Our first week home has been busy. We are all still catching up from the time change. This morning we all slept in, then had breakfast for lunch- yummy pancakes. Our menu planning for the next month has a nice twist. The upcoming 4H cookery contest is open to all ages, which means even Joseph gets to participate. My girls both have favorite foods they like to prepare, so we have been planning which categories their recipes will fit into. (They can each prepare up tp four entries.) Judging is Dec. 10th, so between now and then the kids get to practice and perfect their dishes.  So far some of their ideas are shrimp butter, green pepper steak, taco soup, upside down pizza, deviled eggs, corn pudding, quiche, chess squares, chicken ritz, Hawaiian chicken, sausage muffins, and Mexican pizza. Even if they don't all get prepared the night before, we will have fun narrowing down our final selections.