Plans for Presidents' Week

* Eli and Caleb will set up a log cabin made of Lincoln logs on the cedar chest in honor of Abe - an annual tradition

* We'll watch the film "Gettysburg" as a family

* A pile of books on the people of the Revolutionary War await couch time with Eli

* The boys will watch "President Abraham Lincoln" (from the animated history series of videos put out by Nest Entertainment)

* We'll enjoy this menu with the following presidents in mind:
- Favors at each place of red jelly beans (Mr. Reagan's favorite treat)
- Appetizers of a log of sharp cheese with crackers (in honor of Lincoln's birthplace) and peanuts-in-the-shell (for Carter, of course)
- Beef Stew with roast beef, potatoes and carrots (Dwight Eisenhower's favorite dish to cook)
- Ice cream (a hat tip to James Madison's wife, Dolley, who served it in the White House) with maraschino cherries on top (George Washington, of course)