Week 5/26/25

+ Drop-in camp spaces available, NEW in the bakery this week: Lemon Rolls

May 27, 2025

Good morning,

We hope that you had a great Memorial Day Weekend! It was a work weekend for us! We reopened the full yard and added more shade sails. In the little school studio, we added more child-size tables and stools, a changing table, and a desk for teachers. Mr. Jesse completed painting and resurfacing the concrete in the new classroom. With rain in the forecast this week, he is trying to nail the best time to complete the exterior painting. We have been assembling shelving and materials for the new room, all of which are in our dining area and living room! We are eager to get our home back in order.

On Wednesday and Friday this week, we welcome a few campers along-side our Drop Off students, a soft launch to our summer camps that begin in earnest next week.

The garden is loving all of the great rain-we planted okra, more cucumbers and tomatoes, tomatillos, beets, and carrots this morning with the children.

Over the weekend, we conducted a couple of successful recipe tests. Finally, we were able to make progress with sourdough croissants! American butter is quite different than the dry butter used at Le Cordon Bleu and in French bakeries, so it has taken some work! We are excited to add sourdough lemon rolls to this week’s menu. They are soft and fluffy, filled with butter, sugar, and lots of lemon zest. Once nearly cooled, they are topped with a tart lemon-vanilla glaze. Our family loves them! Bread orders are due tomorrow at 9am for Thursday and Friday pick-up (or delivery).

As you clear out those backpacks and bedrooms, we are happy to accept donations for our camps—please don’t buy anything knew! You can sign up to DONATE HERE, and there is a collection box on the front porch.

Have a great week,

Leslie, Olivia and Iris

“Breaducation”

Baguettes and other smaller breads are highly perishable. It’s not that they mold, but rather they get stale and hard quickly. In France, customers buy fresh bread daily for this reason. Freezing any unused bread is a great way to preserve it, but another tip is to soak the bread with water, wrap it in foil, and heat in an oven until soft. You can read more about this technique here. We’ve found that you must consume all of the heated bread…this technique doesn’t work twice on the same loaf!

May

Every W 9:00am, bakery orders due

Every Th/F 11:30am-6:00pm bakery orders available for pick-up and delivery

5/28 and 5/30 W/F Summer Camp mini-week (overlaps with Drop-Off class, etc.)

5/29 and 5/30 Th/F last days of HHFC Drop Off class/Afternoon Drop-in/Afternoon Drop-in until September

5/29 friendship celebration/graduation at the Silverado Community Park 11:30am-12:30pm. We’ll walk our students over to the park to enjoy a short ceremony and treats before pick-up.

Sign up for this week and future dates (click link)!

Tuesday

Afternoon Drop-in 12:30-2:30pm

Tinkering/The Way Things Work 2:30-5:30pm (arrive by 3:15pm)

Wednesday

Bread Orders Close at 9:00am for Thursday/Friday Pick-up and Delivery 11:30am-6:00pm)

Morning Drop-in 8:30am-12:30 (campers sign up here—select either morning drop-in or morning and afternoon drop-in)

Stay and Play Drop-in 9:30-11:30am

Afternoon Drop-in 12:30-2:30pm

Art and Handwork Studio 2:30-5:30pm (arrive by 3:15pm)

Thursday

Afternoon Drop-in 12:30-2:30pm

Cooking, Games, Cursive/Form Drawing 2:30-5:30pm (arrive by 3:15pm)

Bakery Orders Ready for Pick-up and Delivery (11:30am-6:00pm)

Friday *open 8:30-3:30*

Morning Drop-in 8:30am-12:30pm (campers sign up here—select either morning drop-in or morning and afternoon drop-in)

Bakery Orders Ready for Pick-up and Delivery (11:30am-6:00pm)

Sign up for everything on our website! (Bread, too)

NEW! Soccer Camp

We are excited to share that our nephew Isaac and his friend Mateo will be morning offering soccer camp adjacent to our program in the greenspace field. These young men not only bring their experience playing on diverse teams/leagues, but they are also experienced and trained coaches. Bathrooms, water, and breaks will be available at HHFC.

Ages: 4-12 years

Time: 8:30-11:30am

Weeks: 5/27 (CANCELLED), 6/2, 6/9, 6/16, 7/7, 7/14, 7/21, 7/28 (HHFC closed-camp will be held at Lakeline Park), 8/4

Tuition: $175/week

**Enjoy a 20% discount on soccer camp when it is added to a Heart and Hands camp. In this case, Heart and Hands will supply meals, snacks, and camp programming to your child around their soccer camp activities.**

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