LetMeBeClear

CC had her first classroom trauma. She has lived 8 years without this feeling. I am sorry that it found her. In class, her teacher was putting math problems on the board "for fun" they don't do math at her school. CC tried raising her hand for every problem and knew the answers to all the ones going up. The problems kept getting harder, and she kept raising her hand.

When she was finally called on, she got nervous. Her palms got sweaty. The problem was 55 - 36. She knew it needed borrowing, so she mentally removed one from the first digit, did that subtraction and wrote down a 1 on the tens place. Her face was flushed, she wasn't thinking. Everyone was staring at her, she added the second two digits together instead of subtracting, remembered she had already taken care of the tens place, and wrote down a 1. Her answer was 11. She looked back in time to realize her mistake, but before she could tell her teacher that it should be 19, (Here comes the worst part) the teacher said - "That's okay, You probably haven't gotten to that level yet."

Oh. The worst part is that the teacher thought she didn't know how to do it and felt sorry for her. Her tongue tied in knots, and she couldn't speak. We've all been the victim of our nerves. All I could do was hug her and tell her that she is human and it happens to us all. My poor baby. She kept raising her hand to try to redeem herself, but didn't get called on again.

1 medium orange, peeled and sliced into bites size pieces
1 medium apple, sliced into bites size pieces
1 medium pear, sliced into bites size pieces
1 medium peach, peeled and sliced into bites size pieces
1/2 cup of raspberries, sliced in half
1/2 cup of diced strawberries
1/2 cup of blueberries
1/2 cup of pitted and diced cherries
1/2 cup of blackberries, sliced in half
1/4 of favorite small melon, peeled and cut into bites size pieces

stir until all the fruit and berry juices are mixed together.
then its time to serve

here is the smoothie option from your fruit salad leftovers
put it into a smoothie maker or blender, mix until there are no chunks
pour into cups to serve

half a bag of yeast (the small packet you find at the store)
1.0 cup of flour
1/2 cup of sugar
1/3 cup of water

mix the above in side a bowl
wait 1 hour to let it rise

add and mix the following to the bowl above
1 egg
1/4 cup of vegetable oil

cook for 1 hour if you want to make a bread loaf
or
cook for 30 minutes if you want muffins

also you could add nuts, berries or chocolate chips. but be aware that it could make your batter thicker (which is chewier). if that is not what you want then water to thin it.

ENJOY!!

This is my 7 year old's (CC) recipe,
1.5 cup of Bisquick pancake mix
1.0 cup of oatmeal (not instant)
1.0 cup of Milk, but you might need another 1/2cup
1 egg
2 tablespoons of sugar

Mix all together, cook, and enjoy
if using a griddle, best temperature is around 350 degrees.

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