Oatmeal Cookies and Geography Games
Jun 24th, 2008 by Alicia
Yesterday was Victoria’s “mom and me” day so Daryl took the other kids for a couple of hours in the afternoon.
She decided she wanted to spend it making cookies, playing Scrambled States of America, and doing a craft. We generally only get an hour so I explained we might not have time for all of that, so she chose the cookies and game.
We made oatmeal raisin cookies. We were a half cup short of the oats required, so we supplemented with ground flax seed, whole wheat germ, organic spelt flour and pulverized organic whole wheat raisin bran. She was a little worried! 
I explained how to hide healthy things well and assured her that you wouldn’t taste them.
They were delicious! She licked the bowl and I licked the beater, and we agreed that you sure couldn’t taste any of that sneaky healthy stuff in the batter.
When we took the hot cookies out of the oven, we barely let them cool before diving in. Fabulous.
We spent the second half of our time playing Scrambled States of America, a fun little geography game of Victoria’s. She loves it and it is an excellent way to learn not only where the states are, but their capitals, nicknames and where they are in relation to each other. Truth be told, even I have fun playing that game. Heartily recommended!
It was a fun time.
Hi Alicia,
I’ve just found your blog, and I love the ‘mom and me’ thing. We do something similar (when we can find time) … Mother-Daughter dates and Father-Daughter dates.
I also like the 3 of each post and may have to nick that format!
How do you get your pictures to stay side by side … like a little album? I love that you can zoom in and see them too. I must fiddle around and try to work out how you’ve done it.
Nice to meet you all.
best wishes
Sally
(Happy@Home)
(ps: I’ve not deleted my account … not sure why my link says that. My url is: http://happyathome.homeschooljournal.net
My 6yr is in love with the states! Every time we go to the allergist she plays with their wooden puzzle. Right now we are starting to make a snack from every state. I think that she will love it.
The oatmeal cookies look yummy!