Category: Adventurous kids
Hovercraft in Action
Did you see the pictures of the hovercraft on Angela’s previous post? Did you think, “That thing will never fly?” Well turn up your speakers and push the play button. Prepare to be amazed.
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We honored our Veterans
We held a Webelos flag ceremony in the morning:
And hiked along the Santa Cruz river where the Mormon Battalion came through in December of 1846. The Webelos are carrying big bags of garbage they collected along the trail. It was so hot!
(Mark hiked the whole way, too):
Next, we visited the monument for the Mormon Battalion in Downtown Tucson:
And we listened to Mr. Tossi speak about his experiences in WWII under General Patton. This man landed in Morocco, travelled through Northern Africa and up into Sicily; he went to England and then landed on Omaha Beach during the invasion of Normandy. He fought his way through Europe and Africa in a tank. Daniel asked to have his picture taken with him:
Costume capers
The perennial Halloween shot on the front walk.
Here we reveal the pumpkin artists from our last post.
The boys came home from church and found the backyard required some defensive tactics.
And now that October 31 is over we can get on to much better things.
We pulled out the Christmas music a week before Halloween. That last picture hardly looks like a Currier and Ives Christmas card painting, but the angle of the sun, the early dark nights and the smell of woodburning stoves is in the air in the evenings makes it impossible to ignore that little Thanksgiving and Christmas spirit, even if it’s 80 something degrees outside during the day.
Boo!
Happy Halloween from…
The Little Bunny of Doom
Spiderius bitesyouwhenyousleepii
The Hound of the Baskervilles
and Cutie pumpkin surprise.
WooooOoooooooOooooooo!
Pirate at rest
We’ve been hard at work this afternoon, painting facial hair on the a pirate in the house, finding boots, hooks, armor, the right gloves and nail polish, hats, belts, and glitter. I just found Timothy crashed on the couch, the flier for the evening’s event serendipitously placed behind his exhausted body.
Soccer time
No soccer league this year. Timothy plays once a week for an hour an a half at the park with Coach Pat and friends.
We like unscheduled evenings and Saturdays too much to sign up for soccer league.
The Games We Play
I found the boys playing with this massive Lego creation a few minutes ago. There is a robot controlled by my laptop and lots of aliens and Mars Mission contraptions.
And on the camera were these photos of the long-legged doll fashions Paige likes to sew. Aunt Care has made some of these.
We know how to have fun around here.
Music Honor Society
This is an honor that comes with accompanying music store discounts and gift cards. Shall we buy a Star Wars score? A Broadway book?
The kids work so hard on the piano. I love how our house is filled with music every day.
We’re havin’ so much fun in Pri-mar-y!
Primary activity day
We donated materials and assembled hundreds of school kits.
Timothy is good lookin’!