Anyone want some gizzards?

Today was an interesting day. My oldest did science out of Apologia. Can you guess which one he is doing. Yes, Biology! He hurried along this book to get to the dissection part. I know some of you will not like this post but some will and for the purpose of those that don't mind this here you go. Plenty of pictures thru the whole process.

So he read what to do then took the work out and pinned it to the tray. It was a bit difficult to cut thru the skin. It said to try not to cut the intestines while cutting thru the thing but of course that is easier said than done.

Next is the pictures you have all been waiting for. I know, I know some of you will say....eeewwwwww.

Don't forget to enlarge the pictures to see it better. I know some of you will say...aaahhh no thanks! Come on!

Anyone up for some gizzards? hehehe He had fun doing this. Can you tell? Yes, that is a gizzard on the end of that thing.

Dessert

Since I put up some pictures of our dinner I thought today would be nice to put up our dessert. hehehehe Sorry if this is torture.

By the way, click on the picture to make it bigger. You might even smell it if you make it bigger. hehehe Hope you enjoy the sight of our apple pie. Made from scratch. It was so yummy.

Sick Days

What do you do for sick days? Inevitably, these days will creep up on us. We don't want them to. We don't need them. BUT.....they come.

We have started with our sick days. We hadn't been sick all year which is amazing seeing that everyone else around us has been getting one thing or another. ....can someone please pass the tissue.... Well, we have had this starting since Friday. Sniffling, sneezing, achy and tired feeling. Needless to say that we will be taking a light week of school. I can't read much because of my throat so I'll be putting on my ipod to listen to the magazine articles. Maybe, we will do this in bed. They love to get into my bed and listen to bible stories so we will have fun even though being sick is no fun.

Sorry, but no pictures this time. I don't think you want to see me with a tissue in one hand a blanket in the other, undone hair or makeup. UUUGGGGG!!!! Hope you all are doing ok.

Dinner Time

Hubby likes to cook and tonight was nice. He made a cuban dish called....arroz con pollo and tostones. Arroz is spanish for rice and pollo is chicken. There is your spanish lesson for today. hehehe

So what is tostones? Well, have you seen those green plantain bananas in the grocery store. They are not the sweet yellow bananas. Ok, it's the green plantain ones. You cut them in slices, fry them, then mash them in what looks like one of those corn tortilla presses. Then you fry them once more till they are browned a bit. They end up being like a bread. I make this olive oil-garlic dressing thing in the cup. OOOOhhhhhh, so yummy. Have you ever seen Emeril and when he uses garlic and always adds more, well, I am Emeril. hehehe I add more and then a bit more garlic. Just don't get close to me for a few days after this dinner.

Oh, so good. Now I wonder what is in store for us tomorrow. Can't wait.