My musings on our homeschool, coop, figuring out what my educational philosophy is anyway, and will I ever make curtains for the rest of the appartment?
Last night, K fell asleep before dinner, then woke up hungry and bouncy at 1:30AM. She didn’t settle down until 3:30. The Window’s laptop seems to have died. At least we know it’s not a fuse, capasitor or connection to Continue reading Tired Ramblings
Real: I can’t get organizing work done unless K is either “helping” me, or busy on something fun. Fun is easier; this day she was making play dough cannoli Funny: two messy cabinets emptied only my table; how Continue reading {pretty, funny, happy, real} Tidying up the cabinets
At least I imagine it does, never having done one of those fancy growth stages insects do. We’ve had two good days of beginning school – no more than the usual glitches. B did twice as much mathwork as I Continue reading Metamorphosis Itches.
I think everything looks pretty in this Japanese bowl. Mr Park, the church pianist, gave it to me when I admired it. My Mother-in-Law kindly wrote out the Guest family’s Biscuits and Tomato recipe a month or two before I Continue reading {pretty, funny, happy, real} with recipes
As long as we were waiting for the tractor ride at Four Town Farm, and standing all together looking at the koi pond, I thought I’d take their picture – I did forget about the angle of the sun Continue reading The Strawberry Meal
This chocolate meal did not quite count: you see, I added steamed carrots, fresh radishes and plain lettuce salad. Without chocolate. So we have to try again with the veggies in some sort of chocolate garb. __ This was my Continue reading The Chocolate Meal Rehearsal
It took 13 lemons, a pound of butter, 2 quarts of chicken broth, 18 eggs, most of the morning, and three helpers. The menu: Avgolemono lemon cheesecake lemonade lemon creamcheese scones from Betty Crocker’s Homemade Quick breads (a wedding present) Continue reading The Lemon Meal
Sunday morning, three year old K tried very hard, with her vocabulary frustrating her, to tell me that she wanted a soft boiled egg. I’d never eaten one, let alone cooked one, but after tears, pantomime, and M translating I Continue reading Soft Boiled Eggs AKA “Eggies in shell wi’ ‘poon!”
M is on a temporary 8 weeks with no orthodontia anything glued to his teeth. B has made 3 batches of peanut brittle since last Thursday, and today I popped the rest of the strawberry popcorn the boys grew two Continue reading Let us eat popcorn
When I’m preparing for Christmas, I don’t often remember what it’s really like on the day, or how nice it is the week after with the kids playing their new games and lots of left overs making meal prep easy. Continue reading Christmas 2010 Pictures (with flashbacks)
I hadn’t thought of these as Christmas Cookies: I’d never made them in December, not had them then. But M asked for them and cheerfully formed them last week. M used the recipe from Mrs Fields Best Cookie Book Ever. Continue reading Thumb Print Cookies
These cookies were originally published in Sphere Magazine in 1977. My Dad was always the one to bake them; he liked challenging recipes. When he cooked, every conceivable utensil in the kitchen was used, and washing up was a bear. Continue reading Linzer Cookies