Homeschooling A Houseful

Quick, easy, healthy and OH SO YUMMY breakfast!  Not to mention it's also one of the easiest recipes to remember. Whole wheat German pancakes! YUM! We make this in out blender, it mixes it up nicely. We have a vita-mix and I can put a double recipe in it. The following recipe is for 1 batch, and will fit in 1 glass 9x11 casserole dish. (Though we have a variety of sizes we use) Preheat oven to 400 Put about 2-3 tablespoons of butter in each pan, place in oven to melt. This not only helps the pancakes from sticking, but also gives it flavor. While it melts, blend the pancake mix. *6 eggs *1 cup flour *1 cup milk Sometimes we add some cinnamon or vanilla extract. That's it! Layer it in the blender, blend it, scrape the sides blend some more! Watch your butter, you don't want it to burn. Then pour the mix into the pans and place it in the oven. It takes roughly 20 mins. It will bubble up, and get browned on the edges. That's when it'

    I am not a huge fan of reading! (I know shutter with fright! Dismay! Disbelief!) I love the idea of reading, I love watching my children read, and read. However when I typically grab a book, I have a hard time finishing it. I have a hard time concentrating on it. My mind is active and thinking of all the other things I should/could be doing. (Funny thing is, just the other day I was speaking with Papa Bear, about this very subject. He asked if I'd read a specific book recently.  I said no, I don't really have time to read. He laughed and said, every time I see you, your reading a book, and usually a different one. Well that might be true, but the other side he doesn't know is that I rarely finish a book!)   This is something I am working on. I am trying to set up a specific part of my day to read, free read. We do have a 30 min block that we call religious reading right after lunch. However I typically read aloud to my 3, 4 and 6 year old boys. Then I try t