This afternoon I heard Luke yell, "MOM! Sylvia has a nut in her butt!" Sure enough she had gotten an almond that Isabel had been using for her math, and found a neat place to carry it. Before I could stop her ...CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH. Yep, she ate it. And THIS is the kid that beats me at Memory. Thank goodness I don't have a picture to post.
We've had this I Spy Go Fish game for a few years now. Today while Luke and Isabel were gone at their Science class, Sylvia and I played a matching game with these cards. We played three games and each time she won. I promise I tried. One game I only got ONE match. Am I really that brain dead or is her brain just so young and fresh?
Last night we read the book, The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth. On the back there was a recipe. I LOVE children's books that have recipes to go along with the story. I tried to trick my children into thinking that maybe our gingerbread men would jump out of the oven when I opened it but strangely enough, Luke (my EIGHT year old) was the only one that believed me. He claims that it really happened in his Kindergarten class. Hmmmmm...?
GINGERBREAD MAN
Sift into a big bowl and mix: 2 1/2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
Beat together in another bowl: 1 egg 1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar 2/3 cup dark molasses 6 tablespoons softened butter
Add dry ingredients slowly to we mixture until well blended. Cover and refrigerate for one hour. Preheat oven to 350 degrees farenheit. Sift flour onto your board and your rolling pin as you work to keep the dough from sticking. Roll out a portion of dough 1/4 inch thick. Cut out with cookie cutter. decorate with raisins. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake 8 minutes. Cool.
