Another Puppet Show

Yesterday afternoon, kids @ the WRL were treated to a puppet performance of everyone's favorite story about a cookie!  Yup, it was "The Gingerbread Man."

Afterwards, we got in the holiday spirit by decorating our own gingerbread men.

If you dare to make your own fiesty little gingerbread creatures, you might want to try this recipe.

Gingerbread Men

3 ½ cups all purpose flour

1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger

1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon

¼ teaspoon salt

½ cup vegetable shortening

½ cup granulated sugar

1 large egg

1 cup molasses, warmed

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 ½ teaspoons warm water

1. Combine the flour, spices, and salt.
2. In a large bowl, cream the vegetable shortening and sugar.  Beat in the egg.  Beat in the molasses.
3. Dissolve the baking soda in the warm water and add to the molasses mixture, beating until smooth.
4. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients.
5. Cover and chill for 24 hours.
6. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
7. Lightly grease two baking sheets.
8. On a floured surface, roll out the dough to a thickness of ¼ inch.
9. Using cookie cutters, cut out gingerbread men and place 1 ½ inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.
10. Bake for 10-12 minutes, until dry looking and firm to touch.
11. Transfer to wire racks to cool.

3 Little Ghosts

Didn't catch any performances of our Halloween puppet show on Saturday?  We did an encore performance yesterday without some of the bells and whistles...just for kicks.  Warning:  we by no means think we are professional puppeteers or filmmakers!  We do think, though, you are in store for a good laugh (whether it is at our expense or not is yet to be determined)!  Enjoy!

Puppets!!!

Can you believe it is almost the end of October? We definitely can't! It is almost time for that very special day when we dress strangely and get to eat lots and lots of that sticky, gooey stuff that is bad for both our bellies and our teeth. You know what day we're talking about, right?

In celebration of that very special day, we here @ the WRL are having a puppet show. On Saturday, October 30 at 3:00 and 3:30 pm, children of all ages can join us for The Three Little Ghosts (and the Big Bad Mummy).  Our three ghosts are a little worried:  "Mummy?" they say.  "What mummy?"