I'm so sad I have neglected this blog.
-So Sad-
This is my attempt to catch up
This past winter many wonderful things happen at our house.
MANY- really A lot!
After our disastrous 2013-
we are so happy to have a new year & it really,
truly has been a year of many good things already.
I have continued to teach kids how to cook & I love it.
I'm taking the summer off.
(after realizing that Hailey & Chloe could & probably will be moved out by next summer!? What the? Home alone with Brett & Trent? How is this about to happen? PANIC!!)
In January we started out the semester with New Ideas for your Lunch Box!
Every couple of months we do another - Lunch Box class.
Lunches can get so boring, so quickly.
Hailey started her second class in ASL.
She is working towards being an interpreter & loving every minute.
She works- almost full time, teaches about 8 piano students & goes to school 2 nights a week.
She is a huge help at home & doing well.
She also plays the organ & accompanies many singers these days!
I taught the kids to make a variety of smoothies.
Big hit!
A rebellious Brett put up his yearly - wish it was summer tribute- in the front yard.
And-- unlike 2013...
We had teens in the house again! Friends. Healthy young adults.
Oh Heavenly Day.
This is a beautiful sight.
Trent & I do some cooking together too-
He LOVES to juice & make mac & cheese now.
With the cooking kids we made "Homemade Poptarts"
I LOVE THEM
and don't make them nearly enough- or is that... how it should be?
The biggest hit of the year in cooking class was by far:
Walking Tacos!
These kid crack me up.
A walking taco is all the typical taco fixings in a smashed lunch size (very small) bag of chips.
There is a lot of cooking skills that go into making a taco.
Browning Ground Turkey
Grating Cheese
Slicing Tomatoes
Cleaning & Chopping Lettuce.
I think the combination of the flavor & all the hands on made these so popular.
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Being a Grandparent with all the new technology in the world is an absolute joy!
(Next post- lots more pictures of our new Grandson Peter who is an absolute doll!)
Chloe went to the Valentine Dance with her friend Tom.
It was some kind of super hero theme?
And last but not least for February updates-
in cooking class
we learned how to pipe & frost sugar cookies with Royal Icing.
This is a very small part of what was going on this winter-
more updates to come.
