It’s not just a holiday here, it’s a whole season!

The other weekend DmentD went up into the attic and found his decorations and got me to help him get them down the ladder.. a job that was much easier with two of us, I wouldn’t want to do it on my own.

And then, when I got in from school Wednesday night I found the house decorated.. at least partially. I’m promised that closer to Halloween more decorations will appear.

Already the house is already more decorated than any place I have lived in!

And that’s not even everything!

Class has been fun. We’ve been tempering chocolate which has been interesting.. I think I’m finally getting the hang of it.. it’s very precise.

We started making petit fours, have an exam today on macaroons and madelines and then we’ll finish petit fours at the start of next week ready for our 3 day final exam making a petit four platter with 60 petit fours on it!

Almond MacaroonsCherry Almond BarsLinzer BiscuitsMadelinesSpritz BiscuitsVacherin

And finally, in a pre-emptive retaliation, I have photos of DmentD..

But first the history.. He has, in the past, put a bucket on my head and taken pictures of me promising to put them online. He has also put a bowl on my head and taken photos. So when he appeared in out hallway looking like this I just had to take photos, promising to put them online.

The difference being that when I promised to put them online here they are.. he still hasn’t gotten around to putting the photos of me online

Basket HeadBasket Head

I would like to reiterate the point.. he did this voluntarily and came and found me looking like this.. the photos of me, he put the items on my head! *grins*