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Spring Break
Spring break was a success this year, thanks to outings with the White family, a couple days in Effingham, and some sunshine from time to time. Here are a few of our adventures: A trip to Gus’ Pretzels after running another mile for Read, Right, and Run http://photos.dspencer.net/2015/Spring/i-h8DNP5S/A A morning at Shaw Nature Reserve […]
Mark Twain Art Fair
The art teacher at Mark Twain impresses us year after year with her annual Art Fair. She takes wonderful photographs of every student, conducts an interview, and displays all of this with their art. Here’s what Amelia and Will’s displays looked like this year. http://photos.dspencer.net/Photostream/i-nLmkhTX/A http://photos.dspencer.net/Photostream/i-8rTzRBM/A Amelia’s favorite art project was the pig looking out […]
Science Fair
2015 marks the first year of science fair project opportunities for the Spencer family, and I mean family! Amelia was enthusiastic when we came up with a project using our much loved hens. We decided to see if we could train the chickens to choose a blue cup over a yellow cup using meal worms […]
Brown Sugar Cookies (Cooks Illustrated)
12 T unsalted butter 1/4 cup granulated sugar 2 cups packed dark brown sugar 2 cups plus 2 T flour (I use whole wheat pastry flour) 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 large egg 1 large egg yolk 1 T vanilla Heat 10 T butter in a 10-in […]