Amy Michelle

Whether grilling or chilling, these delicious recipes will light up any 4th of July celebration.
Fee, Fie, Faux Fried Chicken

Fee, Fie, Foh Yum! I smell the scent of chicken with crumbs! If you love fried chicken but hate all the fat, our healthier rendition is a giant step in the right direction.

RECIPE INGREDIENTS:

2/3 cup all-purpose flour

1 [...]

Use these great websites to let your kids create their own word search puzzles! These sites allow you to decide the number of words to find, the difficulty level, size of the puzzle, word directions, and even get artsy with the colors of the puzzle.
http://www.armoredpenguin.com/wordsearch/
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/WordSearchSetupForm.asp
For the younger ones..
Fireworks Art
Create your own fireworks picture by using [...]

Yaye! I found a mini camp for my little guy every Tuesday and Thursday!! He comes home exhausted from all the running around and none stop playing. He gets his social interaction which he desperately needs with other children and Mom of One gets her time to get things done!!!

So help me if my cell phone rings one more time, I’m going to have a nervous breakdown.  I actually had a few minutes of adult only time and I swear my husband or kids called me at least 20 times.  I think if the dog could have found out how to dial me he [...]

Why not? Milk, eggs, and cheese lend vitamins A and D, while kiwi and mango offer vitamins C and E.  Mango also brings in vitamin A in the form of beta-carotene, as does the spinach (the leafy green also throws vitamin K into the mix).  Not to be left out, avocado represents the B family [...]

I had to go completely offline the last few days because of house projects and had a little internet withdrawal. I knew I’ve become a bit hooked on the internet, but I really missed my daily “tour” of sites, blogs and tools. One of my friends recently asked me why I used both Facebook, Twitter [...]

Millions of toys nothing to do

My first experience with an Amy Michelle bag was when my husband bought me one to use for traveling. Being based in NY but living in CO causes me to have to bring lots of stuff back & forth.  My first reaction to the bag was “a diaper bag”, are you trying to tell me something?  [...]

Pasta-Stamp Fireworks T-Shirt
Turn a handful of noodles into super-simple stamps that add patriotic punch to your holiday tees. This project is easy enough for preschoolers –and fun for older kids– making it an ideal craft for a weekend gathering of extended family.

CRAFT MATERIALS:

Pasta shapes

Corrugated cardboard

Tacky glue

Scissors

Waxed paper

T-shirt

1-inch flat foam brush

Washable fabric glue (we used Aleene’s [...]

It makes me happy when I can get my kids to eat–yes, it is a continual battle in my home to find something we can all eat.  It makes me even happier when my kids eat organic foods–locally grown organic and I am doing back flips.   This is the only point in my kids life when I [...]