The second day of Advent was the first day of Christmas School for my gang.
Nothing beats a Dutch Baby for a great start to a great season. Yummm!
Also known as a German Pancake, this gets some protein in with the carbs I crave in the morning. I don't know if there is anything authentically German about this, but the name fits in nicely with today's geography studies.
We make our Jesse Tree part of Christmas School, doing it only on weekdays. The first day of Jesse Tree is marked by a hunting for the perfect branch. Each child scours the local backyards for a branch with a curve and little knobbies. It's just how we like them. Traditionally Jesse Trees are displayed upright in a pot, but we like ours on the wall. I use the removable 3M tabs & hooks to hang ours right over our Advent Wreath.
It looks a bit plain at the moment, but the daily ornaments will soon jazz it up. This year, we're using ornaments from Homeschool In The Woods. They make up a very small portion of the History of Holidays unit study pack. I'm pinch my pennies pretty tightly, but this is worth the investment. We've only used homemade/hand-drawn ornaments before because my children hate "Fakey" looking things. When they saw the print-out of Amy Pak's gorgeous drawings, they were happy to make the switch. Nothing beats a Dutch Baby for a great start to a great season. Yummm!
Also known as a German Pancake, this gets some protein in with the carbs I crave in the morning. I don't know if there is anything authentically German about this, but the name fits in nicely with today's geography studies.
We make our Jesse Tree part of Christmas School, doing it only on weekdays. The first day of Jesse Tree is marked by a hunting for the perfect branch. Each child scours the local backyards for a branch with a curve and little knobbies. It's just how we like them. Traditionally Jesse Trees are displayed upright in a pot, but we like ours on the wall. I use the removable 3M tabs & hooks to hang ours right over our Advent Wreath.
Today, we made Peppernut cookies that went with yesterday's Norway studies. I was skeptical about making a cookie that included black pepper, but these were AMAZING. Definitely a keeper. We'll be making more to share with the neighbors.
1 comment:
Ahhhh, those were the days my friend! We called 'em Dutch Pancakes and just threw caution to the wind fillin' the middle with apple pie fillin' then pourin' the maple syrup on and devouring them. Who even heard of cholesterol problems back then???
Have a great day sweetie!!!
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