The Elf on the Shelf gets canned, PCP and other things

Baby girl slept in a whole half hour this morning! It seems a little sad that 5:30am would look so good. So now, while she is working on an early morning nap, I thought I'd post an update (since yesterday).

Yesterday was a busy day. As Christmas Break gets closer, the kids get crazier, schedules are out of sorts with benchmark testing and excitement is everywhere (even for the teachers). Friday was no exception. Not only was it Friday, but we had a big event at our school. Every year the SCA does a canned goods collection contest among the classes. Normally the winner is the class with the most cans. This year however, they decided to have two contests. The first would remain as "The Class with the Most Cans". The second contest, which turned out to be ridiculous fun, was to use the cans you have to build some type of sculpture or artistic display.

We talked about what we could do with our limited amount of cans and a few ideas were thrown out. I got to thinking. All week long my students have been sharing their adventures of his/her Elf on the Shelf. Bingo! We decided to build our own Elf on a Shelf out of cans! It took some problem solving, ingenuity and some arts and crafts know-how, but we did it! And might I add, we took 1st Place in the K-2 division! I could not be prouder!

 As many of you know, I'm all about coming up with new recipes or trying out tasty finds from various cookbooks, blogs and Pinterest. Last night I made a recipe that was not only delicious, but was seriously one of the easiest meals I've ever made. I'd like to introduce to you PCP (Parmesan Chicken Pizza). Now, I know you could made this meal a lot more gourmet than what it was, but I must say, after a long day, it could not have been more perfect. You need 4 ingredients: garlic bread, chicken, pizza sauce and shredded parmesan cheese. Tada!

*I did not use the breaded chicken fingers called for in the original recipe. I used some precooked rotisserie chicken pieces instead. I also used left over spaghetti sauce as opposed to pizza sauce...but you get the point.

I had to throw this picture in simply because I love her adorable little face. She is really doing well with her pincer grasp and was enjoying her ability to feed herself bananas.



 

Seeing as the weather is a cold wintry mix today, I'm not sure what we'll end up doing. There are a few things going on in the city...maybe we'll head to town and add to our list of Christmas activities.