I can still picture him watching The Fellowship of the Ring for the very first time--he was just a little guy. One movie and he was totally hooked--even wanted an LOTR birthday bash when he turned 5.
Then we proceeded to collect every stinkin' character! I think that was the ONLY time in my life I anticipated my trip to Wal-Mart every week. I admit that I was just as thrilled as Mullin was to see new characters lining the shelves.
This was just the beginning of his collection--he had all of these by his 5th birthday. We now have a large tub full of 'em in the closet.I still haven't completely grasped that he is now old enough to actually read the book. But here he is doing one of his LOTR projects. (I love the recipe ones!)
I think I learned more during this assignment than he did. I had to change a few things about this fancy-schmancy sounding recipe--Farfalle with Creamy Wild Mushroom Sauce--because . . .
- my store only carried 2 of the three varieties of mushrooms this recipe called for: shiitake, cremini, and oyster
- of the 2 (shiitake & oyster) that were there, um shockingly expensive, and one looked really weird
- freshly grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese is like $20 per lb--no way no how I'm affordin' that!
- I don't even like mushrooms, so I minced 'em up real fine--didn't notice the rubbery taste so much
- I've never bought dry white wine, so I didn't even look to see how much it cost
Despite the few alterations, it was quite a delicious meal. Everyone like it. And instead of that fancy name, I'm just calling it Hobbit Food.
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