It's (a) Good Friday

          Its a beautiful day here in WV, with the weather acting much more like Spring now.  It's Good Friday, which anyone who knows their theology can tell you is the day that Jesus was crucified.  We're gearing up for Easter, the kids are discussing candy, eggs, and the story of Jesus.  They are going with their Mamaw later today, to an Easter egg hunt in Beckley, proceeds going to the Children's Miracle Network, and everyone is very excited with the plan.

         A couple days ago, we made Resurrection Cookies.  We were bored, Sophie wanted to "make something", which is a request I'm hearing a lot lately.  She loves baking and concocting strange recipes.  I did a quick google search to make sure we had all the ingredients (we did!) and I printed out the story that goes along with it, and we started.  Resurrections Cookies are nothing more than meringues, sometimes called "Forgotten Cookies" because you leave them in a preheated, then shut off, oven ALL NIGHT LONG.  When you wake up the next morning, you get a yummy breakfast treat.  The trick with the Resurrection Cookies, is that you tell about Jesus being prosecuted, beaten, and crucified while you make the cookies, using the ingredients and actions as props.  It was a lot of fun and kids got a kick out of how they were hollow the next morning.

          We ran out of juice this morning.  This is a big deal in the Monkee House, because 2 out of 3 Monkees are allergic to milk, and let's face it, plain water is BORING.  (I water down the juice before I provoke a nutrition lecture)  We poked around the cabinets for a while, looking for something to make, finding only a single packet of kool aid and some crystal light single packs.  Ugh.  Then Sophie found our Sun Tea jug.  Hmmm....  The sun was shining brightly (Thank you Mother Nature!) and while it was cool, it wasn't cold.  Sounds like a science experiment to this Momma.  We set it out in the backyard, where we get the most sunshine, and waited.  Sure enough, it brewed right up, no problem.  Sophie announced that apparently Sun Tea only needs sun, not summer heat, to make the tea bags work.  We then flavored it with that lone kool aid packet.  So we are the proud drinkers of Springtime, strawberry-kiwi Sun Tea.  Yum!!!

 

Doesn't she look thrilled? Haha!

 

Yummy!!!