Happy Easter

Welcome

Welcome back to our cozy corner of the world.  Sorry for the confusion last week.  I run two blogs, Blue Rabbit Cottage and Blue Rabbit Academy and I crossed a wire last week and gave you all a peek into our homeschool life.  If you like to read more about our school feel free to join us over at the Blue Rabbit Academy: www.bluerabbitacademy.blogspot.com, and if you really just come for the crafts I apologize.

Reminder

For the month of March you can receive 10% off your Etsy order by entering the code EASTER16 at checkout.  Let your friends know.

New

Blue Rabbit is now on twitter. Follow us for news, specials and well tweets in general.  @rabbitcottage

Crafting

Besides a special order I've not been doing too much crafting.  As you saw last week we've been spending a lot of time outside soaking up the sun.

This blanket is a special order for a special mother for mother's day this year.  I think she'll love it.  It reminds me of spring.  It made me think of these flowers from the back yard.

Mom has this lovely owl necklace about to go onto Etsy.  Check our shop soon for updates!

We also will have bunny hats in more colors! If there are any other color types you'd like to see comment below and let me know.





Outside

 Since I've not been spending as much time crafting lately I thought I'd share a few pictures of what I have been up to.

We got a new hen named Nutmeg, we had to trade the white rooster for her because we can't keep a rooster in city limits. That's Ginger in the front and Nutmeg in the back.

We've also been watching the strawberry plant bloom and the pea plats shoot up.

Once some of the newness wears off spring I'll get back to my regularly scheduled crafting.

On the Bookshelf

 Paper, Scissors, Death by Joanna Campbell Slan was on my bookshelf this week.  This was a really fun murder mystery.  I hate to use those words in the same sentence, but for readers of cozy mysteries you understand what I mean. 
This is the first book in Ms. Slan's Kiki Lowenstein Scap-n-Craft Mystery Series.  Kiki's husband turns up dead and Kiki's life is turned upside down. She finds a job selling scrapbooking supplies and teaching classes while trying to solve her husband's murder and keep her little family together. 
This was a very promising first book and I'm looking forward to reading some more in this series.  There are scrapbooking tips at the end of some chapters for you to try out as well.







Happy Easter



 Thank you for stopping in and visiting us this week.  We hope you've enjoyed our chat.  Have a Happy Easter and enjoy your family.  Come back and see us again soon!

Fresh Air and Sunshine

Since the weather has been so lovely lately we've been doing school and spending most of our days outside.  We've had bugs go to school with us and chickens steal our breakfast and scope out our lunches.  We've climbed trees, dug in the dirt and swung on the swings.  It has been a really nice time.  

Ro-bear of all people decided to catch worms, slugs and the little black and red bugs.  The kid who hates to have her hands dirty.  I was very surprised.  She's hold them and watch them then go wash her hands and come back out to play.

Boo likes to follow the chickens around the yard.  She's pretty good about getting them back into the yard when they wander off as well.

One morning Ro-bear had a waffle on the picnic table and the chickens stole it.  They loved it so much they now go check out the table every time we're outside to see what we might have left in reach for them.  That day it was pizza. Amazingly, they did not make a move for the pizza.

 Here's are both chickens on the bench.

 Here's the slug that Ro-bear had working on a worksheet with her a different morning.

 Wednesday was up in the high 80s, and the girls decided to take the garden watering can to splash each other after school and gymnastics.  When they were tired of splashing around L-bug and Boo started to swing on the swing set.  Ro-bear went inside and put on clean pjs and brought out her blanket and pillow and laid in the grass. 

Tonight while L-bug and I were watching tv, I look over and she was winding my grey yarn into a ball for me. What a sweet child.  Of course, I found out she was winding it up so she could steal it and make a scarf, but still a sweet child.

If you haven't tried schooling outside I would highly recommend it.  We fit nature study in with the rest of our book work.  Everything from identifying the bird in the tree beside us, to the hawks eyeballing our chickens, to watching the pea shoots sprout is fit in seamlessly with physics and English.

Another added benefit of so many hours outside is the that the girls are sleeping through the night again.  We'd gone through a phase where Boo was waking up at 11-12 crying and then Ro-bear would get up at 5-6 and want to sleep with us.  It is a very draining cycle.  It is nice to know that fresh air and sunshine can help reset their little bodies and help everyone get some much needed sleep.

Let me know what your favorite outdoor activities are on a nice sunny day.  Its been nice having you visit.  I hope you stop by again soon. 

Fishy Friday

Welcome

Thanks for stopping by to visit.  Don't forget to use the code EASTER16 for 10% off your order!  I hope your weather has been lovely and everyone is healthy and happy where you are. 

New At Cottage

We have a couple of new things up at the cottage. 


Here is a newborn baby fox hat and diaper cover set- $35.00



Washcloth and bath salt set- $10.00

In our Kitchen

Since it is Lent for those of you who observe Lent, we decided to have a Friday night dinner recipe.


Spicy Fish Tacos


You will need,
1 small package Cole Slaw Mix
1 cup Mayonnaise
1 packet Taco Seasoning
Fish of choice (I recommend a packaged breaded fish)
Tortilla shells
Hot Sauce (optional)


Preheat oven to package indicated on box, or if cooking your own fish preheat oven or pan to prepare fish. 
While oven is preheating take a medium size bowl and add the cole slaw mix, mayo, and taco seasoning.  Mix well and set in fridge to cool.  The mix will become saucier as it sets.

Cook fish for time indicated on box.

Put a piece of fish and a liberal scoop of slaw on a tortilla shell and top with hot sauce for a spicier taco. 

Enjoy.














Thanks for stopping by our cottage for a visit.  We're glad to spend some time with you.  Let us know what you want to see on the blog coming up in the comments below. Have a lovely week and we hope to see you again soon.