Thanksgiving Cooking

I know I am really really late with this post.  I have been sick for the past few weeks and am just now getting back into posting.  

We finished our Thanksgiving unit study for school by preparing Thanksgiving dinner.  He had the best time, he had to taste test everything.  He tasted baking powder, sweet potatoes, flour, powdered sugar etc.  He had fun mashing the sweet potatoes and pouring ingredients into the mixer. 
He mentioned several times he thought it was sad that the pilgrims didn’t have sugar for Thanksgiving and were not able to have sweets.  According to him that is the best part, I secretly agree. 
Here are a few pictures from preparing our Thanksgiving feast. 

His favorite to make – marshmallow salad



He insisted he could chop onions and they wouldn’t bother him.  Some lessons they have to learn on their own no matter what you tell them.  He did really well until he touched his face, I was not fast enough to grab his hand.  He handled it like a trooper but left the rest of the chopping to me. 


My official potato masher

Pouring and mixing


Learning to measure

He loved crumbling the cornbread


Taste Testing - Yum

Post It Note Tuesday

Wordless Wednesday - Reading or Yoga

Curriculum Change

I am making a small curriculum change in history for the rest of the semester.  We are using Story of the World Vol. 2 for history and I am going to put it aside until January. First we are going to do a unit study on Thanksgiving and then we are going to spend the month of December on the meaning of Christmas. 
I found some great books on Thanksgiving we will be reading next week to learn about the history of the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving.


I am planning a few craft projects and to complete our study we are going to prepare a Thanksgiving meal next weekend.  I am still working on the craft projects but our meal will be the traditional Thanksgiving menu I usually make.

Thanksgiving Menu
Turkey
Pecan Bacon Cornbread Dressing
Sweet Potatoes
Green Beans
Cream Corn
Yeast Rolls
Marshmallow Salad
Cherry Crunch Cake or Coconut Cake (both my grandmothers recipe, tradition)
or Chocolate Pecan Pie

I am looking forward to our unit studies and incorporating them into our family traditions for the holidays. 

Wordless Wednesday - LEGO Power Functions

First big purchased made. He saved his own money to purchase power functions for his Lego collection.  Next he is saving for a Mindstorm NXT.

Creativity and Beginner Book Writer

Kiddo has started writing his own books and instructions books. He has never been one to color or draw. He is using paper like crazy, and has asked for his own box of paper for his birthday.  He also discovered the joy of a stapler.  Who knew that some paper, markers and a million staples could be such fun. 

                                                                                        

I am just happy to see him draw, color and use different colors.  He hates coloring with a passion, it has always been a struggle to get him to color and if he did it would be with only one color.  Several months ago I started printing off 2 of the same coloring page and we would both color.  After a few weeks of this he started using more than one color, yeah!  Still doesn’t like coloring but does like to draw.

He is having a great time coming up with his own instructions for building creations and writing books about something he reads about. It is really working with well with his new LEGO RC motors he is working on,  There will post about this later in the week. 

I hope this writing keeps developing into more creative writing. 

               A boy needs music to be creative sometimes.

Wordless Wednesday - Robin Hood and Star Trek

He was reading about Robin Hood and his future Trekkie status showed. He started going around the house saying, "Sir, I protest, I am not a merry man."  This is from a Star Trek TNG epsiode. FUNNY BOY!