pizza party

Lately, we've been making a lot of pizza around here.  Seems to have become the weekend meal of choice -- which, I suppose is better than popcorn.  I have a very simple dough recipe that requires few ingredients and few steps, so it is easy to whip up in an afternoon. It won't win any awards, and the fine folks at Cook's Illustrated would probably not give it rave reviews, but it works for us!  We're rather limited in the types of pizza we do because cheese is ridiculously expensive here, so we stick with the basics.  I think this pizza looks interesting and worth a try some time!

A few weeks ago, we thought it might be fun to have our nephews, Aaron & Aidan (13 &12) over for a night of pizza making.  Time is running out on us, so we needed to seize the moment to make sure it really happened.

So on Friday we had them over for the night, and immediately put them to work!

don't they look professional?

Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of the final product...but it was pretty and tasty!  And more importantly, the boys had a fun time doing it.

While the pizza was cooking, I introduced them to the classic game Skip-Bo.  I played a lot of Skip-Bo when I first came to Kijabe.  Sadly, Dexter's not much of a game player, so I take whatever opportunity I get to play a few games.  I think they liked it! We'll play again at Christmas, I hope.

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After the pizza, we had ice cream sundaes with home made chocolate syrup (which was awesome. go make it, you won't be sorry).  The boys had a good time making big sundaes!

Oh, to be 12 again. I wish I could have handled this much goodness.

On Saturday, the boys played with Kyalo for a bit:

and after breakfast they did the dishes while Kyalo monitored the laundry.

it's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it!

Then we went for a walk around Kijabe...the boys taking turns on Dexter's bike.  And, just like that, it was time for them to go home.  They made it out before the rain, fortunately!

.Mulandi Men.

December 10, 2011

I'm glad we did this! It is a nice memory for all of us to have as we leave here next year.  Plus, in a few years, they may not be so interested in hanging out with us!