Treats and Celebrations!


The students have been working hard on their projects these past three weeks that I surprised them with some treats this week! 


On Wednesday, students got to enjoy some lumpia from Lia's Lumpia.  Lia's Lumpia was one of the finalists on the Food Network's Great Food Truck Race (Holiday Hustle Edition).  They now have a brick and mortar restaurant and after eating dining hall food for over two weeks, I knew they had to try some GREAT lumpia!  They were named the Best Filipino restaurant by San Diego Magazine's readers AND editors and are on featured as one of the must-go places for Comic-Con visitors. (Comic-Con is going on this week at the San Diego Convention Center.) Students could try some Lola's lumpia (traditional lumpia), mac and cheese lumpia, a vegan or chicken version of the traditional lumpia, and turon (a saba banana lumpia with ube drizzle).  DELISH!  If you are in San Diego, you really should check them out!



We have four students with birthdays during COSMOS - Timothy, Charlize, Claire and Juliette!  To celebrate their birthdays (since they couldn't celebrate with their families), we had cake!  Students could have either chocolate chocolate chip or carrot cake.  The singing of "Happy Birthday" reverberated through the fourth floor of our building since we held our treat "party" just outside our classroom in the sitting/lounge area.  One of the celebrants was excited to have candles to blow out instead of a pretend one on their birthday.


Singing Happy Birthday
                              







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