Winners of Rainbow Brite CDs

The winners of the Rainbow Brite CDs have been drawn.  The winners are....

Lezanac from 4 Kids Review Mom and Dad2, Lady V dZine, Lilyk, Heavenly Savings, and Jessica.

Congratulations to the winners!  Stay tuned for more great giveaways here on Real Heart Prints.

Friday Funnies- Bazinga!

One of Dan's favorite shows is The Big Bang Theory, so much so, that now he's gotten me into it.  The last one we watched was hilarious.  Sheldon was stuck on a scientific formula, and he couldn't sleep or work or anything until he figured out the answer.  This is the scene from the ball pit.  His "Bazinga!" just cracks me up!  Laugh it up!  (I hope you don't mind the tiny commercial in the beginning of the video....this was the only video I could embed.)

For more Friday Funnies, visit Kim at Homesteaders Heart.

Recipe Box: Miss Esther's Banana Bread

One of my Grandma Atkins' best friends and neighbors was Miss Esther.  Miss Esther lived just down a gravel road, not far from my grandma's house; she lived with her brother on their farm.  She sold eggs, and she weaved beautiful rugs.  My grandma used to take me with her to buy eggs, and we'd look through her rugs sometimes, oohing and aahing.  Miss Esther was a schoolteacher at one time; she taught in a one room schoolhouse, and she also wrote the local "gossip" column for the Bado community, the who was where and what they were doing column.  Our names were in that column several times....she would call Grandma to see who had come to visit that week, etc.  Times were definitely different back then; I miss them so much.  Anyway, this is one of Miss Esther's recipes, and wow, is it ever delicious.  The loaf even turned out perfectly in shape, color, and form.  It has become my new banana bread recipe.  Enjoy!

Miss Esther's Banana Bread

1/2 cup shortening

1 cup sugar

3 eggs

3 bananas

2 cups flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

Nuts (Optional; I left these out)

Mix shortening and sugar together; add eggs.  Mash up bananas, and add them.  Mix dry ingredients together; then add to mixture.  Grease a bread pan; this made one big loaf for us.  Scrape batter into bread pan; batter will be slightly thick.  Bake at 350 for about 40 minutes; it took our loaf an hour or more to get done in the middle.  

Have a wonderful day!

Winner of FamilyTime DotMine Planner

I just drew the winner for the Family Time DotMine Planner, and the winner is....

Georgia Mist from Gathering My Roses.

Congratulations!  Thank you to all who entered this giveaway.  Be sure to enter my other giveaway going on right now for Rainbow Brite CDs.  Five winners will be chosen this Friday.  Stay tuned for more great giveaways here on Real Heart Prints.

SYLW: Ozarks Honor Flight

World War II has always been an era that has been close to my heart....I just feel so passionately about it and want to learn everything I can about that time in history.  There are so many heroes, so many men and women who served our country both here at home and overseas, some giving the ultimate sacrifice.  Having an uncle who served as a tail-gunner in a bomber plane and another uncle who heroically served as a medic, crossing the Mosell and Saar Rivers under fire, in order to save lives, I long to tell their story and hear other stories, so that those same stories can be passed down from generation to generation.  

That's one reason I'm really excited about this next organization, Ozarks Honor Flight.  Ozarks Honor Flight is a regional part of the national organization, Honor Flight Network.
Ozarks Honor Flight was started in 2009, as a non-profit organization in Springfield, MO.  Their goal is to transport our veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit their memorials.  Since the World War II memorial was just founded in 2004, many of these veterans have not had a chance to travel, in their lifetime, to see their own memorial.  Right now, Ozarks Honor Flight is focusing on veterans from World War II, since it is estimated that 1,000 of our WWII veterans are dying every single day.   This trip is a one day trip at no cost to the veterans.  Many of them want to go see the memorial for themselves or even for the sake of fallen comrades, to honor their memory and their ultimate gift to our country.  Later on, Ozarks Honor Flight will begin to transport veterans from the Korean War and Vietnam.

You can help these veterans to make this trip either by donation or by volunteering.  If you volunteer, you might help to send off these veterans in the morning or welcome them back home with much celebration.  You might help out in the office taking phone calls or prepping things to mail.  You might even help by contacting these veterans and helping them to make the necessary arrangements.  If you are interested in volunteering, you can contact the Volunteer Coordinator, debbieh@ozarkshonorflight.com.

Either way, our veterans deserve the utmost respect, admiration, and honor for the ways in which they have served.  If you'd like to find out if there's an Honor Flight Network near you, check out the Honor Flight Network website.

Winner of Win & Give Giveaway

We have a winner for the fruit snacks and $25 donation to One Laptop Per Child giveaway.  The winner is....

Karen.

Congratulations, Karen.  Thank you to all who entered.  Be sure to enter my other giveaways going on right now, and have a wonderful day!

Time Out Tuesdays: Link Up Your Giveaways

It's time for a homeschooling edition of Time Out Tuesdays.  I hope this finds you well and having a wonderful day.  I am so tired that I think I could sleep for hours, but I'm up and at 'em.  Don't forget to link up your giveaways below.:)

Mom, Reinvented has a great post on Learning Through Living.

Are you in need of Foreign Language Lesson Plans and Resources?

If your children are studying about nature or birds, then they might be interested in The Great Backyard Bird Count. 

Heart of the Matter is a wonderful homeschool blog with tons of great articles and resources, including a recent article on School Organization for Everyday.  They even have a forum that you can chat it up in and connect with other homeschool moms and dads.

Meet Me at the Corner is a site filled with virtual field trips for kids; it helps to bring lessons alive for them.

When I was a little girl, my mom used to get paper dolls for me to play with; they were so much fun.  You can find free historic paper dolls for your little ones on Paper Dali.  That's not all, though.  Check out these sites for more paper dolls: Marilee's Paper Dolls Page, Paper Dolls!, and Be My Paper Doll Valentine (my personal favorite, as you can find paper dolls for Strawberry Shortcake and others).

I also found the motherload of free unit studies over at Homeschool Share; you can even submit yours.  How cool is that?

Lastly, if you're researching curriculum, Curriculum Choice might be a good place for you to find reviews written by real homeschoolers.  They also have a couple of great articles on Socialization and Homeschooling Without Feeling Overwhelmed.

Ok, now it's your turn to sign Mr. Linky with all of your wonderful giveaways/contests.  Have a wonderful week!