we started with a poem this morning . . an autumnal poem since it was cool and dark when we woke, and we could feel the fall breezes approaching. then we continued with hiawatha's wedding feast, from the song of hiawatha. we read a chapter a day.
we also wrote on a piece of paper a few traits we would like to work on this year . . trying to stay calm and not lose our temper . . trying to focus on completing our work before losing our heads in a novel . . trying to keep things simple and not do too many outside activities . . all noteworthy goals! i think we will do well. korrina also wrote down a few things when she got up. we're all in this together and will check in monthly. i have the papers on the shoe bin by the front door, in a ceramic bowl one of the girls made in pottery.
after working on math and grammar, chanda and i made a plum kuchen. it's my mom's recipe and is a tradition at this time of year when the prune plums appear in the coop. we mix flour with baking powder, a little brown sugar and a dash of salt . .
and then work in one stick of butter . .
add some milk . .
mix it into a wet ball of dough and spread in on a buttered cookie sheet. then, chanda arranged the prune halves, and sprinkled it with a little cinnamon.
and it was ready to go into the oven!
voila! a delicious plum cake! you can see that someone sneaked a piece, already!
it's also good for breakfast the next morning!
we were all happy that there was a dessert tonight.
Seems like some very good decisions for the year. Not something they teach in ordinary schools, but really needed!
ReplyDeleteThe plum-cake looks yummy.
"Pflaumenkuchen"! This is one of our favorites also, but you need to put the plums closer together, so that there is no dough to be seen. And before you bake it, you sprinkle the plums with sugar. And you would NEVER eat it for breakfast, only for teatime in the afternoon.
ReplyDeleteSo now you got my German opinion :-). Lovely cake and tradition, Dorina. I also like your little mottoes/habits. Reminds me of Charlotte Mason a little bit. She says you have to work on things like this for six weeks before it becomes a habit. Good luck!
Have a great weekend!
hello christine! yes, a little bit of character strengthening! we always enjoy the plum cake :)
ReplyDeletehi eva! yes, we're making good (american!) plum cake and good schooling habits :) we're having a fun weekend. the girls' nutcracker rehearsals have begun. i'll post about them soon. i hope it's not too humid by you! it's terribly humid here!
No, no humidity here at all, just balmy fall weather.
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