At first when Faith came home saying she is making a model of the Great Wall of China, I figured it should be an easy feat. I should have known better,
the first one wasn't easy and the model wasn't a cinch either.
We bought a box of Floracraft Project bricks off Amazon and looked up a few
other model projects online and then started designing.
Of course we couldn't just make a flat stretch of the wall, it had to go up a mountain.
Of course it did.
Daddy to the rescue, he shaped some pieces of styrofoam with his bandsaw,
we painted the mountain with tempura paints
Popsicle sticks for the walk way, a silver "rope" with gold safety pins for the
"promise locks" that were on the section of the wall that we walked.
Then for the surrounding area she added moss from a bag we bought at Walmart.
Little Miss decided to get a bit creative too.
Big brother kept her occupied while Faith was gluing the Great Wall together.
This is the kind of snow storm we get in PA...I guess I'm ok with it cause 12" of
snow takes a lot more work to move.
So what did you do for Valentine's Day? A friend of mine posted this idea on her FB
Hibachi Grill at home!
I actually went out and bought two griddles.
some shrimp, a piece of pork tenderloin and some chicken breast.
Marinated the meats after slicing them thin. Chopped up some peppers, onions and mushrooms.
Found a recipe for Yum Yum sauce
Each person had a dish for raw meats and we had plenty of extra forks
to hopefully keep cross-contamination at a minimum.
I'll just say, while it was a slightly hectic meal and you really want one adult per child under 10,
we had a blast! We didn't actually burn anything -well unless you count the foam plate that got a hole in it. If you didn't pay attention to your food, someone else would snag it
before it was too browned to eat.
Some things we learned- I want to buy a set of forks that are very different from our
regular forks to be used as "raw forks".
We really didn't need potatoes at this meal- Atkins would have been just great.
Fried clementines are actually good.
Even with the purchase of the new equipment the cost was roughly equal to
taking the whole crew to the Golden Arches for a complete meal with dessert.
We will be doing this again! Some people thought it should be an everyday experience, but I think not! I'm envisioning some breakfast meals too.
Do not expect this to be a quick meal. We were at the table for 1-1/2 hours.
Cleanup was not bad as the only kettles were the griddles.
QOTD: Shekinah had a horrible discovery. "Zeke what do you do at recess when you are at work?"
"Daddy don't you have recess either!?"
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