The festival of lights last night was a bit carnivalesque (cotton candy, rides, etc.), but we did wander around with the kids for awhile and listen to a couple of music groups. Apparently Nathaniel won a lot of admirers from his spot on Sydney’s back; I was happy that Katherine got to hear some of my fellow choir members sing the music I’ve been playing around the house so much recently.
The cooking project for today was making herbed almonds. I wanted some nuts that weren’t just sweet, I don’t like things really salty, and Katherine is a bit leery of hot pepper, so this sounded like a good avenue to pursue. I love the flavor of the olive oil with the fresh thyme. I might try it again with a bit of butter in the future, though, since we couldn’t get the thyme to stay on the almonds.
We also started making snowflakes out of paper. We’ll hang them in Katherine’s room when we’re all done, but today had me embarrassedly hunting online instructions after my first snowflakes came out a bit, ahem, piecemeal. They made good crowns, though, and the later snowflakes were recognizable as such. So more on those later. I think we may hang them from fishing line around her room, and then swap the snowflakes for flowers, leaves, birds, and other things as the months change. It might help her learn about the seasons.
Erin
Alan Schmierer
I’m glad to see that I’m not the only person who struggles with those darn snowflakes 🙂