Egyptian Meal

McKayla has been on an Egypt kick lately and has been begging to have an Egyptian meal. So, tonight we finally had one. We made pita bread and Egyptian rice. We also had figs, dates, humus, nuts, grapes and grape juice (because McKayla was really worried that I was going to give her wine.)


McKayla likes the figs.

Alina thought the dates were great.

Mckayla tried the hummus and did not like it

Reading

Both of the girls have so much reading to do each day that they like to find warm cozy places to do it. This is McKayla sitting on a heater vent in my room with pillows and blankets all around her so she stays really warm.

Valenties day

The girls both had parties yesterday at school to celebrate Valentines day. I somehow got stuck making all the food for both classes, but the kids had a great time. The girls picked out dresses to wear and had their hair done in hearts, which you can't really see in the picture. They both went on a field trip as well to see the play A Year with Frog and Toad. I was quite a busy day.

Birthday Money

McKayla wanted to use her birthday money to buy a new Sunday dress, so we went out shopping together. The first store we went to was The Children's Place and she picked out the ugliest dress there. Luckily she listened to me when I informed her of this and picked out a much cuter one. She had so much fun trying it on and when asked if she wanted to go look at some other stores before deciding she told me "no, this store has all the accessories I need." And it did. She bought the dress, a sweater to go over it, a head band and a purse to match. She was so excited to wear it the next Sunday.