Girls in the Kitchen

This past Saturday 11 students crowded into our home many of whom had gathered to bake Valentine's Day cookies. Dottie, very wisely, had gone off snow shoeing while I took on the task of supervising a group of teenage girls as they baked sugar cookies for the very first time.

I was a little rusty on my sugar cooking recipe, so much so, that we completely forgot to add sugar to the recipe and rolled out the dough way too thick. However with the patience and help of Hae-Jin (putting the cookies in the oven) we got the recipe just right and our production line was in business. Almost four hours later we had baked and decorated about 50 Valentine's Day cookies.

The girls and I enjoyed a lot of laughs and flour was everywhere, including on each other - you can't bake sugar cookies without a flour fight! Fortunately for us (me in particular) the kitchen was clean by the time Dottie returned from snow shoeing.

Ji-Yeon Arrives

While most students arrive at Foxcroft Academy in August, some students arrive in January at the beginning of our second term. This year six new boarding students arrived in January many including Hoi Young (see post below) stay in our home for a biref period of time while I finalize their housing arrangements. Most recently, Ji-Yeon arrived at Foxcroft Academy and in our home.

Ji-Yeon came to us from another private school in Boston as a second semester freshman. Dottie and I are just getting to know her, but one of the first things we learned about her is that she is a wonderful pianist, full of energy with a playful attitude in front of the camera. We have been fortunate that all of our girls play musical instruments and enjoy nightly concerts on the piano or violin. While we are currently looking for a permanent host family for Ji-Yeon we are very glad she is in our home and are enjoying getting to know her.