Tasks for World Peace Day: Cook something involving olives or olive oil. Share the results and/or recipe with us.

I wasn't in the mood for anything elaborate tonight, but spaghetti and tomato sauce involves a dollop of olive oil in the water in which the spaghetti are boiled, and another dollop of olive oil in the tomato sauce.

Lucy is picked on my a boy named Ralph in the 2nd grade. Ralph makes fun of her hair and what she eats, spaghetti in a hot dog bun. Lucy kindly asks Ralph to stop being mean to her, but he continues to be a bully. When Ralph finds his self in trouble and in need of help, no one wanted to help him, instead they laughed at him. Lucy debates whether or not to help him, but she finds to courage to help him. Although Ralph had been so mean to her, Lucy chose to make the right choice and help him. Ralph was no longer a bully to anyone after Lucy helped him. This book would be great for the 1st and 2nd grade students. It teaches students to make good choices and have courage even when faced with a difficult person. I would have 2nd graders read this story and "The Juice Box Bully" to do a character analysis before and after chart. Some of the same characters are in "The Juice Box Bully".  

When my brother was young,  he couldn't say spaghetti.  This meant that whenever my parents read him a book they had to change spaghetti to Getti-Getti or else he would have a meltdown.  He loved two books as a kid - one was Strega Nona, but the one he really loved was More Spaghetti I say.  

I hate that book.  It is burned into my brain.  

I really hate it.

Honesty, if you want to ban a book about pasta it should be that one.  Stupid monkeys.

But since Strega Nona is about witch, it gets picked one.

Always out to get us Italians - cooks, mob, witches.

Saturday Morning Cartoons- featuring the NWA trailer, Bacon Fried Oreos, Disney characters sexting each other and a Spaghetti & Meatball sandwich.

Yeah, you all clicked the link soon as you saw Bacon Fried Oreos, I know...

Saturday Morning Cartoons