We don't have much snow this year, but we've had some great days anyway. Yesterday was one of them.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Yeah Hannah!
This morning Hannah won the 4th Grade Spelling Bee for our school district. In March she gets to travel to Coeur d'Alene to participate in the Regional Spelling Bee.
She won on the word BEIGE. She said she knew how to spell it because she reads it a lot in her fiction books when they describe the color of horses. Other words she also spelled correctly...
CELEBRATION
AQUATICEXAMINE
CAULIFLOWER
PREDICATE
PRIMAL
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Interesting Information
I know this is a family blog. But... this seemed like some information that some of you might appreciate. I am always wondering if there is a better time than others during the year to buy items. When should I buy a new TV? When do laptops go on sale? How long will bacon stay good in the freezer? This blog entry will enlighten you on the topic...
http://lifehacker.com/5440376/the-best-times-to-buy-anything-all-year-round
Monday, January 4, 2010
Don't lick anything metal
Our thermometer quit. When I woke up this morning to get everyone ready for church, it was reading -23 F. Some time while we were at church, the sensor couldn't take it any more and refused to work until we brought it inside and rested it next to the stove.
With that in mind, we've been doing a few things to make the most of the cold weather. There's a gymnastics gym in town that had an open house last week. All three of the kids had a blast. Quinn loved jumping into the foam pit
Quinn and I took some time a few days ago to make the frozen orbs candle-ready (using this great hand drill and auger I picked up at a garage sale last summer. Here's a testament to buying inexpensive tools even if you don't (yet) have a purpose for them).
Tonight, we lit candles in all of them and they look quite wintery on the front porch. I picked up some tips along the way from a woman in Minneapolis that does an outstanding job of making carrying a 50 lb water balloon in zero degree weather seem easy.
With that in mind, we've been doing a few things to make the most of the cold weather. There's a gymnastics gym in town that had an open house last week. All three of the kids had a blast. Quinn loved jumping into the foam pit
but was seriously distracted by all the action going on around him.
Max and Mae both loved it too. We're constantly looking for more things to do inside while the temperature is so low. To make freezing temperatures a little more bearable, we picked up a little hobby over the past week: making lanterns out of ice.
The neighbors had all sorts of explanations for what we were doing in the backyard, until we finally had a few frozen globes to show for our effort.
Quinn and I took some time a few days ago to make the frozen orbs candle-ready (using this great hand drill and auger I picked up at a garage sale last summer. Here's a testament to buying inexpensive tools even if you don't (yet) have a purpose for them).
Tonight, we lit candles in all of them and they look quite wintery on the front porch. I picked up some tips along the way from a woman in Minneapolis that does an outstanding job of making carrying a 50 lb water balloon in zero degree weather seem easy.
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