DAY! Giraffes Can’t Dance Pete The Cat Kiss Good Night Green Eggs And Ham One Fish, Two Fish Wocket In [...]

Pin it Both of my kids started school this week and it has been a very strange few days for me. For the first time in eleven years, my voice echoes off the walls during the day. I find myself sitting down to work and waiting for someone to need something before I get started. [...]

Pin itI’m about to get on my soap box today but before I do that I’m gonna tell you a little about the recipe I’m bringing you. This is a fun and kid friendly treat that the whole family can get in on making and everyone can customize to their own tastes. Whats even better [...]

Pin itI had my first meat pie during my brief stint in the SCA, a group of very fun people who completely re-enact medieval times (I loved sewing my own garb!). People would make them ahead of time, wrap in foil and refrigerate, and then we’d heat them by the fire whenever someone got hungry. [...]

Pin itSomewhere about the time that the Rambo movies were in full swing, my dad and a few of his friends from the Huntsville Police Department decided that they needed to spend a weekend getting back to nature and “roughing it”. Soon as that talk began canoes started showing up at our house. One by [...]

A video for you and the special kids in your life of a quick, easy, and fun Valentine cupcake topper that you can make together.

Pin it What happened to my Bradybug? I swear he was a baby yesterday and look at him now, growing up before my eyes. Each morning its as if there is a new child waiting for me to meet! Brady hasn’t been on Southern Plate in a while because as he has grown, so has [...]

Pin itIf you know someone who has a little girl, please send them the link to this post! I hope y’all will indulge me yet again as I drift away from food and bring you something to thrill the little girls in your life – without breaking the bank! I still have plenty of Christmas [...]

Pin itOne thing can definitely be said for kids: They keep you on your toes! I haven’t had a speck of dust settle on me since I became a mother ten and a half years ago (wow, has it really been that long?). Last night was no different, of course. As Brady and Daddy were [...]

Inexpensive, quick, easy, and you may already have the ingredients!

Pin it I’m just barely getting these ideas to you in the nick of time – Three of my favorite kid friendly Halloween crafts that are also great for classrooms and even class parties! My mother always took time out of her busy day (raising three kids and taking care of a house!) to do [...]

Pin it We have a VERY SPECIAL guest blogger today – my seven year old nephew, Lane! Let me tell ya, no one has ever been prouder to be on Southern Plate than him. I had no idea that he wanted to post until my sister said a few weeks ago “Lane thinks if he [...]
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