It was a very calm day at ACH with lots of good food, some good singing and some nice long naps. At circle this morning, we practiced reciting some fall poems, like 5 Little Pumpkins, and 5 Wiggly Worms

  Five Little Pumpkins

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate

The first one said "oh my its getting late"

The second one said "there are witches in the air"

The third one said "but we dont care"

The fourth one said "let's run and run and run"

The fifth one said "Im ready for some fun"

whooooooo went the wind and

OUT went the light

and five little pumpkins rolled out of sight. 

 

5 Wiggly Worms

I reached up high in an apple tree

I picked an apple just for me.

I took a bite...

and what did I see?

5 wiggly worms wiggling at me

and they said "you can eat my house but you cant eat me"

SO.....

(repeat with 4 worms, then 3, 2, 1, 0 and eat that one all up)

                  

Breakfast- Pancakes (made with coconut and local buckwheat flours)
                  Blueberries (frozen local) 

Lunch-   Brown basmati rice
              Black Beans (local-CPO)
              Acorn Squash (roasted, local) 
              Quesadillas (Cabot cheddar on spinach tortillas)
              Avocado  (organic)          

  
Snack-  Zucchini muffins
             Lowfat yogurt (rbhg-free)
             Goat cheese (local)
             Strawberries (frozen, local)

This morning we made up a fresh new batch of play-dough (we make it every two weeks). After kneading it smooth, we colored it with a little tempera paint in each of the primary colors.  Then we mixed the secondary colors. We took all the old playdough and smooshed it together to find out what color it would make. We guessed brown, but it turned out grey. Hmmm.

 

  

RECIPE ALERT:
Play-dough is awesome and SO easy to make.



2 cups cheap flour
1/2 cup salt
mix in bowl, then add
1 cup HOT water
(opt) stir in 1 tbsp oil to make it smoother. 
Stir in bowl until it comes to a ball then put it on the table and knead it good, adding more flour if it starts getting sticky.
Divide and color with food coloring or tempera paint.


We also spent some time in the garden this morning: walking on paths, raking leaves, and harvesting a few things that are still producing: kale, chard, zucchini, parsley


 

 

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs (local)
                 Sprouted whole grain toast (ezekiel)
                 Soysage patties (gimme lean)
                 Asian pears (local)

 Lunch:  Squash soup (all local ingredients, except coconut milk)
              Bi-color cauliflower (local)
              Freekah (CPO's roasted green spelt berries, cooked like rice)
              Veggie dogs (soy boy) 
              Almond milk (organic)
 
Snack: Zucchini muffins (freshly baked with CPO flour, garden zucchini, coconut oil, chia seed and wheat germ).
            Lowfat yogurt (rbgh free)
            Green juice (fresh OJ blended with garden kale and parsley)

yum