Friday, May 30, 2008

Korean Spaghetti

We made spaghetti with the kindergartners today, which was quite humorous to watch. They were very nervous about putting the noodles in the pot, which resulted in a few of them just throwing the noodles in the air, about a foot from the pot! Then when it came time to see if the noodles were done, Cate wanted each child to get to throw a noodle (if the spaghetti is done, a noodle will stick to the ceiling when thrown). Of course, hitting the ceiling is easy when you're my height, but for the little kindies, it was pretty much an impossible dream. Two kids managed to get their noodles on the ceiling, while the others had noodles landing all around the room. I am really glad that cleaning up is not part of my responsibilities! When the spaghetti was done, the kids dug in with their chopsticks. Believe it or not, it's actually a lot easier to eat spaghetti with chopsticks than with a fork.

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