Learning with Andrea – Page 6 – Enjoy Seeing the World Though My Eyes

Elkhart Parks Photo Contest

We entered the Elkhart County Parks Photo Contest again this year. I put in seven pictures. It is my last year that I can submit pictures in the “youth” division.

Photos will be displayed at the Elkhart County Historical Museum (304 W. Vistula Street in Bristol, IN) from 10:00, 20 Jan thru closing on Friday the 26th. It looks like the hours are 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Tuesday through Saturday.

We plan to go Saturday morning. Maybe I will see you there!

Super Easy Bread

I wanted to try an experiment. I took a good pizza crust we like and a dutch oven bread we like and combined them. All the measurements are approximate 🙂

A little less than 5 cups flour
1 Tbl sugar
1 tsp salt
2.5 Tbl yeast
2 Tbl oil
2 cups lukewarm water

Mixed all together.
Knead dough well.
Let rise in greased bowl till doubled.
Preheat a dutch oven in the stove at 450.
Carefully put dough in dutch oven and place in oven.
Bake for about 30 minutes with the lid and then take lid off for the last ten minutes or until bread is golden.
The bread will sound hollow when done.
Cool before cutting

I think I would like it a little fluffer. So next time I would punch the bread down and let it rise again when I preheated the oven. Another thing I will try is shredding cheese to put in it.

Felted Penguins

I learned to needle felt. I got the materials for Christmas. I like doing it. I want to do a dog next.

Profiteroles (Cream Puffs)

When I was younger, I wanted to learn how to make cream puffs. Momma let me. It was easy and fun. I made them again last night, but with home made Nutalla instead of chocolate.

You can also find the recipe here and the Nutella recipe here.

Sledding

We were excited it snowed on Christmas day. We went sledding. Daddy and Mark got to go too. We have not gone sledding with Daddy for awhile. It was very fun. It was a great way to start the day.

Here are more pictures from Megan’s blog and Adrian’s!

Snow Storm

It is snowing today and I would like a lot of snow! Enough snow so that we can go sledding tomorrow but not enough for schools to be cancelled 🙂

Alpaca Kiss

We were taking pictures with some of the alpacas. Poe is one of the little alpacas. He likes giving kisses! He giving me a kiss while Momma was taking pictures.

Caramel Apples

We find a recipe for caramel apples today. Next time we will try the other one we found.

Helping Auntie Kristi

A few weekends ago, we went to camp Patmos to help with camp. I helped Auntie Kristi in the kitchen. I got to meet some of the girls that work there. It was a lot of fun. I enjoyed helping.

I helped make breakfast one day. We cracked about 500 eggs! I also helped make chicken, mashed pototoes and helped serve for other meals.

A few years ago, I got to help Auntie Kristi bake too. She is still silly!

Rice Crispy treat

Today is national Rice Crispy treat day. Make some good Rice Crispy treats with some one special.