SPAAAAAACCCE COOKIES!!!!! The theme of our March BreACK! 2015 is “Imagined Galaxies.” And we’re sticking to that with one bang-up good treat. The characters in the story I wrote for the kids to read and illustrate this week kick back and relax by making cookies in a skillet on their space-ship. They dump whatever treats they […]
Our March BreACK! 2015 is all about imagined galaxies and other worlds. For the first treat of the week, and to make sure we have an appropriate St. Patrick’s Day Green Dessert for tomorrow, we’ve knocked down our favourite chewy brownie recipe and built it back up with a bunch of chocolate mints. It’s GALACTIC! And, […]
Today, we read the first act of our Shakespeare-inspired animal play, Bearicles, which included some rather sophisticated riddles and dark secrets. And these most “secret” scenes are set in Antioch, or, ancient Syria. To go along with our reading, I decided to create an easy-to-make, kid-friendly version of a Middle Eastern Classic, the Ma’amool. The […]
Today, we’re making Spirit Bear S’mores from scratch, with Honey Marhsmallows and Easy-to-make Honey Graham Cracker Cookie Cut-Outs. Since the dough is egg-free, the kids can snack on it as they cut out their cookies! We would have made our own bear-shaped chocolates, too, I suppose, but the kids have this tendency not to actually […]
Today’s High Tea? White Kermode Bear Paw Cookies …and for an After-Dinner Treat? White Grape Gummy Bear Popsicles [as featured on Treehouse TV]. makes 3-4 dozen cookies [as featured on Treehouse TV!]
Today the girls are “hibernating” while the boys are out at work or play. We’ll be reading lots of books about Spirit Bears and having a “High Tea” with the following treats, taken from yesterday’s reading of Ahma, The Spirit Bear, when Ahma brings tea over to Harriet’s den to apologize for influencing Harriet to like […]
What are we having for breakfast? Spirit Bear Claws. We’re busy, so we’re opting for the easy way, using store-bought frozen pastry as our base. If you would like an absolutely Fantastic Danish Pastry Dough Recipe and for a tutorial for How to Laminate the Dough have a look at the Fabulous Joe Pastry website. Joe even has […]
Today, in our Illustrate-Your-Own Book, Ahma, The Spirit Bear, Ahma’s former guardian married another spirit bear and became Mrs. Haymaadm. Here’s the kid-friendly version of her popular “Salmon” Wedding Cakes: Chocolate Peanut Butter Peanut-Butter-Cup Cupcakes with Pink Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Icing makes 12 cupcakes – recipe may be doubled
You may have been wondering where we’ve been the past few weeks….Preparing for MARCH breACK! 2013, of course! As you may know, we are pretty serious about our March Break festivities. Each year, I write a short chapter book for the kids to read and illustrate over the course of the week. So far, we’ve […]
I realize now that my first experience with King Cake wasn’t eating my first delicious slice with my friend Robin, but watching others “negotiating” with it in a movie. When we were dating, my husband and I went to go see The Umbrellas of Cherbourg at a rep theatre. There, we watched Madame Emery [Anne […]
□ Make sure there are enough cookies for Santa. If not, make some more! □ Prepare the Cannoli Buche de Noel for tomorrow’s Christmas dinner. □ Go to Family Mass □ Indulge in the Feast of the Seven Fishes □ Drink Hot Chocolate and Sing Carols. □ Leave Cookies, Milk, and Maybe Even Some Reindeer Biscuits by the Fire
Since we have some plans for this morning, we’re going to have a bit of a late night cookie-making party in our pajamas. It’s time to make a few of our classic family recipes: Santa Baby Cookies & Cookie Meteors. Here are reprints of those recipes. The Cookie Meteors recipe has been amended to include […]
Today, we’re making our quick and easy thin-crust pizzas for a little supper before the kids’ Christmas Concert at school. adapted from thekitchn makes 4 5.5-in pizzas DOUGH PIZZAS
Today, the kids are going to have a Gingerbread Party. They’ll cut, bake, and DECORATE some gingerbread cookie cutouts. Then, they’ll use paper and charcoal pencils to DESIGN the ultimate gingerbread house. Finally, they’ll use store-bought royal icing, graham crackers, ice cream cones, some of those gingerbread men, and candies [even a few leftovers from […]
George Cukor’s Holiday (1938) is one of our favourite movies. It was high time we showed it to the kids! To go along with the excitement, we decided to design a special new cookie to add to our repertoire. At first, we thought of creating a Linda Seaton “If he wants to sell peanuts” Peanut […]
Today’s the day when we whip up some last minute items to place in jars and send off as holiday gifts. We’ll also try out these treats and use up any left-over jams from last year by filling up some special thumbprint cookies. Unlike other thumbprint recipes, which require pressing or re-pressing your thumb into […]
Get Ready! Our ADVENT SHADOWBOX 2012 project starts TOMORROW! So what is it? An Advent Calendar is a staple in our house. Last year, I came up with a new way to display our daily activity for the kids: The Advent Shadowbox. Each day in Advent, I post a message in a shadowbox picture frame with an […]
Last year’s Bakesale Bestsellers: Sugar Cookie Wands were a hit, raising tons of change for the kids’ school. Even so, I couldn’t just repeat myself again… This year, I needed somthing easy and quick. So, I fiddled with a recipe I think I must have cribbed from the back of either a box of graham […]
