Boil, Smash, Season, Bake

A new way I found to make potatoes and we all loved it!!

Boil either red or yukon gold potatoes.

Drizzle a cookie sheet with olive oil.  This is important so the potatoes don't stick.

Place the potatoes on the cookie sheet about 2-3 inches inbetween.  You're going to mash them so you need room for expansion.

Slightly smash. Then rotate 90 degrees and slight smash again.

Brush with melted earth balance, olive oil, or any butter substitute you use.  It's okay to be generous here. 

Sprinkle with garlic, salt, and rosemary (or any seasonings you enjoy).

Bake on 450 for 20-25 minutes.  Mmmmmmm....good!  Really.  

Holding onto Autumn

I love the Autumn season and it goes by much too rapidly!!  This was my favorite tree in our yard this year, and really this picture doesn't do it justice, but the vibrant colors do something wonderful for my soul!

Past School Projects

This is when we learned about bird beaks and how God made different birds with different types of beak so that they could pick up the food and materials that is suitable to them.  They are each holding and using a different type of "beak."  

This is Chaeli's wigwam when we were learning about Indians and their dwellings.