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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Todd at 42
Some of our reading for the week...
Monday, February 23, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Nan's Haircut
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
This Friday's Fieldtrip
Todd
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Todd's Project
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I found several quotes about writing books with which we identify:
There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.
Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith
I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.
Peter de Vries
Books are never finished, They are merely abandoned.
Oscar Wilde
Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith
I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.
Peter de Vries
Books are never finished, They are merely abandoned.
Oscar Wilde
Natalie's Project
Valentine's Day
In spite of Levi's stomach flu and canceled travel plans, we enjoyed the day. We started off with pancakes and raspberry syrup for the well family members and Sprite for the sick one. Grandpa and Grandma sent a package full of goodies for Valentine's Day which were a big hit at the breakfast table.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Levi
My New Indulgence
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I wonder if my children will be coffee drinkers. It is part of my home schooling routine to teach with a mug in one hand and a book or white board pen in the other. Will they pick up my habit?
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Ethan's Fieldtrip with His Dad
Thursday, February 12, 2009
The Hobbit
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Valentine Cookies
Todd's Summer Trip
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Todd was invited to go on a week long raft trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon this summer. He will be going sometime in July and I am sure it will be amazing. It is sponsored by Canyon Ministries. http://www.canyonministries.com/
Included in Canyon Ministries statement of faith is this: The great flood of Genesis was an actual historic event and was global in its extent and catastrophic in its effect. It is this flood (and its after-effects) that is responsible for the formation and subsequent sculpturing of much of the earth as we know it today, including the Grand Canyon.
The trip is designed to "to strengthen people's faith in the Word of God and provide them with some of the scientific evidence that supports a young earth interpretation of the Grand Canyon."
Making Valentine's Day Cards
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We are making Valentine cards today and I had the kids sit down and write out some of their own rhymes for their cards... which was not successful. The writing exercise deteriorated into giggles and silly put-down poems which I will not allow them to use especially since the cards are meant for grandparents, aunts, and sweet friends from church. I told one of the boys he could send one of the ruder rhymes to his cousin who would appreciate it but I was informed that boys don't send other boys Valentines. (To which my other son said "I don't send girls Valentines either!")
Here is one written to me by one of my sons (Levi):
Mom is drinking coffee in a big, ugly mug.
Every second, you hear another big chug.
She always has bad breath,
It almost brings me to my death.
Though her breath is really bugly,
She is always quite the opposite of ugly.
Happy Valentine's Day Mom.
Lovely, huh?
Here is one by Ethan:
They give you roses...I give you thorns.
They give you cheers...I give you scorn.
They give you ice cream...I give you cones.
They give you chocolates...I give you poems.
Happy Valentine's Day
I don't think they will ever be hired by Hallmark.
Monday, February 9, 2009
That time of year...
Levi had baseball tryouts on Saturday. It is hard to believe it is that time of year again. Practice will not start until towards the end of March. It is a good thing too. Snow is predicted for tomorrow and it is still wintery wet outside. (Doesn't he look cute in his uniform? This photo is from last summer.)
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Delicious Ice Cream
Our Favorite Detective
Friday, February 6, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Levi's book
While the Almanac was an appropriate Christmas gift for Ethan, we thought that a joke book suited Levi. After the holidays, he placed it on his shelf and I thought he was not interested. But recently, I heard laughter coming from the boys' room after they were tucked in for the night and found them sitting on Levi's bed singing songs from the joke book such as "Everyone's doing it...doing it...doing it...Picking their nose and chewing it...chewing it..."
Then they discovered the pages with ways to describe a not-so-smart person such as:
- "not the sharpest knife in the drawer."
- "the wheel is spinning, but the hamster's dead."
- "one fry short of a happy meal."
- or the favorite "the antenna isn't picking up all the channels" which my boys understand since we do use an antenna on our TV.
Rethinking my gift giving
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I bought Ethan a 2009 Almanac for Christmas. He enjoys statistics and trivia and so I was pretty sure he would eat it up. What I did not count on was his sitting next to me in the car with it open in his lap, peppering me with questions.
"Mom, can you name 5 people in the baseball hall of fame?"
"Mom, guess how many marriages there are per thousand people compared to divorces?"
"Mom,...Mom... are you listening to me? Mom, can you name common infectious diseases?"
I think he likes hearing me say "I don't know. Why don't you tell me?"
I finally had to tell him to quit phrasing his conversation in the form of a question. "If you find something interesting, just say 'Listen to this interesting fact, Mom...not do you know.'"
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
MonaEthan and MonaLevi
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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