CAUGHT STEALING: This day has been circled on our calendar for awhile now. Ever since the Golden Warriors beat the Toronto Raptors in Canada during the NBA finals. That put the wheels for a Taco Bell promotion "Steal a game, steal a taco" into motion.
Every man, woman and child in the U.S. had a chance to have a free Taco Bell taco today between 2 and 6 p.m.
As you might have expected, we were at our nearest Taco Bell shortly after 2 p.m., and scored three free tacos for nada.
As you might also expect, we were at another nearby Taco Bell at about 3:30 p.m. There, we also got three free tacos. This time, I actually let the kids buy a drink, though, but only because it was 'happy hour' and the drinks were only $1 apiece.
So for $2, it was six tacos and two drinks for us today. Not bad on the budget.
BAKE AT 350: I think I turned the oven on at 8:30 this morning. It's now 9 p.m., and the last batch of baked goods is finishing up.
Today we made vanilla sugar cookies in custom shapes, vegan chocolate sugar cookies, also custom cut, two batches of vegan cocoa cupcakes, and two batches of organic strawberry cupcakes.
That's a lot of baking!
We're doing all this for a Thursday night eighth-grade 'graduation' event. There are probably going to be about 70 or so people there. There should be enough treats for everyone based on what we churned out today!
Tomorrow will be a lot of decorating - that's the fun part. :)
And because we didn't spend enough time in the kitchen today, we also decided to whip up a yummy Indian-inspired dinner of vindaloo chicken with bread and some lovely, spicy sauce over rice. Mmmm!
While they each helped in the kitchen some today, CJ and Annabelle each had their own projects.
CJ, for the first time, tried his hand at a Perler bead project. Annabelle and I spotted a cute Boston Terrier kit when we stopped in Jo-Ann for cupcake liners this afternoon. He liked it even more than we thought he would and got right down to business when we got home.
Annabelle has been working on a rather involved PowerPoint project, making montages of all the graduates and setting them to music. It's been a good exercise for her. She has learned a *lot* more about PowerPoint.
TUNE IN, MOON IN: We learned in an email today that on June 18, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing and President Kennedy’s vision that launched the effort, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum will host a day-long symposium highlighting the history that led to the first Moon landing, current scientific and technological space initiatives, and the future of space exploration. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy will be on hand for the special event.
The museum will be livestreaming the event all day, starting at 6 a.m. West Coast USA time. There is a full day of panels, and each sounds super interesting. Featured speakers include Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, Apollo 11 Pilot Michael Collins, a host of scientists, and former leaders from NASA will all discuss how President Kennedy’s vision to send a man to the Moon still inspires our role in the universe today.
You can follow this link to the broadcast schedule and live streams:
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