State-by-State Baking :: Kentucky Fried Chicken
It was summertime by the time we got around to “baking” something for Kentucky, the 15th state in our State-by-State Study… Since Hubby was out of town at the time, and we had spent the day in town, we decided to just keep it simple and pick up some Kentucky Fried Chicken for a late lunch/early dinner. Other than having some of the chicken at potlucks over the years, my kids didn’t remember the last time we had ordered to-go at Kentucky Fried Chicken. I actually think it was way back when Captain was a baby. Anyhow, they really enjoyed the treat!
but it may make you think of three.
Think original recipe or extra crispy
and you’ll think KFC.“
by Twinkle Toes (L) and Chiquita (R)
State-by-State Scrapbook :: Vermont
On the banks of two rivers, sitting pretty,
Montpelier is our capital city.“
.: Vermont by Captain :.
.: Vermont by Rascal :.
*The links to the worksheets used for these notebook pages can be found here, and here is the link to all of our State-by-State Study posts.
State-by-State Scrapbook :: Kentucky
and though it looks the color blue
up close the grass is green.“
.: Kentucky by Captain :.
.: Kentucky by Rascal :.
*The links to the worksheets used for these notebook pages can be found here, and here is the link to all of our State-by-State Study posts.
State-by-State Baking :: Rhode Island Johnnycakes
Earlier this year (during our last school year), for the state of Rhode Island, the 13th State to join the Union, the girls read R is for Rhode Island Red: A Rhode Island Alphabet and then completed their Notebook Pages.
by Twinkle Toes (L) and Chiquita (R)
“Pilgrim women were the first to make a Rhode Island dish called johnnycakes, which are fried cornmeal cakes, something like pancakes. They were originally called “journey cakes” because they were small and easily portable.”
We used a recipe from Felicity’s Cookbook: A Peek at Dining in the Past with Meals you can Cook Today. The girls had just completed a Felicity Lap Book after all!
Look up and see Independent Man
standing way up high,
watching over all Rhode Island
with clear and trusty eye.“
adapted from Felicity’s Cookbook
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- Butter to grease skillet
- Favorite syrup
- Bring the water and the butter to a boil.
- While that happens mix the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
- Pour the boiling water and butter into the mixing bowl. Add the milk and stir the batter until it is well mixed.
- Grease the skillet with butter and heat over medium-low heat.
- Drop 6 spoonfuls of batter into the pan. Let the cakes cook about 5 minutes, until they are golden brown.
- Use the spatula to turn over the cakes. Cook for another 5 minutes, or so, until they are golden brown.
- Serve with syrup.
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| Flipping Pancakes for the First Time – Very exciting! |
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| Okay, fine… I’ll put the camera down! 😉 |
State-by-State Scrapbook :: Rhode Island
“R is for Rhode Island Red.
The roosters have plenty of meat.
The hens will lay eggs all year.
Known far and wide throughout the land,
Rhode Island Reds came from here.“
.: Rhode Island by Captain :.
.: Rhode Island by Rascal :.
as you look around –
All throughout the Ocean State
water can be found.“
{pretty, happy, funny, real}
{pretty}
Rose was so cute opening her little Name-day gift… “It’s a Saint-uh!” she said, as soon as she was able to peek past the tissue paper. “It’s St. Therese-uh!” (This cute little Pixie of ours adds “uh” to the end of just about every sentence-uh.)
Bud loved checking out the gift we gave Snuggles on his Name-day. It was actually a birthday gift that had been forgotten in my closet! A starry sky works for the feast of St. Michael, right?
My Daybook :: On the Traditional Feast of St. Thérèse
Outside my window…
The weather has been gorgeous this week, it has been cooling down some at night and the leaves have started to change colors. I just hung our fall wreath on the front door and picked up a few little pumpkins to use as decorations. Hopefully we can make a trip to the pumpkin patch soon!
I am thinking…
about how nice it is to have a new iMac! (It ended up being our anniversary gift to each other, along with dinner out.) It has made blogging so much easier and way less time consuming. Blogging had become quite a chore, since it was taking forever to work with photos – the old computer was freezing every time I’d try and use PicMonkey to add the copyright to pictures, and half the time when I was online at all. It wasn’t in the plan to purchase a new computer quite yet, but with the back-to-school specials for educators, and the interest free financing, I decided to just order one. Hubby had taken the laptop with him on that fire assignment after all! 😉
I am thankful…
for my husband! And that he didn’t kill me when he called home from fire camp a couple weeks ago and I said he should “try and find access to wi-fi so we can Skype… Now that I have a computer that works around here!” He responded, “Yeah! That would be great! Wait… What did you just say?!?” Yes, I have been so very blessed with such an awesome (and forgiving!) husband. 🙂
Learning all the time…
The last few weeks have been busy for sure! In addition to our regular studies and the Alphabet Path, we’ve also attended two field trips! Last week we went on a field trip to a “farm” (more on that later, maybe) and yesterday we went to the Planetarium.
Celebrating the liturgical year…
Like Charlotte, we have had a week of very simple, yet sweet, celebrations for the saints! A Cake for the feast of St. Michael (though I was able to make our traditional Michaelmas Dinner on Sunday), Rose Cupcakes for St. Therese, Angel Treats for the Holy Guardian Angels, and maybe some Wolf Paw Cookies or Friendly Beasts Crunch for tomorrow’s feast of St. Francis.
From the kitchen…
tons of snacks… The kids always love it when their Daddy saves some of the snacks from his sack meals from fire camp. After two weeks, and some of his co-workers adding to his stash, he came home with quite the collection! On Sunday the boys decided to graph what was left, not counting the bag full of “uncrustables” in the fridge.
I am working on…
plans for this year’s All Hallows’ Eve Party! I wasn’t going to do it this year… For some reason the thought of hosting another huge party at our home was just slightly overwhelming. But, after talking to my husband and the kids (and finding out that my liver troubles are behind me!) I decided we will host it again after all. How could I not when one of the little boys told his momma that last year’s party was “the best night of his entire life” and another mom (who I was planning on hosting a baby shower for next month) said she’d rather I host the party than her shower! Sigh… It’s going to be fun!
I am creating…
a few accessories for this year’s saint costumes. They all (7 costumes!!!) surprisingly came together extremely easy a couple weeks ago, after a trip to Costco during which we found a perfect (inexpensive) costume for Snuggles who wants to be St. Michael this year! We just need to make wings for him, but isn’t it cute! I love it!!
Rascal decided he wants to be St. George this year. For his costume I used my Gymbucks to order this Brave Knight Costume and Shield from Gymboree. (What a steal at just $10.21 for the costume and $3.80 for the shield!!!)
Captain has decided to dress as St. Paul, with the costume inspired by the picture in Picture Book of Saints. We already had the perfect Robe and Sash, but ordered a gray beard and yellow turban to complete the costume… So fun! Twinkle Toes wants to dress as St. Catherine Labouré using one of my sisters’ old costumes from forever ago. She is going to make a large Miraculous Medal to complete her costume, or maybe just choose one of hers to wear. Chiquita is still trying to decide between St. Joan of Arc (with our Fleur-di-lis Shield) or Mother Teresa. Rose is going to dress as St. Therese! And Bud is going to be St. Francis of Assisi, complete with lots of sweet little animals pinned to his costume.
I am going…
to run to town in a little bit to pick up my nursing cover. I left it at the restaurant last night. Oops.
I am hoping…
that I can find time to get my hair cut sometime in the next week or two. It is definitely time!
I am reading…
The Telmaj, a newly published science fiction book for children, as our daily read-a-loud! It was recently published by Erin Manning, a Catholic author, and our copy arrived last week. We are only on chapter three, but I’ve already caught my boys reading ahead! Rascal declared that it really needs to be made into an audio book, so that they don’t have to keep waiting for me!
I am praying…
this prayer from The Christian Mother: The Education of Her Children and Her Prayer in addition to the prayer on our anniversary:
O holy Guardian Angels, heavenly friends of my children. I address myself with confidence to you, as the children whom the Lord has confided to me are also looked upon by you with love and care. Implore for me the grace that I may cherish for my children sentiments similar to those which you have for them, and that I may, like you, be anxious above all to educate them for God and for heaven. Oh, that I may be such a mother to my children; that I may never appear unworthy of your love and friendship! Obtain this grace for me. Amen.
Pondering these words…
from I Believe in Love:
I am listening…
to my four oldest read picture books about the saints’ who celebrate their feast day’s this week to the little ones. They each choose a day/saint (St. Michael, St. Therese, Guardian Angels, and St. Francis) and corresponding books off of our bookshelves. Some of the new additions this year include Therese: The Little Flower of Lisieux and Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi, which were both Christmas Gifts from my husband’s parents (along with a couple other books from the series).
Around the house…
lots of sweet little saints – both homemade and from Catholic Folk Toys and St. Luke’s Brush! I also ordered this sweet little St. Therese doll from St. Anne’s Pixies to give to our little Rose in honor of her nameday. She loved it!!
One of my favorite things…
I love, LOVE, my binder and checklists for this school year, and all the progress we have been making! It’s going to be a great school year!
- Celebrate the Feast of St. Therese
- Field Trip to the Planetarium
- Park with Friends
- Celebrate the Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels and our 13th Anniversary!
- Lego Robotics Class for the older boys
- Feast of St. Francis
- Tutor on Thursday Afternoon
- First Friday Mass
- Festival of Cultures
13 Years Ago Today
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| October 2, 1999 ~ Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels |
O my God and my Lord, it was on this day that I knelt in Thy holy house at the nuptial altar, that I received the sacrament of matrimony and entered with Thy blessing the matrimonial state. Can I let this day pass without giving thanks to Thee and without some special exercise of piety? No, O Lord! I thank Thee, therefore, from my heart, for having introduced me by a holy sacrament into the state of matrimony, for having sanctified my matrimonial union, for having opened me to the treasures of Thy graces, that I might be enabled to live up to the duties of my vocation, to persevere in inviolable fidelity, in love, and in dutiful submission to my husband, and in the chastity conformable to my state in life, and to educate the children whom Thou hast confided to me in Thy fear and discipline, and thus, work out my eternal salvation. I give Thee thanks for all the graces which I have received in virtue of this sacrament. I thank Thee for the protection, the assistance, and for whatever good Thou hast bestowed upon me and upon my family. Be Thou for all these eternally praised and blessed.
But have I faithfully cooperated with Thy grace in fulfilling the duties of my vocation? Have I led the life of a truly Christian wife? Alas! Too much have I to reproach myself with. [Here reflect a little while.] O my God, I am sorry from my heart for having offended Thee. Pardon me for the sake of Thy infinite mercy and for that of Jesus, Thy beloved Son! My resolution is firmly taken. I will endeavor to fulfill henceforward all the duties of a Christian wife and mother faithfully and conscientiously. How could I otherwise hope to enjoy Thy grace and to work out my salvation? But what will all my good resolutions avail me, if Thou dost not give Thy help to fulfill them? Renew then, O Lord, on this day the blessing of this holy sacrament; may its graces flow upon me in abundance every day. Animated and strengthened by them I will try in the future to lead a life in harmony with my vocation.
I recommend to Thee also my husband. Grant that we who are by virtue of this sacrament so intimately united may live always in heartfelt love and in true fear of God, in order that our matrimonial state may, as it should be, a symbol of that infinite union existing between Christ and His holy Church and lead us to life eternal.
I commend unto Thee also, O Lord, the children whom Thou hast confided to our care. Bless them, protect them, enrich them with Thy graces, that they may grow up pleasing to Thee. Assist me to educate them wholly for Thee. Holy Virgin and Mother of God, holy Joseph and all ye who have led a holy life in the state of matrimony, all ye holy parents, pray for me. Amen.
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| In the Sacristy following our wedding… When we should have been signing that marriage license! |
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