Road Trip Tip #1: Binkie Saver

We've been a few long road trips in the last couple of months, plus it's an hour to get to the closest Home Depot or Lowes which means that we've been in the car a lot lately. My baby guy still has his binkie (and I have good intentions of getting rid of it soon, but it's kind of a sanity saver with lots of road trips, so he'll get it a little while longer). Anyway...he's always dropping his binkie on the floor always on the side that no one can reach.

This week I went on a long drive with just two of us and I was a bit worried about him not having his binkie. I didn't want to stop every ten minute to pick it up. Then my friend, Angela shared her great idea with me.

Here it is. Are you ready?

* Tie the binkie to the car seat strap with a string. *

Toddlers can't get the knots undone. It's genius and was a life saving idea!

When my babies were little I used the binkie straps that clip onto their clothes, but the older the babies get the easier they can pull the strap off. They can't get the string undone though.

It bugged my baby guy that he had a string on his binkie, but he eventually got over it. He knew that he could look down and find the string and that his binkie would be at the end of it.

My baby guy and I survived (and maybe even enjoyed) a 4.5 hour drive with zero binkie dropping and losing! Amazing.

Forgive my fuzzy cell phone pictures that I snapped at while stopped at a stoplight. Probably not the best time/place to be taking pictures.

I'll be posting a few more of our family road trip tips soon.

One Hour Rolls

These rolls are amazing! I've been making these rolls since 2001 when I was a newlywed and my sister-in-law shared the recipe with me. The rolls are light, fluffy, easy to make and they only take one hour! And delicious too! I've made these rolls more times than I can count, so I've perfected the art of making them. Here are some step-by-step instructions with pictures for you. Here's what you'll need. I buy pretty much all of the ingredients in this recipe at Sam's club, thus the huge containers. You need warm water, yeast, oil, sugar, salt, egg and flour. In the mixer bowl, add warm water (not hot), oil, sugar and yeast. Mix together. After ten or fifteen minutes the yeast mixture should be puffed up like this. Time to add the salt and beaten egg. Then mix in the flour. (I've used a mixture of half wheat and half white flour successfully.) Keep adding flour until the dough is manageable. It will be a little sticky, b

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Week 394 Menu

Hi there! This week is flying by! So excited that we've been having blue skies and warmer weather. Our snow is almost all melted and little bulbs are sprouting in the flower beds. However, we had our 10th snow/ice day last week!!! Hopefully it was the last one. Life has been busy, busy and I need to plan out the rest of our week's menus, even though it's already Thursday. Here's what we've eaten so far and what I'm planning: Monday: chicken stirfry, rice/quinoa Tuesday: breakfast for dinner Wednesday: flatbread pizzas Thursday: roasted butternut squash, pasta, chicken sausage Friday: tacos Saturday: leftovers Sunday: pot roast, mashed potatoes, one hour rolls Alrighty, that's what we're eating this week. How about you? What's on your menu this week? Feel free to share. I love it when you do! More from Jenny:

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