Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Friday Night at the Children's Museum
Nicholas, Madison and Cousin Hanna were in the participlay "Too Much Noise". Maddie was the baby, Nicholas was a sheep, and Hanna was a goat. Emily even got to be in this one. When it was her turn to be on stage she said, "Hi, Mom!" (She's wearing the blue princess dress in the photo above.)
We met Ashley Wolff who illustrated the Miss Bindergarten books. Her newest book is Old MacDonald Had a Woodshop.
Emily loves the United States.
Here is Emily preparing for her part in the play.
Nicholas won the boat race every time.
We met Ashley Wolff who illustrated the Miss Bindergarten books. Her newest book is Old MacDonald Had a Woodshop.
We folded origami boats and raced them.
Emily loves the United States.
Here is Emily preparing for her part in the play.
Nicholas won the boat race every time.Such A Fun Saturday!
First stop--the zoo. We saw the baby giraffe for the first time. So cute!
Second stop--the University of Fine Arts Museum. The kids each painted a backpack inspired by the abstract art exhibit (Darren having the most fun).
Emily contemplating art. Or the meaning of life.
Third stop--dinner with Mom, Dad, Jordan, Natasha and baby James ("NO! He is not born yet!" is what I have to tell the kids every time Natasha's name comes up in conversation, so he really is like one of the family already).
Last stop--why wasn't Build-A-Bear around when I was a kid?
Second stop--the University of Fine Arts Museum. The kids each painted a backpack inspired by the abstract art exhibit (Darren having the most fun).
Emily contemplating art. Or the meaning of life.
Third stop--dinner with Mom, Dad, Jordan, Natasha and baby James ("NO! He is not born yet!" is what I have to tell the kids every time Natasha's name comes up in conversation, so he really is like one of the family already).
Last stop--why wasn't Build-A-Bear around when I was a kid?
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Happy Chinese New Year!
To celebrate the Chinese New Year (after writing letters to the six missionaries in our ward),
we folded origami bears! (Yes, it is the year of the rat, but it's Bear Cub Scouts--makes sense now, hopefully!)
A little disclaimer that my blogger spell check will not work!!!
we folded origami bears! (Yes, it is the year of the rat, but it's Bear Cub Scouts--makes sense now, hopefully!)
A little disclaimer that my blogger spell check will not work!!!
Homemade Valentines
Do you remember as a kid opening all the little valentine envelopes you received from your classmates and making a pile of candy while at the same time looking for any small sign of love from the opposite gender--important and obvious things like the word "love" before signing their name or a heart drawn next to your name or else just really good handwriting? (If a boy did not like you he'd just hastily scribble his name somewhere on the card and it was barely legible.)
Anyway--have you noticed how valentines do not come in those little envelopes anymore? How do you express your love secretly? More importantly, how do you include candy with them? These things must be considered.
Well, I do not have any ideas for the little envelopes, but I saw these really cute homemade valentine mice and maybe we'll make them this year. And who needs secret love messages anyway? (Ah-ha! I tricked you--the secret love message can be written inside the mouse, under the sucker!)
Why won't my darn spell check work?
Anyway--have you noticed how valentines do not come in those little envelopes anymore? How do you express your love secretly? More importantly, how do you include candy with them? These things must be considered.
Well, I do not have any ideas for the little envelopes, but I saw these really cute homemade valentine mice and maybe we'll make them this year. And who needs secret love messages anyway? (Ah-ha! I tricked you--the secret love message can be written inside the mouse, under the sucker!)
Why won't my darn spell check work?
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
Nicholas Gets His Bear Award
Last night Nicholas earned his Bear award in Cub Scouts! He worked very hard and is a motivated kid. We also had our first pinewood derby last night--we didn't win but we have a great idea for next year!
Monday, January 28, 2008
A Note to Cindy, Among Others
It being January, and having an excessive amount of snow, and a sick child these last five days, and a desire to continue my pajama marathon until the leaves come out and I start my new goal of going out daily by 11:00, and a personality that allows me to have any number of good excuses for my activities, I have been engaged in a week long reading binge. I have read Good Masters, Sweet Ladies by Laura Amy Schlitz (Newberry Award Winner 2008) which was pretty darn good, Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (Newberry Honor 2008) which was also good but upsetting, but good, and also I read Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson (Newberry Honor 2008) which I didn't really care for. In addition, I read Persuasion by Jane Austen (my favorite) which makes me feel sad though it has a happy ending, and just barely finished Pride and Prejudice which must also be my favorite and leaves me feeling so happy.
I am going to continue my Jane Austen reading, though life goes by very quickly when I do. I am not kidding that I can sit down to read and look up, thinking ten minutes have gone by, and astonishingly 2 hours have gone by. Not kidding.
The wonderful thing about Jane Austen's novels are that, though I've read them before, and know the ending, I can hardly stand to stop in the middle when all the charaters are misunderstanding each other. In fact, in both stories, in order to take a break, I had to find a paragraph at the end reassuring me that the people I want to end up together, do in fact still end up together. Jane Austen was such a great writer.
But I just remembered that the reason I started this post today, was to tell Cindy that she had better get her blogging underway, because I just found a link from another blog (the link is from Design Mom, which I recommended in my last post) to a blog called Scribbets, and from it I find that it really is possible to blog from Alaska, and not only to blog from Alaska, but that there are many unusual and interesting things going on up there worth writing about, as shown HERE.
Thus, (a nod to Jordan) I am going to be taking drastic measures, and am hereto forthwith starting a new chapter in comment leaving on Cindy's blog, called Things I Like About You and which will be a daily occurrence. So, Cindy, if you want your blog to retain any credibility at all, you will start posting SOON.
And as for you, Jordan, now that I have every word and every detail of your last post committed to memory, you, too, may post something new.
And if anyone wants, they may help me help Cindy by adding their own comments to her blog.
Mom--this means it is a perfect time for you to create a Google account and try again to post some comments. The comment feature really does work, I promise. Dad can show you how. Let us have some comments from Mom and Dad!
Love everyone. Hope you are still in your pajamas!
An edit to my last post, that Mom corrected me and was not, in fact, fed sweetened condensed milk as a baby (I remembered wrong) but was fed the very same thing, evaporated milk mixed with water and Karo syrup.
A last note, that I am so sad about the passing of Gordon B. Hinckley, and am so glad for the wonderful person that he was.
I am going to continue my Jane Austen reading, though life goes by very quickly when I do. I am not kidding that I can sit down to read and look up, thinking ten minutes have gone by, and astonishingly 2 hours have gone by. Not kidding.
The wonderful thing about Jane Austen's novels are that, though I've read them before, and know the ending, I can hardly stand to stop in the middle when all the charaters are misunderstanding each other. In fact, in both stories, in order to take a break, I had to find a paragraph at the end reassuring me that the people I want to end up together, do in fact still end up together. Jane Austen was such a great writer.
But I just remembered that the reason I started this post today, was to tell Cindy that she had better get her blogging underway, because I just found a link from another blog (the link is from Design Mom, which I recommended in my last post) to a blog called Scribbets, and from it I find that it really is possible to blog from Alaska, and not only to blog from Alaska, but that there are many unusual and interesting things going on up there worth writing about, as shown HERE.
Thus, (a nod to Jordan) I am going to be taking drastic measures, and am hereto forthwith starting a new chapter in comment leaving on Cindy's blog, called Things I Like About You and which will be a daily occurrence. So, Cindy, if you want your blog to retain any credibility at all, you will start posting SOON.
And as for you, Jordan, now that I have every word and every detail of your last post committed to memory, you, too, may post something new.
And if anyone wants, they may help me help Cindy by adding their own comments to her blog.
Mom--this means it is a perfect time for you to create a Google account and try again to post some comments. The comment feature really does work, I promise. Dad can show you how. Let us have some comments from Mom and Dad!
Love everyone. Hope you are still in your pajamas!
An edit to my last post, that Mom corrected me and was not, in fact, fed sweetened condensed milk as a baby (I remembered wrong) but was fed the very same thing, evaporated milk mixed with water and Karo syrup.
A last note, that I am so sad about the passing of Gordon B. Hinckley, and am so glad for the wonderful person that he was.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Some Good Advice
My sister Cindy told me about a blog called Oh Happy Day that is written by an acquaintance of hers.
Yesterday, she posted this great story and I think I am going to try it this year. I have been spending too much time in my house in my pajamas this winter. Though it has been sooooo fun...
If you look at Oh Happy Day and have an extra minute, look at the author's sister's blog, Design Mom. It's a good one, second only to my own sister's intriguing blog.
By the way, mom, I wasn't sure if I really believed your story about being fed sweetened condensed milk as a baby, but one of the comments to Jordan Ferney's story talks about her grandmother making formula out of evaporated milk, water and Karo syrup. ?????
Yesterday, she posted this great story and I think I am going to try it this year. I have been spending too much time in my house in my pajamas this winter. Though it has been sooooo fun...
If you look at Oh Happy Day and have an extra minute, look at the author's sister's blog, Design Mom. It's a good one, second only to my own sister's intriguing blog.
By the way, mom, I wasn't sure if I really believed your story about being fed sweetened condensed milk as a baby, but one of the comments to Jordan Ferney's story talks about her grandmother making formula out of evaporated milk, water and Karo syrup. ?????
Thursday, January 24, 2008
The Golden Goose
Last Thursday, we went to another participlay at the Treehouse Museum. Nicholas was chosen to be the main character in the play "The Golden Goose". He did a great job! (Ironically, we had just read The Golden Goose together the night before, on Wednesday.) (He's the kid in the tan jacket and purple hat, the one holding the ax in the top picture and the goose in the bottom video.)
Soldier Hollow
On Saturday, we went tubing up at Soldier Hollow. This is one of our family's favorite winter activities. Emily liked going up more than coming down, though.
Crayon Hearts
On Monday, Nicholas made crayon shavings and then we melted them in wax paper and cut out hearts to hang in our window. We are now all ready for Valentine's Day. (The instructions are HERE.)
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