Week 1

Wow, this has been a whirlwind first week for the American Girls and Book Cooks classes!  Hope you are already enjoying your Independence Day weekend!

The American Girls were busy this week learning all about life in a Nez Perce village through Kaya.  This first American Girl learned valuable lessons about responsibility and being humble.  We ended the week by having a tasting of foods Kaya might have enjoyed, such as salmon, pemmican, and finger cakes.  Then all of the girls participated in a three-legged race, a game popular with children at the time.  Next week, we will meet Josefina, a girl living in New Mexico in 1824. 

In Book Cooks, my little sous chefs enjoyed several stories as well as the yummy recipes inspired by them.  We prepared a buttercream frosting to decorate cookies, but if you give a kid a cookie, they're going to want a glass of milk... Did you know that potatoes make better o'brien than rocks?  We found out that we do, we do, we do like green eggs and ham.  It also turns out that giants like 3 beans in their dip.  Oh, and when you have an argument with your neighbor, a good way to solve it is by throwing marshmallows at each other, because then you can make s'mores. 

Find pictures of our classes at the flickr link to the left!