I Love Mo Willems!

So, Mo Willems is one of my favorite authors.  He has also become one of my students favorite authors.  We love Elephant & Piggie, Pigeon and Knufflebunny!  Last week we made Cat in the Hat hats for our Dr. Seuss board and yesterday we created Pigeon for our Mo Willems board.  My kids had so much fun and were so proud of them.  We also wrote sentences about Elephant and Piggie and made a class book.  The kids are already talking about the next Mo Book that we will make.  We love Mo Willems!

Pasta-The Healthier Way

I really love pasta, but it is not always the healthiest thing to make.  I found this recipe on Cooking Light for Linguine with Garlicky Breadcrumbs.  Some of the comments on it said that it did not have a lot of flavor, so I "tweaked" it a little bit and we really liked it.  I will be adding this to our rotation. 


Linguine with Garlicky Breadcrumbs
1/3 of Italian Breadcrumbs
Olive Oil
6-7 Garlic Cloves (depending on how much you like garlic)
8 ounces linguine
1/4 parsley (I used dried)
1-2 Tbsp Lemon Juice (depending on how much you like, I used a little more)
3 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese


I started by cutting up the garlic cloves.  I then added them to some olive oil in the skillet and let it lightly brown.  I then added in the bread crumbs and a little more olive oil and let it brown some more.  Meanwhile I started cooking the linguine.  
Once all that was done I put the linguine in a big bowl added the garlic/breadcrumb mixture, parsley, Parmesan cheese, lemon juice, a little more olive oil and mixed it all together. 


Pretty simple and pretty good. :)