Week in Review

Well it was a short week for us so we decided to spend it finishing up some things that had gone to the wayside the week before Christmas Break. We finished up some spanish work and Ev did some geography as well as reading his 3rd Grade Detctive book. Annika worked on finishing some handwriting work she hadn't quite gotten too before break.

It does have some spots where the word spacing needs some work, but all in all it's very nicely done.

We're all excited to get back to the thick of it next week and will be starting Mr. Popper's Penguins as our Read Aloud as well as starting some Theme Pockets which will be fun for art.

Happy New Year to all!

I got a new "toy"!! My new Bosch Kitchen Center

Well as many may know I'm determined to stop buying store bought bread and start making my own at home. My kitchenaid just wasn't up to the task so I used the Christmas money my inlaws gave me to buy myself a new kitchen center. It arrived yesterday and I had my first 2 attempts at making bread today.

Here I am shaping the loaves before putting them in the pan

The first attempt went well, the mixer did just as promised. It mixed and kneaded enough dough for 4 loaves of bread (I didn't think we needed to make the 6 2lb loaves the machine is capable of) without much effort at all. I got it all shaped and put in the pans it was rising like nobody's buisness when I realized I forgot to add the salt. Well because of that it turned into godzilla bread, with no taste. Here's the pictures of the godzilla bread

That's the new Bosch Kitchen ceter behind the loaves. We tried the blender attachment last night and made the smoothest, creamiest milkshakes ever!

The loaves just wouldn't stop growing!

So when that was not edible we tried again and this was the final result and slightly sweet (we used honey instead of sugar) wonderfully light bread.

Cookies for Santa

Hi all,

I know it's been a while since I updated things. We've been busy enjoying school and the unusually warm weather here in Chesapeake. I thought I'd share some pictures

Here's the kids enjoying some time outside in the warm weather. Anna was busy on the swing and I couldn't get a clear picture of her.

Later on we enjoyed some Watermelon and Strawberry Kabobs

One night our crazy pug Festis decided to find a new place to call his own.

Here's the latest "craft" we've been up to. We've been off of school for a while for the holidays and took the opportunity to make some cookies for santa.
Here's a few pictures of the kids decorating them.