The kids did their part in getting ready for the new week ahead. Peanut helped Mama fold laundry while Janie helped Dada prep meals for the week.
Good Times
Peanut seems to have a lot of fun at school. In the morning, he played soccer with his pals.
In the afternoon, he made bagel pizzas.
Cranberry Cooking
The pretend cooking continued this morning with the leftover cranberries. There was some intense menu planning and trying out new recipes.
Gingerbread Turkey
As a fun little activity, we picked up a gingerbread turkey kit from Trader Joe’s. The kids had fun decorating it with icing bags and candy.
Mommy only helped with making a border for all the candy and assembling the pieces. They did the rest and it was a sugary fabulous mess!
Here’s the finished product!
Sous Chef
Pumpkin Pie
Janie made pumpkin pie today! She read the instructions on the can and had a little help with measuring and pouring.
Here is the pie when it was all done. It tasted yummy too!
Cranberries
It’s Thanksgiving Day and the kids started their morning sorting cranberries for Mama. They had to separate the mushy ones from the solid ones.
Later, Peanut did some “cooking” with the leftover berries.
They also set up a restaurant with a cranberry theme to their menu.
Pasta e Fagioli
Janie wanted to make dinner so she cut up the veggies for pasta and bean soup. We forgot to take a photo of the final product but it was yummy!
More cooking
Mama is away on a trip this weekend so Janie helped Dada make lunch today. She learned how to use a real knife and did a great job prepping all the veggies for chow mein.
Cooking
Mama came home from work this evening and found Janie in the kitchen with Dada. When I asked “What are you doing?”, she answered “Oh, just sauteing onions”.
She helped make dinner tonight and the Japanese curry was delicious!