Craft Idea: Sports Pennants Banner

Sportsboy loves baseketball, baseball and soccer.  He plays on teams.  This year, he will actually get to try out for school teams because he is entering 7th grade.  He's excited.

So I bought these 30 professional basketball team pennants (NBA teams) for Sportsboy's room.  However, they didn't come connected.  Of course thanks to Pinterest, I was looking at some pinspirations.  (Follow me on Pinterest). For the finished project, I took pictures with my iPhone because my son was excited the banner looked pretty cool, and I didn't want to take out my camera. 

I decided to connect the pennants together with burlap twine and glue, and a little bit of tape for sturdiness.  Sportsboy helped as well.

Once we were finished, Sportsboy and I took the banner to his room and hung it above the doorway and his closet.  

Looks pretty nice. 

Roasted Almonds and Walnuts Recipe

On his day off, Hubster likes to mess around in the kitchen, especially on cold, winter days.  He decides to come up with his own recipe of Roasted Almonds and Walnuts.  Yes, I have permission to post this delicious and warm snack on our blog!

So without further delay, I present to you the recipe!  As we say in Arabic, Sahtain (many know the French version Bon Appetit).

Ingredients:

You can determine how the size of the portions.

• Raw Almonds
• Walnuts
• Spices such as Saffron, Cinnamon, Chili Powder, Black Pepper, and Sea Salt 

Put the Almonds and the Walnuts in the pan on low heat.  Put about 2-3 ounces of water over the nuts.  Add  each of the spice listed above one at a time.  Do NOT forget the Saffron because that is what makes it special.  Keep stirring the ingredients.  Cover for one minute to be sure the spices are soaked into the Almonds and Walnuts.  

Be sure to uncover after one minute, and roast for another five minutes and don't forget to stir in between.  Total time roasting: 10 minutes.

Did I mention that Hubster loves Dates?  (In fact, we've always made sure Dates were available in our household).

 Hubster made me Cinnamon Tea as well.

Hubster said this image reminded him of his childhood, sitting at the beach, watching the waves and the boatings, while snacking on dates, and drinking tea.

 Sportsboy, my 9 year old, designed this plate.  He put his artistic touch to make a pattern, which turned out to look like a flower.

I gave my Nikon to Sportsboy to practice taking photos.  This is what he came up with.  I think it is hilarious.