This morning, Camille flipped through her history book and chose a project. Not surprisingly, based on what’s she’s been up to the past couple of weeks, she chose a cooking project. Not a cake, but a multi-course Japanese Tea Ceremony. The authors of the book suggested fruit loops or Lifesavers for one course; we decided to substitute rainbow goldfish crackers.
Camille did it all on her own, except for a few steps. I taught her how to steam rice and helped core the apples (they had particularly tough skin).
The menu was symbolic in some ways:
- Rice and lettuce
- Noodle soup
- Sauteed zucchini (instead of fish)
- Hot water and lemon
- Rice and pickles
- Apples and wavy chips (the mountains and ocean)
- Pretzels sticks and goldfish (autumn – sticks and leaves)
- Two courses of hot tea
After dinner, I sent the girls downstairs with yogurts and went to work cleaning up the disaster.
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After:
