My 10 year-old boy and my 15 year-old girl both want to be chefs when they grow up. They also both love sushi. They’ve been wanting to learn how for a long time, and yesterday, we finally did it. (The 13 year-old boy doesn’t like sushi or cooking, so he sat out.)
I had bought a little “How to Make Sushi” kit at a bookstore on clearance awhile back. It included a DVD, a mat, and a cookbook. We watched the DVD a couple of weeks ago, and yesterday, we made the California rolls.
We couldn’t find any sushi rice at any of
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We rarely have time, with all the activities in December, to make gingerbread houses. They are such fun, though! Last year, as January rolled around and we’d missed out again, we decided that this year, we’d make gingerbread haunted houses for Halloween. I figured we’d end up doing the graham cracker house thing, but I was surprised (and grateful) to find haunted gingerbread house kits at the store! (Okay, they were haunted chocolate houses…) They were a little pricey, but with time and health issues last week, they worked out just fine.
Here are the houses my kids made:
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May 12th, 2010 | 
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