Galette des Rois in Indiana

January is the month of king cakes, to celebrate the Epiphany in France. Our French friends helped us to continue this tradition by bringing us a homemade galette des rois last evening. We promptly put Max under the table, cut the pieces, and had him determine which person got which piece. The lucky person to then find the favor in their cake was declared the king for the day. In our case, Josh was the king. We did not have the crown which comes with every French cake but we still made him our supreme ruler. Great fun! I may need to try my hand at making one of these cakes for my French club.

Tabitha did very well on her try-out test for the school Academic team and has been selected to participate. Unfortunately, the actual meet is on the same weekend as her basketball tournament so she will not participate. She said, "That's okay, I thought that is what would happen. I just wanted to take the test anyway." Quincy couldn't believe any such words would ever come out of someone's month and just shook his head in disgust.
The three younger kids brought home their first semester report cards yesterday. Three excellent report cards, three honor roll placements, and three certificates for "Good Citizenship". We are all very proud! Quincy's should come home today.