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I've been busy, busy, busy. Book fair is coming up. It begins Monday. I had no intention of taking it over completely but it appears that I have. Not that I mind. I do enjoy it, I just wasnt ready for it. Now I'm overwhelmed because I dont have the timeline of what needs to be done when in front of me. The lady that was supposed to do this has it and she's turned out to be quite unreliable! I'm doing the best I can with what I have. I did the bulletin board for One for Books today. It looks pretty good. All of the fliers and scavenger hunt papers went home or are going home today. We begin set up on Thursday so the teachers can have a sneak peek on Friday. I have to print out flags to the countries that we assigned the teachers to put on their baskets for the books they want for their classrooms. That's all I know off the top of my head. The rest I'll deal with as it happens I guess.
Family Council was last night. Quickest meeting ever! We were done in a half hour! The teachers/staff provided us with a Thanksgiving dinner. Everything was excellent. Seriously I think we spent more time eating than we did on our actual meeting. Then there was chit chat and visiting after. lol Someone made scalloped corn. Yummy! It's like corn bread with corn inside only on the softer side if that makes any sense. lol Definitely something I will attempt to make.
Our winter coat exchange is not going as well as I had hoped. We only have one full tote of coats and a few hats. :( Hopefully more people will bring stuff in this week. We'll set it up Monday for the taking and leave it up throughout the week while conferences go on. Whatever is left will get donated.
Dentists R Us was at the school yesterday. Both boys got their teeth cleaned. No cavities! Yay! I thought for sure Michael had two and Matthew had at least one. It's such a fight to get them to brush. Michael was scared so the principal sat with him and they called Matthew down to sit with him. Apparently some kid in his class told him they were going to use a needle so he was terrified! :( My poor baby. The worst part is I was IN the building while they did it and had no idea he was so scared! I felt awful! I asked them later how it was and Michael told me it was lots of fun. Matthew told me "It was good. I dont have any cavities, same for Michael. . . well, they thought he had a cavity but it was just his snack. " I laughed so hard. Hilarious and disgusting all at the same time. lol
Michael's birthday is next Friday! How the hell did that sneak up on me?! He's going to be 6. He wants a volcano cake. I am super excited about doing this! The shape is no big deal. I'm going to bake two 8in round cakes and another cake in my mixing bowl. After the three get stacked it's the perfect shape with a nice height. I'll frost it in chocolate buttercream and probably pour chocolate ganache over top so it sets nicely. I want it to erupt. This is the tricky part. I dont want anything crazy messy so I need to experiment with how much liquid and what to use to make it bubble. I have a few ideas. First was to try Red pop and mentos. I THINK it should just roll right off the ganache rather than ruining it. Another idea is to use red jello and baking soda. I think that would taste nasty depending on how much baking soda is needed. Or I could forget the eruption and just have it smoke with some dry ice and water. But one of the best cake decorators I know suggested red jello and dry ice. As the jello oozes out the top and down the side of the cake it will set up and have a nice effect. I really think this is what I'm going to end up doing, as much as I dont want to spend the money on dry ice. I'll probably try each of them (minus the dry ice/water) before I do the cake. I have more Choice Theory training the day before his party so hopefully I can get everything I need for his party done before that and when I have a free moment during book fair week. He keeps changing his mind on what he wants for dinner that night. First it was lasagna, now it's chicken fajitas. I'm sure it will be something else by the time I actually get to the store for it all. lol
Family Council was last night. Quickest meeting ever! We were done in a half hour! The teachers/staff provided us with a Thanksgiving dinner. Everything was excellent. Seriously I think we spent more time eating than we did on our actual meeting. Then there was chit chat and visiting after. lol Someone made scalloped corn. Yummy! It's like corn bread with corn inside only on the softer side if that makes any sense. lol Definitely something I will attempt to make.
Our winter coat exchange is not going as well as I had hoped. We only have one full tote of coats and a few hats. :( Hopefully more people will bring stuff in this week. We'll set it up Monday for the taking and leave it up throughout the week while conferences go on. Whatever is left will get donated.
Dentists R Us was at the school yesterday. Both boys got their teeth cleaned. No cavities! Yay! I thought for sure Michael had two and Matthew had at least one. It's such a fight to get them to brush. Michael was scared so the principal sat with him and they called Matthew down to sit with him. Apparently some kid in his class told him they were going to use a needle so he was terrified! :( My poor baby. The worst part is I was IN the building while they did it and had no idea he was so scared! I felt awful! I asked them later how it was and Michael told me it was lots of fun. Matthew told me "It was good. I dont have any cavities, same for Michael. . . well, they thought he had a cavity but it was just his snack. " I laughed so hard. Hilarious and disgusting all at the same time. lol
Michael's birthday is next Friday! How the hell did that sneak up on me?! He's going to be 6. He wants a volcano cake. I am super excited about doing this! The shape is no big deal. I'm going to bake two 8in round cakes and another cake in my mixing bowl. After the three get stacked it's the perfect shape with a nice height. I'll frost it in chocolate buttercream and probably pour chocolate ganache over top so it sets nicely. I want it to erupt. This is the tricky part. I dont want anything crazy messy so I need to experiment with how much liquid and what to use to make it bubble. I have a few ideas. First was to try Red pop and mentos. I THINK it should just roll right off the ganache rather than ruining it. Another idea is to use red jello and baking soda. I think that would taste nasty depending on how much baking soda is needed. Or I could forget the eruption and just have it smoke with some dry ice and water. But one of the best cake decorators I know suggested red jello and dry ice. As the jello oozes out the top and down the side of the cake it will set up and have a nice effect. I really think this is what I'm going to end up doing, as much as I dont want to spend the money on dry ice. I'll probably try each of them (minus the dry ice/water) before I do the cake. I have more Choice Theory training the day before his party so hopefully I can get everything I need for his party done before that and when I have a free moment during book fair week. He keeps changing his mind on what he wants for dinner that night. First it was lasagna, now it's chicken fajitas. I'm sure it will be something else by the time I actually get to the store for it all. lol