PCB…postchristmasblues

Gretta and Yerly…..their time spent Saturday afternoon doing Yerly’s hair and makeup for Y’s dress-up Dorothy dress.

MONDAY: Today was a great day. I was prepared for the Post Christmas Blues but decided that they were not welcome in our home. We fell right back into the homeschool routine, which includes the chore chart/ flylady cleaning jobs…which makes our house soooo much nicer to reside in. Diego and Yerly were excited to open their workbooks again for sing-spell-read-and-write. Gretta goes to town and completes her assigments after they are given in record time. She will be ready for HS next year. Ella is anxiously awaiting a research unit in her language. Dayne zipped through his final division facts unit with lightning speed. His math skills STILL amaze me.

This morning for our devotion, we talked about being afraid. Specifically, we talked with Diego and Yerly about being afraid. We asked them if they were afraid of the dark. They replied that at Casa De Maria they were very afraid of the dark, because there was a big raton…which is either rat or mouse. They told us a story about this critter downstairs at CDMyEN. We asked if they were afraid here and they said “No…because Mami and Papi are here and they shut the shades.” :) So we were glad to hear that they are not afraid of going to bed at night.

Tonight we had a delicious sauce on our Slow Cooker Chicken….so yummy, I had to share. We topped the chicken and rice on the side with this heavenly creation.

• olive oil
  
• 1/3 cup finely chopped onion
• 1/2 cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
• 1/4 cup dry white wine
• 4 tablespoons butter

• Preparation Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with olive oil. Add finely chopped onion to pan; sauté 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in chicken broth, white wine, and white wine vinegar; bring to a boil. Cook until reduced to 1/4 cup (about 5 minutes). Remove from heat; stir in butter