Halloween 2011
Winston dressed up as Commander Cody from Star Wars. For those that don't know Commander Cody was a clone marshal commander assigned to Obi-Wan Kenobi throughout the Clone Wars.
November 06, 2011
September 08, 2011
1st Grade
Pictures from Winston's first day of 1st grade.
May 09, 2011
Birthday Party
We celebrated Winston's 6th birthday, again, this past weekend. This time it was with his classmates and some of our close friends.
The FoodBuffet table with pasta frittata, roasted peppers with boccaccini and grape tomatoes, flatbreads, roasted asparagus with capers and lemon, grilled baby vegetables, strawberry salad, grilled baby zucchini, and berries. We also made hot dogs for the kids and the adults.
The Piñata
I bought a disco ball and redecorated it.
The Cake
Winston wanted a Star Wars cake.
After the cake the kids played in the backyard
It's over
January 08, 2011
Epiphany
The Rosca de Reyes (Kings Bread) that Winston and Penelope made this year.
Winston got "The Land of Long Ago" by Elsa Beskow and Penelope got "When Winter Comes" by Nancy Van Laan
Penelope dipping her rosca in the chocolate milk.
December 16, 2010
Nutcracker
Winston likes to listen and reenact the scene where the Nutcracker Battles the Army of the Mouse King. The book has a great illustration of the battle. I downloaded the music for him and it has been the best .69 cents that I have spent.
December 12, 2010
Christmas Tree Decorations
This year again we made salt dough Christmas decorations
Once cooked we used the Stockmar watercolor paints to color the decorations.
December 08, 2010
More Halloween Pictures
I found better Halloween pictures while looking for pictures for our Christmas card.
November 26, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving
Winston made the napkin rings using this edge punch.
Penelope had the idea to use the leaves from the trees in the backyard to make the place cards. We used lemon, lime, orange, kumquat, guava, persimmon, and grapefruit leaves. She had fun choosing the perfect leaves for the table.
Lantern Walk
This year W made a watercolor painting lantern instead of the usual paper mache
May 01, 2010
Five
On April 21st Winston turned 5. This year he requested a birthday party and a chocolate cake.
January 07, 2010
Three Kings Bread: Rosca de Reyes
This year Winston made the king bread for us.
The final product
December 16, 2009
Christmas Crafts
Winston has been very busy preparing for Christmas. He still has lot of gifts to make most of which will get done in LA days before Christmas.
Wreath
The wreath has leaves, pine cones and acorns collected during our walks around the neighborhood and hikes.
Christmas Tree
The decorations on the tree have all been made by Winston.
This is a picture of Winston hanging his salt dough ornaments. Tip: Make them thin as they get heavy once they are cooked also make the holes bigger than you'd think.
Peppermint Bark
Winston made peppermint bark for our neighbors and his nanny.
Walnuts
Preparing to make his spicy walnuts. He has so much fun breaking them using the meat mallet.
October 24, 2009
Halloween Party
Pictures from another halloween party.
November 27, 2006
Thanksgiving Weekend in LA
Winston and his uncle had a lot of fun taking the plane apart and putting it back together.
