Friday, September 17, 2010

I Need Dessert Ideas PLEASEEE!!!!

Does anyone have any good dessert ideas? Something easy to distribute like a unique cookie or cupcake or something small and yummy????

We have some family coming over in a couple of weeks and I am in need of a good recipe!!!


Please help me out! Thank youuuu!

It's Beginning To Look A lot Like Fall!



It's that time again! A cool breeze is taking over, the leaves are just starting to change a little bit and that feeling of halloween seems to be on it's way!!!

I love this time of year, it's so beautiful and it just reminds me of good family times. We play Frank Sinatra and eat dinner a little bit earlier. It's just a great time of year all around.

I know halloween will be here in a month and a half and all of the high school football games are starting to play. We will be making a scarecrow soon to hang up in our lawn and go apple picking to make apple pie!

Please enjoy this time and take a moment to just take it all in and relax!



What are your favorite fall traditions?

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Take Time To Remember

Please remember all those who have lost their lives in 9/11 and all of those who were and are effected by it.

Remember the soliders and all those fighting for our country, the land of the free.

Remember that we stand united as ONE country.

Always remember to take pride in the country you live in.

We are The United States of America.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Naturalistic Observation


Ok so it's been a while (I promise to not go that long with out writing again but the last of summer was VERY busy) but I'd like to start on a new topic.

Naturalistic Observation...who's heard of it?

It is a study in the psychology world of human behavior, or any behavior for that matter. It seems to be the most sincere way to gather information on anything. This is something we do everyday without realizing it! It is very similar, if not the exact same as, "people watching."

What you do is sit back and observe people, animals, children, whatever it is you're studying and just watch. That's it! Just watch what they are doing and take notice to it.

These objects you're studying cannot know you are studying them, it has to be in a natural environment with natural feelings and actions. Due to this, they will act instinctively and you will get truthful results!

There can be no interacting; you can not fix the toy your child broke or pick up the newspaper someone dropped (sounds harsh in these situations) but this way you can see reactions.

In this study, there is not always an end result because if nothing is happening there can still be no interference to try and intrigue it.

I thought this was pretty awesome that it was an actual study and it's something you can do sitting in your back yard, watching the blue birds or the squirrels run up the tree!

Pretty neat, huh? What do you guys think???