Archives for: March 2009

03/19/09

Permalink 12:30:34 pm, by Becca, 116 words, 32 views   English (US)
Categories: Books, Interior Decorating

Budgeting

And the fact of the matter is that being on a budget is nothing to be ashamed of: Having parameters helps edit the overwhelming number of choices out there, and economy often begets creativity. My most inventive friends are the ones who go junking (usually with strict self-imposed spending limits-"nothing over twenty dollars"), or who are true do-it-yourselfers and avid recyclers, or who live away from the lure of big-city stores and have to be more resourceful. They are creating the trends instead of following them, and fashioning highly personal enviroments that you won't find on the pages of every catalog or on the floor of every showroom.
-Jill Kirchner Simpson Mary Emmerlings Smart Decorating

Permalink 12:22:10 pm, by Becca, 0 words, 22 views   English (US)
Categories: Gardening, Family Happenings

St. Patricks day

Permalink 11:02:31 am, by Becca, 37 words, 30 views   English (US)
Categories: Sewing and Embriodery

Two Seersucker Skirts

Hanna's skirt is made out of a dress I wore to a wedding. The top didn't fit Hanna any more, so mom took it off and made an elastic waist band.
http://pleasantviewschoolhouse.blogspot.com/2008/06/quick-skirt-for-bella.html

Permalink 10:52:37 am, by Becca, 0 words, 16 views   English (US)
Categories: Family Happenings

St. Patricks Day Parade

Permalink 10:44:35 am, by Becca, 20 words, 23 views   English (US)
Categories: Baking

Birds Nest Cupcakes

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We made these cupcakes with a recipe from Country Home. They are decorated with jelly beans and chinese noodles. Yum!

03/12/09

Permalink 12:19:24 pm, by Becca, 217 words, 37 views   English (US)
Categories: Baking, Family Happenings, Home Schooling

Purim

Purim started on Monday March 9th this year. To celebrate Purim, we made Hamantashen, Jewish cookies made for Purim. Then, that evening (after sundown, Mom read the story of Ester. Every time she said the name Hamon, we would yell and clap and try to blot it out!

Here is a recipe with a story:
http://www.highlightskids.com/Stories/Fiction/F0399_grandmasNickel.asp

Here is the recipe we used. We made the poppy seed filling.

Favorite Hamantashen Cookie Dough and Fillings
Yield: about 5 dozen

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup oil
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 4 cups flour (approximately)

PRUNE FILLING:
• 1 lb prunes, stewed 10 minutes, pitted & chopped
• 1 cup raisins, chopped
• 1/2 lemon, juice & rind
• 1/4 cup bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp honey

POPPY SEED FILLING:
• 1/2 lb poppy seeds
• 4 tbsp honey
• 2 tbsp sugar
• juice of 1/2 lemon

HAMANTASCHEN: Combine the ingredients in the order given, using enough flour to make a soft dough which is not sticky Let stand 15 minutes. Divide dough into 4 parts. Roll to 1/4" thickness on a floured board. Cut in 4" circles. Place a tsp of desired filling in the center of each circle. Form triangles by folding the sides in towards the middle. Brush with beaten egg. Bake on a lightly greased baking sheet at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes, until golden brown.

Permalink 11:42:16 am, by Becca, 18 words, 28 views   English (US)
Categories: Gardening, Books

Character

"Did you ever think how
a bit of land shows
the character
of the owner?"
-Laura Ingalls Wilder

03/06/09

Permalink 12:15:59 pm, by Becca, 30 words, 15 views   English (US)
Categories: Gardening, Books

Spring

"During my first spring here, I wheelbarrowed in
rhododendrons and three beehives, because you can't live
without rhododendrons or honey, can you?"
-Tasha Tudor Tasha Tudor's Garden by Tovah Martin

Permalink 12:08:52 pm, by Becca, 0 words, 16 views   English (US)
Categories: Art, Sewing and Embriodery

Ribbon Embroidery Holly

Permalink 12:03:51 pm, by Becca, 23 words, 13 views   English (US)
Categories: Cooking, Sewing and Embriodery

Quilting at Craft Club

We are working on quilting at craft club.

Hunter is making a doll blanket...

...and so is Hannah.

I am making hot pads.

Permalink 11:48:36 am, by Becca, 47 words, 36 views   English (US)
Categories: Baking

A Vanilla Cake For Craft Club

It was Hannah's birthday, so I made a vanilla cake for craft club. It was really good. I got the recipe from:
http://pleasantviewschoolhouse.blogspot.com/2009/02/vanilla-cake-again.html

I filled the middle with strawberry freezer jam and frosted it with vanilla butter cream frosting with chocolate chips.

Permalink 11:46:27 am, by Becca, 52 words, 13 views   English (US)
Categories: Family Happenings, Home Schooling

Hundreds day

Tuesday was the one hundreth day of school. We made a snack. Each person (mom and dad included) picked a snack and counted out one hundred of it. That is our math lesson for the day. This year we counted them out on Monday night since Tuesday is such a busy day.

A Little Woman

“It was a cheerful, hopeful letter, full of … fatherly love …’I know… that they will be loving children to you, will do their duty faithfully, fight their bosom enemies bravely, and conquer themselves so beautifully that when I come back to them I may be fonder and prouder than ever of my little women.’” Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Becca

I am thirteen years old living in a Christian Homeschooling family with my Mother, my father, my sister Hanna (9) and my brother Spencer (10).

We are currently going through the adoption process, hoping to adopt an infant from somewhere in the United States, praying and trusting God that he has the right child/children for our family.

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