Posted in Fun learning

(That quote put a smile of my face this morning. I, on the other hand, like butter on my bread and I love to cook!")

Yesterday was a day of FUN learning. Redo and her three sweet daughters came over. Redo taught us how to bake bread. In turn I started to show her two older daughters how to sew using a sewing machine.

Bread - It came out wonderful and wow was it tasty! The girls made "Two-tone" bread. The kids want to make bread more often... so do I!

I've never made bread, bread before. I've made plenty of zuchinni and banana breads, but not bread that you get to play with, 'er knead.

This was a great opportunity to teach my kids a bit more about chemistry. (We've been doing a chemistry unit.) While I was cutting the cooled off bread, so we all could try the fresh loaf, I explained how yeast works. In terms that my boys could relate to, the yeast "farts" so that the bread can rise. (We all 'let off' Carbon dioxide.)

Sewing - Redo's girls did fabulous! I just wanted them to sew lines so that they could get a feel for a sewing machine. We plan on getting together again so that the girls can sew some pillows.