Thanksgiving Madness...Written by Dodger

Meringue

In the last couple of weeks I made a cake, a pie and almond cookies. The cake was coconut-cream topped with meringue. I got the idea for the cake from a Fine Cooking magazine but don’t expect to see it in a recent issue because the one I got it from was dated back to December 2009. It took about three days to make and had me real cranky by the time I was done. The pie only took a few hours and I did it the night before Thanksgiving. Kitten and Sailor were out kayaking with Dad so Mom and I were left to the baking. I worked on my cake filling then did the pie. It was apple pie with extra cinnamon. I made the finishing touch by adding a pastry flower to the top.

Almond cookies with powdered sugar

The almond cookies were actually treats for when we went to our friends Sparrow and Winter’s house and had little to do with Thanksgiving but I want to include them because they are fun and new. They are basically butter cookies, you just substitute half of the butter for almond paste and add almond extract.  

Apple pie

Making advent calendars

We took Thanksgiving week off and on Monday Sparrow and Winter came over to our house to make advent calendars. Rather than taking the little chocolates from behind the doors each day (like the ones Grandma usually buys) we add a star to the calendars we made ourselves (I liked the old way). And on a final note, Mom asked me my opinion on homeschooling vs. public schooling. A couple of things I like about homeschooling are...

• It’s more flexible than public school, for example; if we want to go on a walk or let out some energy we can.
• My family feels closer; I am able to be around them more.
• I get to sleep in more; hey, I’m tired!

November campfire in the sun...Sailor's perfect marshmallows!

The thing I miss most about public school is seeing my friends and my teachers.  I get to see them at basket ball in the winter and soccer in the summer but it’s not quite the same. I also miss getting together and playing soccer at recess, although I do play a lot with my brother and sister. 

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, personally I never want to see a turkey again!

PS.  Mom had us each memorize a poem to recite for Thanksgiving and mine is below.

FINALLY!  The chickens are laying!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kitten's Thanksgiving roses

A Late Walk By Robert Frost

Family hike during deer hunting season!!

 When I go up through the mowing field,
The headless aftermath,
Smooth-laid like thatch with the heavy dew,
Half closes the garden path.

And when I come to the garden ground,
The whir of sober birds
Up from the tangle of withered weeds
Is sadder than any words

A tree beside the wall stands bare,
But a leaf that lingered brown,
Disturbed, I doubt not, by my thought,
Comes softly rattling down.

I end not far from my going forth
By picking the faded blue
Of the last remaining aster flower
To carry again to you.