Phew! Another Friday! Its been a long week.. we did with school, but it has just been a long week.
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Mid week… Ah, we made it… been a bit challenging this week.
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Well we made it through Christmas! Hope everyone had a great Christmas, we sure did. However, we are not taking any time off, cause we had the two weeks off before.
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So far our week is going pretty good!
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Today is our first day off, after having a few weeks off while I waited for my Toner cartridge to come in to make copies!
Let the next 8 weeks begin!!
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We love being in 4H… as we are able to do lots of things we normally wouldn’t be able to do..
Yesterday we were suppose to go to a Bakery and do some cookie and cupcake decorating. However… due to the owner getting the flu, we were not able too.
Having made 149 cookies and 82 cupcakes, I was rather bummed.. but we decided to just met at one of the leaders houses, and decorate them on our own then.
Here is some of the stuff the kids did…
During our first 8 weeks of school this year, we were doing History with Story of the world.. During that time, we were learning about “Egyptian” history.
Well a few weeks ago, a friend of mine said don’t you use Story of the World? I told her we did, we were just currently on a break from History and doing Geography… She then proceeded to tell me they were going to do a Mummification of a Chicken project cause they to were on the Egyptian section. Would we like to join them? Well, since when do we turn down a fun project right??
We bought all the necessary ingredients and meet at her house one morning. This project takes a lot of salt, baking powder and baking soda. Plus of course a chicken!
First we had to wash the chicken off, and pat it dry. Then you rub the chicken in Alcohol, so that it can help kill bacteria.
Then the fun begins!
You have to mix the salt, powder, and salt together.. and you can add in spices if you want, to help with smell. We put in cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Then you fill up the cavitity with the mix…
Put the chicken in a gallon size bag, and dump the rest of the mix in.. if it does not cover the chicken, add salt to cover the chicken.
Then put it in another bag.. and seal.
Let it set for a day, and remove it..
Take wet salt off it, and remix some salt, powder, and soda. (with spices if you want) and repackage it in new bags… and leave it for 2 days.. Repeat again… then set for 5 days.. Repeat, and then you should be able to leave it for the next 4-5 weeks. Yup I said weeks!!!
In the mean time… You can make an oil Jar to use before you wrap the chicken in a few weeks.
You just take some fresh herbs.. and put them in a jar.. and cover them in oil. Leave it in a window with sunlight, and shake a few times a day!
I’ll update you as we go along..
(since it took me so long to get this post up… )
Here is our chicken after 5 days…
Slowly drying out…
After today we are on another week break.. This is our scheduled one, possibly two weeks.. I haven’t decided.
Are you ready for Christmas??
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