Our school room is a bit messy, and overdue for a cleaning and painting.
Eww...that nasty rug is out of here too!
4/22/11
School room
Messing with my new camera. I love it! It takes panorama shots!
Our school room is a bit messy, and overdue for a cleaning and painting.
Eww...that nasty rug is out of here too!
Our school room is a bit messy, and overdue for a cleaning and painting.
Eww...that nasty rug is out of here too! 
Fried Dumplings
These dumplings were easy, fun to make, delicious, but a bit time consuming!
The dough.....2 cups of flour, 1 cup boiling water...mix together in a food processor, cover and let rest for 30 minutes.
While the dough rests, make the filling...napa cabbage, salt, scallions, 1/2 pound ground pork, teriyaki or soy sauce, a bit of sugar, a a tablespoon of rice wine vinegar.
Roll out the wrappers and separate them with wax paper
Fill each wrapper with the filling
and pinch together...put in boiling water until they float (about 2 minutes) Then fry until brown in oil. Serve with a sauce made with equal parts soy and rice wine vinegar, a bit of sugar, scallions and grated ginger.
The dough.....2 cups of flour, 1 cup boiling water...mix together in a food processor, cover and let rest for 30 minutes.
While the dough rests, make the filling...napa cabbage, salt, scallions, 1/2 pound ground pork, teriyaki or soy sauce, a bit of sugar, a a tablespoon of rice wine vinegar.
Roll out the wrappers and separate them with wax paper
Fill each wrapper with the filling
and pinch together...put in boiling water until they float (about 2 minutes) Then fry until brown in oil. Serve with a sauce made with equal parts soy and rice wine vinegar, a bit of sugar, scallions and grated ginger.
4/21/11
Piano Recital
It is so nice to see the girls dressed up a bit so we thought we would go out and get some photos. Sadly, it was FREEZING so we cut it short and only took a few.
The music!!
Waiting to play
Duet
All of the students
The music!!
Waiting to play
Duet
All of the students
4/15/11
Food glorious food!
Oriental chicken vegetable soup 
Grilled pastrami & Swiss with Asian slaw
French toast with Mexican vanilla, Saigon cinnamon, lemon, turbinado sugar and our own maple syrup.
Organic popcorn with butter and nutritional yeast
Grilled pastrami & Swiss with Asian slaw 
French toast with Mexican vanilla, Saigon cinnamon, lemon, turbinado sugar and our own maple syrup. 
Organic popcorn with butter and nutritional yeast 
blue corn cakes with our own syrup
Marinated grilled salmon and asparagus
Hello Grill!!!!!
Marinated all day wings
Hello Grill!!!!! 
Marinated all day wings 
4/10/11
Done, Done, & Fun
We finished math! Pretty impressive as we took a lot of time off for travel this year. We already started our new books, but school is much more relaxed when we can be ahead a bit. 
For Saxon 6/7 the last lesson is an investigation. We made a dodecahedron, and octahedron, a cube, and a tetrahedron.
We finished the maple syrup on the same day. It took five days of boiling from sunup to sundown.
For Saxon 6/7 the last lesson is an investigation. We made a dodecahedron, and octahedron, a cube, and a tetrahedron. 
We finished the maple syrup on the same day. It took five days of boiling from sunup to sundown. 
I finished, and strained it in the house. We got just over 3 quarts which is a perfect amount for our family for the year.
Se we took some time for some fun!
This is one of the parks in Lake City. My children refer to it as the "Duck Park" ever since we moved here when they were 3 and 2.
Se we took some time for some fun! 
This is one of the parks in Lake City. My children refer to it as the "Duck Park" ever since we moved here when they were 3 and 2. 
4/6/11
April Fools Agates!
So I got this box on April Fools Day. Expecting math books that I had purchased on EBAY, I picked it up to bring it in the house. But it was heavy.....REALLY heavy. It was addressed to me, but I had no idea who the sender was. The return address was, Friends of Lake Pepin, 100 Agate Rd. My husband shook it and said, "It's rocks." Well, who the heck would send me rocks?
Since it was April Fools Day, and knowing my siblings, I did what anyone would do.......I had the kids open it!
This is what we found!!!!!!!!!!!
It was unbelievable!!! Who would send this? It was like Christmas in a box!
There was a letter....a beautifully written letter. It was written by someone who had visited Lake City as a youngster and found agates on the shores of beautiful Lake Pepin. The writer had cherished these agates all his/her life, and wanted them to go to a good home.
Along with the agates was this book
Brazilian agate
I have no way to thank this person, so I will do it here. Thank-you, for your generous gift, selflessness, and reminding us not just of the natural beauty we live in, but the beauty of a stranger's heart! We WILL pay it forward!
Since it was April Fools Day, and knowing my siblings, I did what anyone would do.......I had the kids open it!
This is what we found!!!!!!!!!!! 
It was unbelievable!!! Who would send this? It was like Christmas in a box! 
There was a letter....a beautifully written letter. It was written by someone who had visited Lake City as a youngster and found agates on the shores of beautiful Lake Pepin. The writer had cherished these agates all his/her life, and wanted them to go to a good home. 
Along with the agates was this book 
Brazilian agate 
I have no way to thank this person, so I will do it here. Thank-you, for your generous gift, selflessness, and reminding us not just of the natural beauty we live in, but the beauty of a stranger's heart! We WILL pay it forward!
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