We started our day with me going to the commissary. Woohoo. After they put the groceries away, we went to the bowling alley at the fort. They have updated the building more since we were there last. It is really nice, but we hate they don't open the snack bar until way too late (1pm on a Saturday is kind of dumb). We were all quite hungry (and very thirsty!) so we headed to Popeye's for a fried chicken fix.
I'll admit I get big ideas often, but life gets in the way to do some of them. A few months ago, I bought a new cookbook for bread. Not one for bread makers, but a cookbook your grandma would have used. Then I purchased some large kitchen towels to use just for making bread (you know, to cover the dough while it is rising). The girls have been after me ever since to make bread. However, this is one project we never started. Today, the girls finally made bread. Okay, they made pretzels. John chaperoned, just to make sure they were doing okay. Some pretzels had salt and some with cinnamon and sugar. They were awesome! In fact, I believe there are only two left. They became dinner. lol
Tonight was Chloe's favorite game night...Scrabble. I'm not sure what she loves about Scrabble, but she asks to play it often. John won. Jesse was second. Chloe was third. And I came in last. As my Dad would say, "my hand is a foot". I just couldn't pull any decent letters from the bag.
A friend of mine posted an article on Facebook tonight about a homeschool boy in Texas. He is thirteen and has a business of his own. He makes things. Understatement. He lathes bowls, pens, seam rippers and other things from wood and antlers. Everything was simply beautiful and inspiring. His web page is:
http://handcraftedgifts.us/
Even if you don't want to buy anything, I suggest you check out the site to see what this young man can create.
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