Sushi

We've been really into sushi-making the last couple weeks.  On Fridays Johnny and I have been making a simple dinner for the boys then making sushi for ourselves after they go to bed.  We didn't realize it was so insanely easy!

First you make a big ol' bowl of rice.   After cooking the rice you stir in a mixture of oil, salt, sugar, and rice vinegar to make the rice sticky.  Press the rice onto your nori and add your goodies.  This bad boy below is alpukat (local Javan avocados) and seared tuna.

Roll it on up!

Slice it into cute little sushi rolls.

This week we got a little carried away.  But that meant we had three days worth of sushi goodness to inhale.  Below are tuna and salmon rolls with alpukat and cucumber.

Busy, Busy

I have massively failed at blogging.  Life really gets in the way of such things; I guess that's not a bad thing.  We've had lots of ups and downs to keep us very busy.  To update you on what's happened since I last blogged I will post one picture of an event and a caption for it.  I will try to do better with blogging, but no promises.  I think I say that every time. :)

Zacks school had a big week of celebrating other countries and cultures.  Most schools call this National Day.  Zack's school called it UN Day for some reason.  Anyway, I helped with the U.S. table.

The other American moms and I got together and did a presentation for Zack's class.  Other parents did the same for their countries.  We talked about the origin and symbols of the U.S. flag and we held a mock election.  The kids voted for their favorite snack - mini apple pies or chocolate cupcakes.  I'll give you one guess which won.

The kids also had a flag parade.  Each country came through with their flags.  Afterwards they all gathered together and sang.  Very cute.  The U.S. represents 25% of the school, so it took a while to file all the American kids through.

We had our own little Diwali celebration.  We didn't find any fireworks, but we lit a couple little candles.  The Indian Embassy next door made up for our lack of fireworks by creating World War III in their compound.  

Gabey fell down the stairs and got a terrible bruise.

5 days later Gabey fell up one stair and split his head open.  He ended up in plastic surgery with somewhere around 30 stitches.

But he was back to his cheerful self very quickly.

Zack had fun at a water park birthday party for his schoolmate, Aaron.  Gabey missed out because of his head wound.

Zack's class and the two other KG classes got together to give the parents an adorable concert.

This is Zack's class.  They are such sweet kids.

I got to go to Zack's class again on Thanksgiving to help with crafts.

 And we finally got Gabey to agree to an allowance chore.  Washing the car!

Gabey being silly while Zack has baseball practice.

Next post; tree decorating and sushi making. :)