This morning at breakfast, Derek was explaining to our kids about a 5 minute video clip he had seen about cells (trailer for Unlocking the Mystery of Life). He started off by talking about how a cell has a nucleus, and how it contains the blue print for other cells. When he asked if they had ever seen a blue print, Elizabeth pipes up, "Yes! I saw it on the pink panther!" (I will admit that the episode she is talking about is pretty funny; it's on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-xBAyRREJ4). He proceeded to talk about DNA, messenger RNA, transcription, translation, amino acids, and proteins. David was captivated by it all."Wow, it's like a factory!" Elizabeth said, "Can I watch pink panther?"
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Us
Derek and I went to they symphony Saturday night and enjoyed some beautiful music. The first piece was by Beethoven and it featured a solo violinist; the piece was 25 minutes long and the musician did an outstanding job! After the intermission, they played another lovely, lengthy piece, but by Brahms. I love how grandiose his music is, with all of the big chords. I had been battling a bad cold/cough/congestion and had lost my voice, so it was great to just sit back and enjoy. The scarf I'm wearing is one that I picked up earlier in the day while shopping with my mom and sister ($4)!
Autumn's birthday
My mom and sister came down over the weekend. Autumn tuned 16 and we went shopping at some second-hand stores and a few western/boot stores.
The cake I made for Autumn's 16th b-day. I thought it turned out pretty well!
The kiddos and Autumn
Here's a song I made up that David "rapped" out to her:
Here’s a
song dedicated to our Auntie Autumn
It isn’t
hard to do because you are so awesome.
You’re
smart, you’re funny, and you play with us, too.
And of
course you look good in FFA blue.
There’s
boots, spurs, and don’t forget the bling,
We know it’s
just a part of the cowgirl thing.
You have a
love for God that shines through and through
You are
caring, kind, thoughtful, loyal, and true
We love you,
you’re special and couldn’t be replaced
And since
you are here, we’ll give a big embrace!
We’ve come
to the end, but have one more thing to say:
We wish you
a happy 16th birthday!
preschool crafts
Marble painting
This was a good activity for Nathan to put in order the different lengths of green pieces. I think his favorite part was adding the snow, though.
First attempt at weaving and I was surprised at how well he did on his own!
Feb. 2013
We've been doing a lot of preschool craft projects. Here they are painting paper plates brown for their owls.
I never know just what he will be wearing at any given moment. Now, if he would put those gloves to use and help with the dishes! :)
Writing his name for the first time! He did a great job!
Elizabeth had her siblings put on a play, "Moses." She dressed Nathan up as Pharaoh's daughter. The play was very well done!
finished owl craft projects
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Sleepovers
The 3 boys all share a room, which has been working out well. However, a few weeks ago, the younger boys started waking up when David wakes up, rather than sleeping for a while longer like they used to. We still didn't let them come out, with the intention of helping them get back into the habit of sleeping longer (because they really needed it!). Before too long, they were having "sleepovers" in the mornings, where they would crawl into a particular bed (it changed from day to day), and gather all the blankets/pillows, etc. and have a party until it was officially time to be awake. They would have so much fun! But, it got to be too much fun, and often the laughter would be intermixed with crying, (sometimes a party would be held in the bed of a child that was just starting to wake up)... so we had to say "no more." If they want a sleepover, it has to wait until after breakfast. I will say that overall they have adjusted to the time change fairly easily, though!
Winter
This pretty much sums up what life further up north is like. We recently had a day when it was beautiful out and we even had a window open a little bit...then the next day we were hit with several inches of snow. It prompted me to think about the Children's Blizzard of 1888. The kids had yesterday (Mon) off because of the snow and we went to yet another new sledding place. We had a great time, even though they liked other sledding hills better.
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