Brick houses are really catching on around here. More boys are building them in more places and some of them are getting pretty elaborate. I love seeing their creativity and team work!
We’ve also seen some creativity in the kitchen. Last weekend 3 of the older boys came up to the apartment to make pancakes. Jose had apparently learned the recipe at school, memorized it, and wanted to practice. So pancakes they made! I would actually equate them to crepes, as they were very thin and the boys put fruit preserves on them and then rolled them up to eat them. They also wanted to make “experiments” with the last few, such as adding powdered flan to the mix.
Last night the same boys appeared at my apartment door and asked to borrow the skillet that we had used, explaining that they were teaching Alejita (the head cook) how to make pancakes. I gave them the skillet and followed them to the kitchen expecting a small demonstration. Instead I found two other large skillets currently in use beside two huge bowls of batter. They were not only teaching, but also making enough pancakes for all of the boys to have for breakfast in the morning! I stayed to help and there was a lot of interest in who could make the roundest pancake, the biggest, etc. Towards the end, the boys began experimenting again. One bowl of batter was chocolate and the other vanilla, so they began mixing the two to make elaborate designs in their pancakes. It was a lot of fun, but also a lot of work! I’m glad I don’t have to cook for 75 hungry boys 3 times every day!!
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