April 15, 2011
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Recipes to share~
It’s been a good week……the younger girls and I have gotten quite a bit of schoolwork done….We have a small table and chairs set up on the front porch and they like to take their work out there and get it done……
I ordered a bunch of books on early American history from our library, so last night I went through and put them in time-line order and we will begin reading our way through them….
We’ve also been doing a bit of learning about the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island…….reading books and watching a dvd from Netflix….I’m finding that I enjoy learning right along w/ the girls and there is so much that I don’t remember from school, so it’s all new to me.
I love using our Netflix subscription for homeschooling……Yesterday, we watched a National Geographic dvd on Yellowtone National park…..and today, I’m hoping we watch the one on Yosmite National Park…..it’s been really nice having Jake’s Wii down here, so we can stream them instantly.
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We’ve seen my Mom and Dad a few times this week….my Dad has been nice enough to volunteer to tape and mud up the drywall on Jake’s ceiling, so he’s been here working on that for us….which gives my Mom and I plenty of time to visit…..they will be back today, so he can start sanding and then we will move on to painting……after that is finished, we can get the carpet out of there and replace it….and Jake will finally have his room back……I’m not sure who is looking forward to it more…..me or him???? I’m ready for all his stuff to be back upstairs in his little corner…and he is ready to have his own space to go to in the evenings……
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Last weekend we finally got our garage cleaned out…..Bob made 2 trips to Goodwill, 2 to the scrap yard….and had a dumpster brought in and filled that….it feels great knowing that’s done..we got rid of sooooo much stuff……..Abby said, “When I found out we were moving and that we were going to have a garage this is how I thought it’d look.” Too funny!!!
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Here are the two recipes I mentioned in my last post.
I can’t remember where I first saw the Oreo/chocolate chip cookie recipe…..It seems to be on alot of different blogs right now……. so I googled it and found this one……Some of the other blogs I saw the recipe on used refridgerated-pre-made dough, but we just made our favorite chocolate chip cookie dough recipe and used that…….
And here is the recipe for our favorite chocolate cake…..the recipe only calls for 2 layers, but I made it in 3 layers and made a double batch of frosting….we had alot of extra frosting though, so not sure I’d double it again……We have been using this recipe for years….and have made it lots and lots of times……..it’s a favorite with all of us……
We are working our way through Menu Plan 3 and I am going to be posting it here soon….more for me to keep track of our planning and recipes than anything….
We haven’t been taking many pics this week…..Nikki is our resident photographer and she is busy w/classes and her internship, so picture taking is down…maybe she will get some this weekend….
Here are a couple pics:
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