by Melissa Wiley on January 27, 2012
I bragged about my granola and Charlotte asked for the recipe. It’s a bit tricky, because this is the one dish I make where I don’t measure anything, I just eyeball it.
9×13 baking pan + stick of butter + 350 degree oven. You can melt the butter right in the pan in the preheating oven, or you can speed things up and melt it on the stove, whatever you like.
To the melted butter in the pan, add about 2/3 cup honey. Or less. Or more. I like it sweet-ish but not too sweet.
Then dump in some old-fashioned (not quick) oats. Um, a quantity might be helpful here, but I have no idea. Six or seven cups, maybe? I fill the pan to about an inch from the top. I think. You know, until it looks like a good-sized batch.
Then I add sunflower seeds (raw, unsalted), flax seed, and lots of chopped almonds, walnuts or pecans (or a mixture).
A sprinkle of cinnamon.
Mix it all together, making sure to scrape up the honey from the bottom and work it into the oats.
Toast at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. (Stir once or twice in between.)
So yummy.
by Michelle on January 27, 2012
In my life this week…
It’s been a busy and fun week, therefore it has flown. Why do good times fly by and miserable times linger? That’s really not fair. Well, at least it’s been good which is something to be joyous over, isn’t it?
In our homeschool this week…
We’re at the end of Week 8 of Term III. Alexis has been super-focused on her Japanese. She’s begun using Busuu.com because they added Japanese to their list of languages this week. She’s loving it and very excited. Other than that, we’ve had just an awesome week of relaxed learning. We visited our favorite place, St Augustine and that always makes us happy and lends itself to so much learning!
Places we’re going and people we’re seeing…
Today we have another field trip. We’ll be studying 19th century architecture at DeBary Hall. We were supposed to take an eco-history tour tomorrow, but the trip was never confirmed. I was supposed to get a call back and have yet to receive it. So I’ll rearrange our field trip list to fit it in for next month.
My favorite thing this week was…
Spending a couple of days in St. Augustine. I absolutely love stepping back to the 16th century. We’re going to go back in March I think and spend a week there.
What’s working for us…
Right now, it seems that nearly everything is working for us. Praying that the peace continues.
A photo, video, link, or quote to share…
“In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them.” -Thomas Friedman
Be sure to visit other homeschool moms who our journaling this week.
But first…What has been your favorite thing this week?
Happy Homeschooling!
by Michelle on January 27, 2012
Last week, we joined our Conservation Lands homeschool group once again for another special class. The field trip began with the children learning about non-native, invasive plants and specifically the Air Potato Vine. Because this plant is considered a noxious weed in Florida, parks hold annual “roundups” to prevent the spreading of these plants.
We attended one such roundup on January 19th. It was a great success. In less than one hour, the children had gathered 1,672 potatoes! We used a few for a craft project and placed the rest into black trash bags to throw away.
For a brief lesson on the plant itself, view my post at Air Potato Vine: A Threat to Florida’s Native Plants
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| The child hunting potatoes |
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| Alexis picking potatoes off the vine |
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| Here’s one!! |
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| Potatoes which had fallen to the ground |
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| Entire plants killed off by these invasive vines. |
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| An air potato |
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| Tallying up the booty! |
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| One potato, two potato, three potato.. MORE! |
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| The children gathering their crafting supplies |
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| Threading ribbon through her potatoes to make a necklace |
Here are some photos of our class trip. For more information on this particular roundup and plant, please see my post at Air Potato Vine: A Threat to Florida’s Native Plants.
Happy Homeschooling!
by Melissa Wiley on January 26, 2012
Whoa. I totally missed Bonny Glen’s seventh anniversary. Seven years! Jiminy crickets!
I meant to do something retrospectivey. I meant to do something, period. But I forgot all about it until I saw Melanie’s anniversary post—our blogs share a birthday.
Well, I’m forever sending birthday cards late. Maybe I’ll rustle up something next week. Right now I’m too busy putting the finishing touches on my GeekMom post for tomorrow—we’re a stop in the Wrinkle in Time 50th Anniversary blog tour; do stop by tomorrow and take a peek—and squeeing over interior sketches for Inch and Roly. So: my big nostalgic stroll through blog-memory lane will have to wait.
But, golly, seven years. Thanks for sticking with me, gang. You’re still my favorite part of blogging.
