Tuesday is usually one of our busy days, but Ginger’s preschool is on break this week so that was one less thing. The big kids had circus today and then Molly had her art class. During the art class I get to hang out with my favorite, fellow homeschoolin’ Mama friends and drink really tasty chai. This really makes all the driving around and sitting around during various classes something to look forward to. Along with these Mama’s come their families too; big kids, litle kids, husbands. I like all of them just as much!
One of the things that I particularly love about homeschooling is that our kids are not age or sex segregated. For example, today Molly’s art class consisted of her closest homeschool friends; two 8 yr old girls, a 10 year old girl, and an 11 year old boy. The kids at the coffee shop were 20 month old twins playing with two 4 yr olds while a 12 yr old boy, 13 yr old boy and a 15 year old girl ran around the neighborhood. The big kids were there to help with the younger ones for a while as is the case whenever we have a homeschool activity. What a great opportunity for the big kids to be needed. We recently attended an unschoolers confrence and the presenter spoke of the importance of teens feeling like they are a contributing member of the family. Having the opportunity to mentor, teach and help out is a great way to do this. It’s also fun for the younger kids as well. Everyone likes to feel needed!
Socialization as homeschoolers is not a problem for us! They are interacting with babies to adults out in public as well as with people they know on a daily basis, while most kids are hanging out with kids there same age all day every day. That is just advantage #63.
This morning Ginger and I made this
GOOD MORNIN’ APPLE CRISP
7 med apples sliced (or more as they cook down)
1/2 cup dried cranberries or raisins
2 TB sugar (I use Sucanat)
2 cups Museli cereal or oats–I use oats
2/3 cup whole wheat pastry flour or if you want wheat free use brown rice flour
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (I use more)2 TB ground flax seeds (I use heaping)
1-2 tsp cinnamon (You guessed it-I use 2)
6 TB canola oil (I use Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
4 TB maple syrup
pre-heat 375 Lay apples and cranberries in lightly oiled 9×13 baking dish (I use the slicer side on my grater to slice the apples), Sprinkle with the sugar
Combine remaining ingrediants and press over apple mixture.
Bake 45 mins or until golden brown and hot and bubbly.
You can even serve this with whip cream and call it dessert!!
I even delivered some to Alissa at her new studio space, just like I promised!! Too bad Melissa wasn’t there-I gave her portion to our circus teacher. Maybe next week!!
Tomorrow newspapers to deliver, a friends bedroom to secretly decorate while they are at school, Jake to friends for working on a movie they are filming Me-checking blogs! Oh and laundry and dishes of course.
I left this in the wrong place so I am moving it but it won’t let me cancel so…
Kristen- It was really nice getting a chance to hear your perspective and ideas last night at the Social Media Cafe. I look forward to future collaborations. Man, this recipe looks fantastic – I think we’ll have to make it this weekend!
We are having this for breakfast tomorrow!
I think I’ll use coconut oil in place of the EVOO or canola oil, just cause I want to
Do you ever soak your grains before you make this?
Erin
I have another great breakfast recipe that I will post soon-but I use coconut oil for part of the oil in that recipe. I am not a soaker. I ate raw from March thru Oct last year and felt GREAT. I fell off the wagon once it got cold but still ate at least 1 or 2 raw meals/day. I am just getting back into being closer to 100% raw. Now to the point–even then I didn’t soak, So in the end the answer to your question is-NO!
Kristen
It was yummeeeeeeeee, too.