Afternoon hike. Just the two of us.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Making a cake to celebrate our preschool's 40th B-day (potluck tonight) It's a true SYC cake, kid-made, colorful, and messy! The last picture is of our 5 chrysallides. We got 5 more caterpillars in the mail after Daisy Katie's release
Also this weekend...we planted a potato garden in an old yard-waste can (since we no longer have city yard waste collection), strung beads (everyone burned out before we got the clasps on) and made yogurt cheese by dumping a quart of plain yogurt into a cheesecloth bag and draining it overnight. In the morning we put salt, pepper, and olive oil on top in a container. We shared this with our chavurah today at an Israeli-style lunch.
Also for the tonight's potluck, I finally got around to making the feta cheeseball I mentioned about a month ago. I put a handful of pitted Kalamata olives in the cuisanart. Next I added a block of feta and a block of cream cheese. Whirrrl, shape, place in bowl, and serve with crackers.
If money was no object...I'd rototill the whole front yard and make a wildflower and butterfly garden. But this week, I can hardly keep up with the dishes...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Poor Zeke? I can't tell if he liked it or just tolerated it, but last night I walked into his room to find Scarlett buttoning him up into a dress shirt and Georgia standing nearby with his tie. Then each sister took a turn holding onto his hands, twirling around, and saying something like "oh I'm a beautiful princess and this is my wedding!" Then they would smash into him and kiss him on the lips. Then the next sister did the same thing. Then the next sister...
Amazing afternoon at the Israel's farm. I wish I lived next door so I could play with the goats every day! They also treated us to an afternoon meal of homemade bread, 2 kinds of goat cheese, and honey from their own hives. While the adults visited, the kids frolicked around chasing "fairies and goblins" and buried a dead rabbit they found. I wanted to stay forever.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Pesach/Spring break:The Aftermath
Sunday night I had the house in a state of near perfection. Now I have pesach dishes/boxes of bad onion matzah, and decorations piled on some of the counters and we're eating chametz out of the giant rubbermade tub I hid it in before the holiday. Trails of cereal and chips lead through the house...as do markers and their (separate) lids. Like the kids, I want to keep playing, not stop to pick up!
Kids had some pretty incredible adventures without me this spring break week-Here's their trip to the Egypt exhibit at the museum with Nana...Oh BTW, that reminds me; last night we read a book about Miriam's well at bedtime and they all got up to sing the Debbie Friedman song. But they sang the chorus "sing a song to the one whom we've exhausted" I was cracking up in my head. Although with Earth Day coming it takes on a whole new meaning.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
I've always wanted to have the house that the neighborhood kids flock to...but our neighborhood is short on kids my kids' ages. Today, however, two families on our block had their grandkids visiting and the front door swung open and shut for 5 solid hours. It was perfect. I swept and fed and swept and fed and the kids played in the basement, the front yard, the back yard, and all over. Then they tried to make morning glory blossoms by following an origami book. despite their persistence, it ended up like most origami projects-paper snowflakes! They also built a marble universe before we sent 2 kids home and kept 1 to spend the night. I got out a new toothbrush for our guest and told her she could take it home with her in the morning. She said "I'll just leave it here for next time."
Saturday, April 11, 2009
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