Bill of Fare

Ham

Chicken Pie

Raw carrots, celery, and radishes

Beef stew

Hard-boiled eggs

Bread and butter

Sliced cheeses

Turnips

Lentils

Apple cider

Sliced pound cake with honey or jam

Medieval Feast

For our Y2U2 unit celebration we chose to have a Medieval Feast using the guidelines in the Teacher's Notebook introduction.  Since we were going to the grandparents for Thanksgiving, it was an opportunity to have my sister's family and ours join in the celebration together.  Grandpa and Grandma were king and queen.  The cousins were a squire, pages, ladies, and jesters.  We kept the menu fairly simple since we were traveling from out of town to be there.  Our bill of fare came from "Days of Knights and Damsels".  Each student gave speeches on topics they had learned including falconry, heraldry, knight ceremonies, feudal society, and medieval manners.  The children presented the upper crust and the salt cellar to King Grandpa and Queen Grandma.  We sang the "Wassail Song" too.  Then Grandpa knighted the squire and presented banners for 'the Order of the Renaissance' (their next era of history to study).

The year in review - 2009

January 2009

LP:  These are present strings.

present strings - a bag full of ribbons and bows

OBT:  We might have our power if we didn't live out in the boonies.

Sarah:  Yes, we live in the Daniel Boonies.

February 2009

LP:  When I grow up, I'm going to be a Mom. 


LP:  It's juicy.  (said in reference to our water-logged backyard after all of the snow and ice from the ice storm melted)


Sarah:  Momma, who do you think will be famous first - Leora or me?


LP:  Sarah and Leora are my sweethearts.


LP:  Leora, you put the whisker in the wrong drawer.

whisker - another name for a whisk

March 2009

LP:  This is the best (dinner, church, place) ever!

LP:  What are you doing, my little dear?


Lepidoptera:  Sarah, you are really getting the hang of your math facts.

Sarah:  Yes, I get the hang of most things.

   
LP:  Is Bob at Bob Evans?

April 2009

LP:  Did someone cut a hole in my tummy and make a belly button there?


Sarah:  This is home sweet home.

May 2009


Leora:  If I read lots of books, will I be wise?
  
June 2009


LP:  That doggy is ruffing.


LP:  I'm getting weller.

Leora:  Remember when we did our experience and wore our goggles?

July 2009

LP:  How did you get those circles in your hair?
circles - curls

September 2009

Leora:  It (meet) has a double-decker 'e'.


LP:  Those are mans.

November 2009

LP:  I know their names.  The eggs are scrambled; the sausage is fried; and the grits are cheese.


LP:  Daddy, you're my best friend!


December 2009

LP:  Then I put my armsleeves on.


Sarah:  Momma, LP and I are common.  I have cheese, and he has cheese.  I have crackers, and he has crackers.


LP:  They took the shortcut.  We took the long cut.


LP:  When you cook the old rooster, can I have the chicken arms and the chicken legs?

Lepidoptera:  Your A's are backwards.

Sarah:  I'll make them rightwards.

That's all, folks! 

       

     

Apple Dumplings

Apple Dumplings

2 or 3 thinly sliced apples

1 can crescent rolls

1 cup orange juice

1 cup sugar

apple pie spice (I used cinammon, nutmeg, and allspice)

Flatten crescent rolls.  Fill center with apple slices.  Then carefully wrap in roll.  Put in casserole dish.  Bake at 350 degrees until brown or done (about 30 minutes).  While baking, melt butter.  Add sugar and orange juice to butter, and pour over dumplings.  OBT's father and mother shared this recipe with me a while back, and I finally got around to trying it this week.  It is really easy and really good!

Winter Wonderland

The Winter Wallop has delivered two inches of snow here in southern Ohio, and more is falling. We woke up this morning to a day at home and a beautiful sight.

Boxes and cards, where are you?

(sung to "Mr. Sandman")

UPS man, bring me a box.
It can be big or little,
heavy or light.

Delivered in your big, brown truck,
UPS man, bring me a box.

UPS man, where can you be?
Why aren't you bringing some boxes to me?
I know you're busy this time of year,
but will you turn your truck my way and appear?

UPS man, patient I'll be
while you are making those deliveries.
Some day you will to my driveway come.
Until then I'll just sing this song.

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Mail lady, bring me some cards.
It doesn't matter if from near or far.
Please fill up my mailbox.
Mail lady, please bring me some cards.

Eggs!

Yesterday we brought home six chickens that friends of ours gifted us with - two roosters and four hens. This afternoon while I was helping OBT reassemble the 10' X 10' kennel, I went and peeked in the chicken coop. Two tan eggs smiled back at me. I whooped for joy - eggs! Fresh eggs! Our hens are laying on their first day here. OBT and I paused to thank the Lord for His goodness in blessing us again with good friends and good eggs.