Ordinary Life

Ideally, I would have picked the tomatoes for this soup and stewed them down on a low simmer. I would have caught & plucked the chicken used for broth and set that on another low simmer. Not neglecting to milk my pet cow and a few coconuts too, I would have made sour cream, cocount milk and even the Cheeze-It ™ crackers from scratch. Eventually, finally, bringing it all together in a savory combination in one pot.  This is not an ideal world.  I have four children. (who all want something different for lunch, mind you) I homeschool. (so I know about the dangers of using canned foods, I know!)  I kill plants. (No tomatoes would have likely made it to the picking stage under my care) I don't know that the cow would be that much safer.  If I were close enough to a coconut tree to climb it, I wouldn't be rushing back to the house to make soup... (or climbing it either...but that is another story about how long it has been since I've been in the beloved Keys...and if ...

The first sample flower  became the property of Riley. Logan's Sunday School Class made care packages for ladies in the care of  Micah's Place . We spent Saturday cutting out a million-dozen (it's a real number) circles, large and small, from decorative paper then assembling them into flowers for the packages. We used a pattern found online. (Who doesn't love Pinterest ? ) Flowers in progress Flowers closer to the finish Flowers ready to be shared Logan was unable to go to the assembling party, but that's another story. The girls were able to give much to the ladies and experience the Gift of Giving to Others. Logan was happy to get to share in the effort. SS Teacher Connie shared a photo of the care packages all ready to go  

Riley brought her cup to me "More Unicorn Milk? "  I corrected her manners, having her ask "More Unicorn Milk, PLEASE ?" I filled her cup with goat milk and sent her happily on her way. Later, as we were watching 'Tangled' (for the 37 million th time), for the sake of continuity, I pointed out a goat from one of the scenes and asked "Is that a unicorn?" ' Mmm-Hmm !' she nodded affirmatively. I guess they DO both  have a horn...or two...on their head. She has since heard us refer to goat milk, and will ask for it properly some of the time. Other times she sticks with the unicorn story.  I bought the first quart of goat's milk assuming I would be looking for ways to sneak the majority of it into cooking & baking. I didn't think she would finish the first sippy cup full. I never thought she'd come to prefer it.  Last night, she tossed a cup of cow's milk my way and called after it 'Goat milk....p weeeze ?!' Go fi...

February 10th, 2013 issues in the Year of The Snake Last night, FLVirtual S chool held a special Collaboration session in recognition of the upcoming Chinese New Year . To get in the spirit of things, we decided to have Chinese food for dinner. I had casually mentioned this plan to Clay before he went to a meeting. When he called on his way home,  to see if we needed anything while he was out, he was surprised to find that we had decided to COOK Chinese dishes instead of ordering it from the experts. I blamed homeschooling... He indulged me by trying to find chop sticks (a negligent oversight on my part!) then, swung by Beef O'Brady's for some 'real food' just to be safe. So, we 'made' Chinese to the best of our ability~thankful for the Ethnic Foods aisle and the International Foods freezer at the grocery store. Without it, we may have had to call Lucky Wok . It's About the Sauces: Sriacha, Sesame Garlic, Pot Sticker. Soy & Duck I must preface the descr...

February 10th, 2013 issues in the Year of The Snake Last night, FLVirtual S chool held a special Collaboration session in recognition of the upcoming Chinese New Year . To get in the spirit of things, we decided to have Chinese food for dinner. I had casually mentioned this plan to Clay before he went to a meeting. When he called on his way home,  to see if we needed anything while he was out, he was surprised to find that we had decided to COOK Chinese dishes instead of ordering it from the experts. I blamed homeschooling... He indulged me by trying to find chop sticks (a negligent oversight on my part!) then, swung by Beef O'Brady's for some 'real food' just to be safe. So, we 'made' Chinese to the best of our ability~thankful for the Ethnic Foods aisle and the International Foods freezer at the grocery store. Without it, we may have had to call Lucky Wok . It's About the Sauces: Sriacha, Sesame Garlic, Pot Sticker. Soy & Duck I must preface the descr...

Animal Science Assignment: Make a Paramecium by tracing your shoe. Chandler Logan Fisher ~k ((gotta show 'em what to do, right?)) My favorite part of this project was when Chandler momentarily looked up from his protist project and quipped: "I thought we quit gluing food to our paper in Kindergarten. "

Animal Science Assignment: Make a sand dollar and a sea star out of sand dough. Chandler Logan Fisher ~k ( I love getting to join in on school projects with my kids :)

We are studying cells in both Plant & Animal Sciences.  Plastic Bag= Cell Membrane Jello=Cytoplasm Non Perils= Mitochondria (dissolved prior to photo) Fruit Cereal-Vacuoles Honey Cereal= Nucleus ~Placed in empty oatmeal boxes, stacked on other boxes, discussed Cell Walls giving plants structure Added Raisins= Photons

For another 'chapter' in our busy book: Pizza Play I ask you, what can't be made out of felt?  Add Toppings Making The Big Kids each a slice   Carefully arranging things Riley Wren; Pizza Chef

For another 'chapter' in our busy book: Pizza Play I ask you, what can't be made out of felt?  Add Toppings Making The Big Kids each a slice   Carefully arranging things Riley Wren; Pizza Chef