Bear Hunting

This past Wednesday was our bear hunting day.  We went hiking through the woods in search for bears.  We never saw any, thank goodness, but we did find a fluffy black animal (see picture below).  Prior to the bear hunt, I was able to capture some cute sledding pictures of the boys.  They found a few snowy patches on some of the hills in the woods. 

We cooked a granola snack for our hunt.  I've included the recipe below.  We also read the story, We're Going On A Bear Hunt.  It always seems to be a class favorite.  The children enjoy acting out the parts of the story. 

CHOCOLATE GRANOLA CLUSTERS:

2 cups of granola

1/4 cup of milk

4 tablespoons of butter

1/3 cup sugar

1/4 cup chocolate chips

1/4 cup of peanut butter

1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS: Warm the milk and butter in medium saucepan over moderate heat.  When the butter is mostly melted, str in the sugar and chocolate chips.  Stir the mixture carefully until it comes to a boil.  Quickly reduce the heat and boil for one minute while stirring.  Remove the pan from heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla until smooth.  Mix in granola and stir well.  Scoop mounded tablespoons of mixture onto lined baking sheet.  Once they have cooled, cover them with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 3 hours. 

We certainly missed Ryan, who was out sick on Wednesday.  We did save you a granola snack, Ryan. We look forward to having you back with us next week for our Valentine's Day party.  I've asked everyone to bring a snack to share that day.  I will provide some red punch so it would be wonderful to have some sweet and salty goodies to go along with it.