Spaghetti Night

A fun time was had by all at the first Sunflower family dinner. The kids all ran around and played ("We're loud, growling bears who play hide n' seek!"), Katie's daughter Justice taught an impromptu origami class, and the parents got to know each other.

I put all the photos from the dinner at the new Shutterfly site. If you haven't joined yet, you should. Just click the link below, include the name of your child and I'll add you asap.

http://sunflowermontessori.shutterfly.com/

We all decided the dinner was a good first try, and we should do it again next month, but with more wine. All in favor?

-Brooke

April Lunch Menu

Books For Sprouts

Miss Jenn, the Sprouts teacher, just let us know her classroom is in need of a new books. If you have any gently-used storybooks or picture books at home that your children have outgrown, please consider donating them to the Sprouts library! 

UPDATED: Next On The Social Agenda... Spaghetti!

As a way of promoting a sense of community at Sunflower, the school will be hosting a monthly family-style dinner. The dinners are casual and free, and a great way to meet other families and take a night off from cooking. The first dinner will be held next Tuesday the 26th at 5:30pm in the Elementary building. There are sign-up sheets at the sign-in tables at each building (just to let the school know how much spaghetti to prepare). 

Hope to see you there!

UPDATE: From 5:00-5:30pm (right before the dinner), we'll be holding a Parents' Open Forum to sell you a time share in Hawaii discuss upcoming events, suggestions for school improvement, etc. You don't have to attend the forum to come to the dinner.

-Brooke

Sunflower's Irish Soda Bread

• 4 Cups Flour
• 4 Tbs Sugar
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 1 Tbs baking powder
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/2 Cup Butter, Softened
• 1 Cup Buttermilk
• 1 Egg
• 1/4 Cup Butter, melted
• 1/4 Cup Buttermilk

Heat oven to 375. Mix flour, sugar, soda, baking powder, salt & butter. Stir in 1 C buttermilk and egg.  Turn dough onto lightly floured surface & knead. Form dough into a large round and place it into a lightly greased pan.

In a small bowl, mix melted butter and buttermilk. Brush loaf with this mixture. Then, using a sharp knife, cut an "X" on top of loaf.

Bake 45 min.

Photo Booth / New Picture Site

Morning, parents!

There's a new photo-sharing Shutterfly site for Sunflower - it'll be a great place to securely share the images from school events. I set it up as a Members-Only site, so only Sunflower families and teachers will be able to access the photo albums.

http://sunflowermontessori.shutterfly.com/

I sent out member invitations to everyone I remembered taking a photo of last night, BUT:

If I missed you, let me know! Click here and send me an e-mail and I'll add you asap. Some families didn't have an e-mail address in the directory, etc.

If you want to go ahead and be added now for future events, that's great - send me your e-mail address and the name of your child and I'll add you. 

If you got the invitation but didn't attend the party, it's possible your child was "helping" me set up the booth, and I grabbed a few shots while school was still in session. 

Technical issues? Let me know!

-Brooke

Oh, What A Night

Whew!

I hope everyone had a great time at the party. 

I had a great time meeting all the kids who came through the dress-up photo booth. I saw princesses and pirates and pirate princesses and reindeer-pirate-hula girls. And that's just the teachers:

I'm in the process of uploading all the kids' photos to a password-protected photo site. Stay tuned for a follow-up post tomorrow with directions on how to access the site. I'm also determined to post Grandma Midge's recipe for irish soda bread, because I swear it tastes like french bread and pound cake got together and made a baby. 

Thanks to everyone for such a fun night!

-Brooke