Bookworm's disappointment

So High School Musical 3 opened tonight. You know Bookworm is a huge fan so I promised her a couple of months ago that she and I would go together for girls night out. She has been anxiously waiting and trying real hard to behave. We went and got our tickets at AAA this afternoon, Bookworm made sure all her chores were done and I made sure The Babe with the Power had enough milk to get through until I got back. We left for the theater after we cleaned up dinner. Of course being a Friday night traffic into the plaza was ridiculous. The entire ride there she was telling me how excited she was and she could barely sit still in her seat. She sprinted across the parking lot, down the escalator and to the ticket line. Waiting in line she had a smile from ear to ear and was bouncing like crazy and then we got up to the counter... SOLD OUT! The only two showings we could possibly stay for were sold out. I have never seen a child's face melt so fast, the bounce in her step was gone. Sheer disappointment.

Little pumpkins

Well we finally managed to get our pumpkins painted on Sunday. Actually we managed to get a lot of things painted on Sunday, the kids, the table & chairs a few door jams, I'm sure over the next few days I'll find other things that got a fresh coat too! Cheeseburger boy and Super Why managed to get so much paint on their pumpkins that as of last night they still had wet spots. This was the first year that Super Why was able to participate so of course he was just thrilled that we were allowing him to paint on something other than paper. We're gearing up to start our holiday crafting so I'll have some new posts coming soon.

A New Blog

Well I have decided that since most of posts thus far have been food related and since the kids and I really love to cook (and eat) that I would start a blog dedicated to food. I will post about all the different foods we make from day to day with pictures of course. Now that the cold weather has started to set in I'll be cooking and baking even more to help keep the house warm and since I have a tendency to go a bit overboard baking around the holidays I should have plenty to write about. Anyhow, if your interested the address to the food blog is www.Tribeinthekitchen.blogspot.com .

Jam

Well Bookworm decided to pull a Jekyll and Hyde over homework today so pumpkin painting was out of the question. If she can keep her cool we'll paint them tomorrow after dinner and I'll post some photos.

I did manage to make and can a batch of strawberry jam that came out pretty good if I do say so myself. I made and canned apple butter the other day too! It has been a pretty productive week, hopefully the weekend will continue to be as well.

Getting in the spirit

Since fall is upon us and our favorite holidays Halloween and Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) are almost here we are starting to get in the spirit. We bought our pumpkins over the weekend and hopefully will be able to paint them tomorrow. This year for Dia de los Muertos we are making traditional Mexican sugar skulls. I made the skulls themselves this weekend and tonight we decorated them with brightly colored royal icing and sequins. In Mexico they make these sugar skulls in honor of a family member or friend who has passed, usually they write the name of the person on the skull and will adorn them with colored foils and jewelry, anything that would represent the person who passed. Generally after they are dried the skulls would be placed on the family altar that would be piled with all of the favorite foods of the beloved dead. I don't usually go as far as making lots of food to leave out as my cats and of course the kids would have it strewn all over the house, that is if the dog didn't get to it first. We do what we call a "dumb supper," we set an extra plate at the table and fill it with all the foods we are eating for dinner.

The kids as you can see had a blast. Super Why decorated his and then picked it up and licked it, I guess you have to expect that when you are using edible stuff to decorate with.

The Tribe

Here are a few pics of the tribe.

Bread making with Bookworm

Friday night while the rest of the tribe were hanging out in the office playing games Bookworm helped make the bread for the weekend. She loves to pretend she's putting on a cooking show.

Baking day

Friday Cheeseburger Boy and I decided to make our granola for the week while Bookworm and Deli Dude were at school and Super Why and the Babe with the Power were napping. He had so much fun and was so proud of himself. He practiced his counting and pouring of course his favorite part was licking the spoon after we were through. He made sure not to get anything on his most prized race car driver outfit. He even asked if he could wipe down the island when we were done, that is one request I could not say no to. By the time it was ready Super Why had woken up and couldn't help himself from snagging some that hadn't quite made it to the bowl yet.