Today Walker shared a little bit of our Ecuador experience with his Spanish class. The assignment was to present a cuisine from a Spanish speaking country and explain how to prepare the dish using informal affirmative commands. Fanesca is a dish typically prepared during Holy Week in Ecuador. We had the good fortune of trying […]
I’m predictable. I have to hope it’s not boring for those teachers and friends on our Christmas gift list because once again I made them granola using my standard recipe. I’ll forget by next year how much we gave and how many bags I packaged so for the record, I’ll post it here. Signature School […]
We think you’re great So we left you a plate. Fill it up with a treatThis afternoon when you meet. ::: Please bring your plateto the faculty meetingand enjoy snackscompliments of the PTSA. Liz and I have been in cahoots organizing monthly mailbox treats for the teachers. For December we planned a sweet and […]
Last night I heard the boys mention picking up their shoes. It gave me pause and then I realized. They were not picking up their shoes for the sake of a clean house. They were picking up their shoes to place them in front of the fireplace. This year St. Nicholas left them each a […]
It’s the annual Breakfast with Santa event! This year the scouts have even greater participation as they are handling the front of the house AND the back of the house. The PTSA is still responsible for collecting the funds and coordinating with Santa but the event is essentially ours. Cathy, the new scoutmaster’s wife, took […]
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Bill was busy cooking up some memories with the boys. Friday night Walker had a birthday celebration with friends so Bill and Mason were flying solo. Together they prepared grilled Italian sausage sandwiches with caramelized onions and melted cheese and salad. In the mornings, they prepared breakfast options to their […]
It started with service. Our troop has been hired for the last few years to help with an annual event called Super Bride Sunday. This expo takes place on Super Bowl Sunday from 10 AM to 3 PM and gives brides the opportunity to mix with vendors and service providers for all things bridal. As […]
Although Walker has had introduction to Spanish classes at St. John, his language acquisition began accelerating at a rapid pace when he started in the immersion classes at Signature. (I still recall what they told us at SIG on the the night we enrolled in classes. “Don’t choose a language that you think is easy. […]
About a week ago I started baking granola to give as our Christmas treat. Usually the baking begins about the third week of December closer to when the kids are getting out of school but this year my motivation was a gift swap with my knitting group scheduled for today. I wish I had a […]
All wrapped up and ready for delivery…two packages of four dozen homemade chocolate chip cookies to thank my Starbucks baristas and auto detailers* for treating me so well. Kay, one of my knitting friends, shared this recipe with me. She told me the recipe yielded a lot of cookies but I was really not prepared […]