Now that school’s out and the temperature is rising, feel free to sit back, enjoy an ice cold lemonade, grab a good book and pass the day in the lap of leisure! errrrr!! Not at this house bucko! Welcome to Sweatshop Vocational Academy, now get to work!
We’ve been fortunate the last month to have several visitors stop in and stay a while. We used their finest skills to our advantage and spent the time they were here working, cooking, sewing and having a rockin’ good time. Just don’t ask about the game of Monopoly, it’s still a sensitive subject…ha!
The best way to start the day is with a nice sweat-drenching grind on the sweet patio set we got at a yard sale on the cheap. Way to put your back into it Scoob!
Ding! Second period: Culinary Arts. Today’s task: Divide into groups and create Banana Fudgecicles. Uncle Dan was brave enough to teach this class…all three students were enamored by his technique!
Third period: Advanced Confections, taught by Aunt Kelsey. For those with a discerning palate, we present Mango Sorbet…AKA tropical paradise in a cheap IKEA bowl.
With Kelsey’s help these little elves graduated from Culinary Arts to Advanced Confections and dove head first into creating a tasty masterpiece.
The Eclairs scored an A+ all around the board. Chocolate-y, puffy, crispy, creamy, banana-y…need I say more? And don’t you dare call them doughnuts! That’s offensive!!
There’s only one eclair left! How do we make it fair who gets the last one? How about a nice game of Hot Dice? Looks like Ryan’s luck is running out, and Elle is unimpressed…
After lunch break it’s back to Wood Shop for Brinley. Scrape it like you mean it!
Drew moved on to interior design and painted styrofoam that the teach needed for the quilting seminar coming up later in the week.
Here’s what the semi-finished product looks like. Behold, the wall of woven wonder!
Got an owee? Dr. Dan will see you now. He cuts with precision!
This happy camper loved all the action as siblings, parents, uncle & aunts moved from one class to the next. Not to mention she was a ruthless hall monitor…
Jambalaya Jenna schooled all of us in creating flavors that were enough to make anyone drool. Care for some pesto straight out of the ground? The pesto was essential in our creamy pesto pasta dish…dangerously delicious.
How about some homemade corn-diggity-dogs and french fries? Ohhhhh yeah!
Up on the second floor the quilt shop was working overtime. Quilting [kwil-ting] -noun: Cut fabric into small shapes, sew back together in random order, deny accusations of insanity…
Kelsey the Quilter seems to have left a permanent mark on the quilting industry with her own mug printed on a square in this quilt. Or maybe she’s trapped inside the quilt? She is smiling…
Twenty minutes have gone by, how’s the baby? Well she’s the one who’s actually in the lap of leisure!
Alright everyone, dinnertime! There should be enough chairs for everyone…
Tell her to shake it! Shake it! Shake it! Shake that healthy butt! Baby got back!
Time for night class: Bowling 101. You will now observe the master in his element:
He’s so awesome! He’s beyond awesome! He’s be-awesome!!!
As for the rest of us…well let’s just say we have our own “unique” style…
This tournament is about to get stepped up to the next level Ro! Hurry quick and get juiced before the judges notice!
Cosmic bowling is cool. That is all. Class dismissed!
looks like a lot of fun! this post made me very hungry – what delicious food! (I have to make 50 eclairs for my sister-in-laws reception – never made them before – hopefully they’re not too hard – I wish I had your cooking abilities!) Anyways, the quilt looks so good – I can’t wait to see the finished results! you are one very, very talented lady!
one word… AWESOME!
Yum, all that food looks divine! We should come visit for a taste. 🙂 I laughed out loud at the picture of Rowan and the baby seat. Cute.
My next vacation is at your house 🙂 Looks so fun!
I love it when your family comes into town – The food ALWAYS looks so good! And I’m jealous of all of the amazing sewing that happens. What a fun time!