I can’t believe that it is November already! We always host Thanksgiving for our family at our house. This means you will be seeing lots of crafts and projects from us preparing for this festive time of year.

Week Ten (Nov 3-8)

Book of the Week:

Ox-Cart Man

Expansion Book:

Farmer’s Market Rounding

Letter of the Week: J

J is for Jasmine

We will be coloring the Jasmine page from our Flower Fairies Alphabet Coloring Book and reading the accompanying story in the Flower Fairies Alphabet Book.

Craft for the Week: Candles

I am trying to track down the supplies locally (since I didn’t get a chance to order them) to make beeswax candles.

Field Trip Idea:

I would like to visit a couple of our local shops that sell handmade items… maybe get some new candles that smell like pumpkin pie and such.

Baking Recipe for the Week:

Gingerbread Cookies

INGREDIENTS

1 (3.5 ounce) package cook and serve butterscotch pudding mix

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1 egg

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS

In a medium bowl, cream together the dry butterscotch pudding mix, butter, and brown sugar until smooth. Stir in the egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, ginger, and cinnamon; stir into the pudding mixture. Cover, and chill dough until firm, about 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease baking sheets. On a floured board, roll dough out to about 1/8 inch thickness, and cut into man shapes using a cookie cutter. Place cookies 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until cookies are golden at the edges. Cool on wire racks.

Poem of the Month for October:

Over the River and Through the Woods (or A Boy’s Thanksgiving Day)

Over the river, and through the wood,

To Grandmother’s house we go;

The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh

through the white and drifted snow.

Over the river, and through the wood –

Oh, how the wind does blow!

It stings the toes and bites the nose

As over the ground we go.

Over the river, and through the wood,

To have a first-rate play.

Hear the bells ring, “Ting-a-ling-ding”,

Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day!

Over the river, and through the wood

Trot fast, my dapple-gray!

Spring over the ground like a hunting-hound,

For this is Thanksgiving Day.

Over the river, and through the wood –

And straight through the barnyard gate,

We seem to go extremely slow,

It is so hard to wait!

Over the river, and through the wood –

Now Grandmother’s cap I spy!

Hurrah for the fun! Is the pudding done?

Hurrah for the pumpkin pie!

by Lydia Maria Child

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