Welcome to Prarie Pi. This blog exists to journal and document the memories that our family experiences. Pi is "an amount of type that has been jumbled or thrown together at random." We hope to assemble in words and pictures the daily thoughts and activities that happen in our household. We do this to help those that are distant from us get a glimpse into our days so that the miles that separate us won't keep us apart.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

We Had Lots of FUNnel Cakes

"We have bought them and eaten them, and they are very delectable, but NEVER have made them. It will be a unique experience. Grandpa's idea.......we'll see if it works.
Should be fun......and yummy."
~Quoted by Me on Monday night
It WAS fun and and the funnel cakes WERE yummy!

Grandpa bought a kit from Bed, Bath and Beyond for half price and we decided to try it out late Monday night after the basketball games.

It was very easy. Just add water to the mix.....

Pour batter into the specially designed container......

Place the metal ring (from the kit) in a small pan. Add oil.
Pour batter.

Grandpa was the official cook. Even though it was his first time, he made it look like he had done this many times before.





His funnel cakes looked perfect!
State Fair quality!!!!

Add a little powdered sugar....


or strawberries and whipped cream.....

and you have a tasty treat in minutes.

Grandpa says he's leaving the kit at our house.
The official "Passing of the Tongs" ceremony was conducted and now Moe is in charge of making the next batch.
Thanks Grandpa and Grandma for the fun experiment!!

Monday, February 28, 2011

We Are Spoiled

Obvious signs that Grandma Jo is in the house......

We have containers full of cookies!! Which leads to constant snitching.....
but we can't help ourselves.....

great smells in the kitchen.....
steam rising from the pot of chicken dumpling soup cooking on the stove....

chocolate cake cooling on the counter.....

We love the food that Grandma cooks.
Later tonight......

after the basketball games, an aroma will be wafting through the kitchen of something different. A treat we all love. We have bought them and eaten them, and they are very delectable, but NEVER have made them.

It will be an unique experience.
Grandpa's idea......
we'll see if it works.

Should be fun.....and yummy!
Sara

We Have Mentos In The House...

And that....

...can only mean one thing.....
Grandpa and Grandma are at our house!!!!
(Nacho loves Mentos and Grandpa always brings him some)


They will get to see the three older boys play basketball and help the youngest boy celebrate his 4th birthday druing their visit!!

Everyone is doing well and feeling minty fresh around here!
Sara

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

HairDo'in It Himself

It's great entertainment to watch the facial expressions made by a...
3-year old on a step stool.......

wielding a comb.


Nacho also got his face washed and the teeth brushed, so he was looking pretty spiffy to go read books and retire for the evening!

Sara

Monday, February 21, 2011

School Days

Today was a ordinary, homeschool day. Simple and quiet.......a regular Monday with our regular routine. We worked on assignments as planned and stayed inside and avoided the icy weather.
Moe read and journaled a chapter from "The Long Winter," by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Our winter doesn't seem so long when you compare it to the winter that the Ingalls family experienced that particular year in De Smet, SD!!!

Moe and Rocky made a cloud for science.

Rocky also has been reading excerpts from famous speeches and finding noun clauses in each of the writings.



Ky studied sound wave and frequency today and just finished up a history chapter about the Crusades. He went to a Speed and Agility session tonight for baseball and has been enjoying the work-outs.



Buttercup has been working on fractions in math and enjoyed reading the story of Abraham from her religion book. She was amazed at his faith.....a faith that made Abraham obedient to the point of almost sacrificing his own son. As soon as Mark came home for lunch, she ran up to him right away and repeated the story she had heard that morning. It was fun to witness such excitement.



We had pancakes and bacon for lunch today. A special treat on a weekday. This meal is usually reserved for a week-end treat.


Moe was pushing Coco around on a chair today for her entertainment. I warned him that she could easily fall forward off the chair and get hurt.



A short while later, Moe returned with a home-made seatbelt and the game continued on with Coco safe and secured!!

I love my job!!!
Have a wonderful week!
Sara