Greek Day- January 28, 2011

Sarah's class celebrated Greek Day on Friday, January 28th.  She wore a toga to school, and we made Finikia for the feast.  The cookies were delicious, a combination of orange and cinnamon flvors, dipped in honey & sugar!

January 24, 2011

Daniel loves to line up his cars and look at them from every angle.

Emily's Harry Potter Party- January 21/22, 2011

Emily & Sarah planned an amazing Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire birthday party to celebrate Emily's 10th birthday.  They turned our house into Hogwarts and planned activities to recreate the tasks in the Tri-Wizard Tournament and the Yule Ball.  We had guests dressed as Hermione (Emily & Bailey), Bellatrix Lestrange (Caroline), and Mad-Eye Moody (Sarah).  Andrea came as Hermione, but then transfigured to Professor McGonagall.  I was Dobby, and Nana was Winky.  The dining room was transformed into the Great Hall.  I called in the troops (Aunt Kathe, Andrea and Nana) to serve as house elves, complete with dish towel costumes.  The girls had picked recipes from The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook. We had pumpkin juice, roast chicken, and all sorts of tasty treats.  After celebrating with a castle cake, the girls settled in to watch Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.  Andrea even came back the next morning to help cook breakfast for the girls.  The girls did a great job planning.  They should consider a future in party planning!

Debbie's Birthday! January 12, 2011

Okay, so we were two days early.  The kids and I made a quick overnight stop to wish Auntie Debbie a happy birthday on our way up to Maryland.  We had some yummy Blue Moon Bakery birthday cake to celebrate!

January 10, 2011

Spelling Bee- January 6, 2011

After winning her class spelling Bee, Sarah went on to the school-wide spelling bee. She did an amazing job, and made it through to the District-wide spelling bee!  The school sent Sarah and two other finalists on the next round.

Bowden Bowl Bash- January 1, 2011

Gene, Nana & Aunt Kathe under the FatHead. 
Thankfully, the curse of the FatHead was broken last year!

Our 6th Annual Bowden Bowl Bash once again took place on January 1, 2011.  Since the the event is centered around Penn State's Bowl game, we never quite know when the party will be . . . only that Penn State will make it to a Bowl!!  It was Penn State vs. Florida, so we knew the Gergicks would be a family divided!  Nana came decked out in her Penn State socks, and lots of new folks were t-shirt eligible this year.  Our list of "AABBB," that's At All Bowden Bowl Bashes," stands at Robert, Richard & Ron.  Next year's party will involve a little traveling for some attendees!    

Nathan & Steve were pulling for the Gators.  Robert brought some delicious chili.  Christina & Tara were the proud owners of new BBB t-shirts, but this was Catherine's first year, so she has to wait!

Emily's friends Sarah & Caroline are tshirt eligible, but we ran out of their sizes!
They are waiting patiently . . .

Lucy, Judy and Lauren pulled for Penn State!

Daniel & Papa

Sarah and our newest neighbor Elizabeth