Chocolate Cake

2 cups king arthur whole wheat flour
1/2 cup king arthur bread flour
1 T baking soda
pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups organic cane sugar
3/4 cup Trader Joe's unsweetened powdered cocoa

4 eggs
1 1/4 cup water
1/3 cup oil
1/2 cup organic cane sugar

sift together with fork first 6 ingredients
whisk together last 4 ingredients
combine wet and dry ingredients

preheat oven 375
pour batter into greased and floured pampered chef large bar baking stone
bake for 15 - 17 minutes

makes a perfect shallow chocolate cake that can easily be turned out of the pan and frosted.

Kids and hubby ate it up for dessert after lunch today. Pretty yummy!

Lapbooking

I'm trying to find creative ways to teach my 2 kindergarten boys, Sean and Evan, this fall. I have decided to use lapbooking for them to learn their letters. They will create a folder with different things glued to it for each letter of the Alphabet. Each lapbook will have different things they have created glued to the inside of a file folder. We will keep the folders to use as review so they can see their progress throughout the year and review what they have learned. I hope this helps my two energetic "twins" as they learn their kindergarten concepts this school year. What a great adventure we are embarking on as we take on officially homeschooling 3 children!