Friday, December 10, 2010

Mix, Roll, Bake, and then DECORATE!

Jan Brett would be very proud of the Corbett Grade School kids. We love Jan Brett books because her stories are fun and her illustrations are beautiful. We were inspired to follow in the steps of a character in one of her books, Gingerbread Baby. In the story, Matti tries baking a gingerbread baby, when he becomes inpatient and doesn't follow the recipe exactly, the fun begins! To help solve his problem he bakes a gingerbread house. So with the help of the generous folks at Multnomah Falls Lodge, our own Erica Pace from our amazing food service program, and some amazing parents, the kids were able to make their very own. Our school was able to roll, bake, cut out, assemble, and finally decorate almost 300 gingerbread houses.

Houses will be sent home on Tuesday!