Paco’s 10!
A break from allergy-free food. Paco requested this cake -- made up of our favorite Huntington chocolate cake layers, ganache filling, whipped cream frosting, strawberry sauce served on the side. The letters were made using the same ganache, with additional...
Paco’s Book Log
Paco: By the Great Horn Spoon Gold Rush:To explore further:Great Horn Spoon Teacher Guide - we will be using this informally and just explore the different sites suggested.The Virtual California Gold CountryGold Rush related postcards collectionThe Gold Rush...
Book Log: Yena Read Alouds
Goodnight Little Kitten - **/5 The Shopping Expedition */5 Too Many Bunnies - Tomie dePaola - ***/5 Yum Yum Dim Sum - Amy Wilson Sanger *****/5 Read Me A Story - Rosemary Wells ****/5 Coco and Cavendish Fire Dogs - ****/5
My Outdoor “Compost Bin”
Image: Markus Spiske Ugh. Three weeks ago hubby built an outdoor compost bin for me. We bought some nice terra cotta scalloped edging and made a roughly 5'x5' square. Inside the square he used some posts to hold the rabbit fence which now goes on the inside perimeter....
Book Log
Paco: Superbikes Yena Read Aloud: I'll Never Share You, Blackboard Bear
Book Log
Paco and Migi: Pirates Past Noon Day of the Dragon King Larryboy versus the Volcano! The Case of the Secret Valentine Sunset of the Sabertooth Sidekicks Sports Cars Race Cars (Designed for Success) Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Handprints...
Mary Gardens
The Mary Garden spreadsheet is now a Google spreadsheet which you can view here. The list of Mary's flowers was taken from Mary's Gardens: 100 Plants For A Larger Mary Garden. The spreadsheet includes information on each flower, i.e., by Latin name, ordering link...
Dealing with Allergies
Image: Irena Carpaccio I've been quiet lately because I've been catching up on my reading. I've got 6 cookbooks at my bedside table right now and only 2 of them are likely candidates. Even a book titled "What to Eat When You Can't Eat Anything" is filled with...
Narnia
Image: Mystery Cat Just a post to remind everyone that the Narnia DVDs are out TODAY!!! We just got our copy, and the kids are squealing with delight! I see a turkish delight-making session coming soon. We now return you to your regularly scheduled...
Typing Lessons
Image: Florian Klauer Paco just asked when I was going to teach him how to touch-type, so I found him this! He’s working on it right now.
My daughter wants to eat
SCUPPERNONGS!!! This morning she said she wants to eat them, after reading "To Kill a Mockingbird". Help! Where do I get some? Maybe we could grow them. The botanical name is vitis rotundifolia and they grow in zones 6-9. Though they are commonly found in the...
Enjoying Nature
I’ve never been much of a nature person. Probably because neither of my parents were — or at least the type to explain scientific facts in nature, etc. But they did take us to places where we could enjoy God’s creation. At any rate, I’m happier within the confines of...
Kuwento
Aisa and I have been working on High School of Your Dreams. She’s picked her texts and I’ve ordered most of them. We have to backtrack to Algebra 1 because I mistakenly assumed she was done and had her do Geometry first! Which is funny because I think she did quite...
Yena’s Birthday Cake
An old pic I've been meaning to post here. Yena turned 4 last December, but I didn't have time to make her cake until 4 days later, in the middle of packing for another trip the next day. My poor kids. Last year none of them got their birthday portraits, and their...
Yena, etc.
Yena's not a baby anymore. No, there's no denying it. I miss her being a baby, though I love her more by the day (just like all my other kids -- so I know it IS possible:D). At the church bathroom on Ash Wednesday, I turned her faucet on just when she wasn't looking,...