The Great Salsa Slam

Following on the heels of two terrific mama-led projects (painting and mosaic stepping stones with Mrs. Banister), our Project Queens of the day, Mrs. Outlaw and Mrs. Blair, bravely led the ES Griffins through an afternoon of designing and producing their own brands of homemade salsa. How is this botany-related? Well, as Mrs. Outlaw pointed out to the kids, you can make delicious salsa using only ingredients grown in a garden!

While the Middle Schoolers were busily planning tomorrow's botany lesson for their ES counterparts, our people were doing this:

Lots of chopping!

(Mr. Blair and a couple LaunchPadders had to get in on the action as part of their afternoon Spanish immersion experience.)

Time to taste! These guys had a salsa that blew smoke out Mrs. Blair's ears ...

After bottling their salsas, they all had enough leftover to give each other (and any other takers) samples. We had to guess the ingredients that had gone into each recipe, which challenged our discriminating palates!

I'm so grateful to the moms who have given their time and creative energy to make these projects happen, including dealing with quite a lot of mess and what can feel at times like borderline chaos. The kids have such a wonderful time making the magic happen, and I know they feel your love to them in these acts of service. Now, which of them will have a hero's journey that includes populating the world with fresh salsa stands???