Lincoln is always original in his birthday cake and meal requests. This year it was seafood tamales and root beer float cake. I think he was happy with the results.
Monday, May 16, 2016
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
2016 Spring Violin Recital - Garrett
Garrett - May Song
Garrett (and Laura) - Boil 'em Cabbages
Lincoln - Minuet 3 - (Bach)
Heidi - Humoresque (Antonin Dvorak)
Emily - Two Gavottes in D Major (Bach)
Charlotte - Variations on La Folia (Arcangelo Corelli)
Abigail - Gigue (J.B. Veracini)
Laura - Banjo and Fiddle (William Kroll)
(Some of the videos that pop up at the end of these videos aren't very appropriate - Sorry about that, but I don't know how to change it)
Saturday, May 7, 2016
Thursday, April 28, 2016
You never know what you'll see when you're driving along
The kids were driving home from violin lessons today, looked over at a pasture and saw a calf at its exact moment of arrival! (Sometimes cows calve standing up, so this calf had a bit of a drop to reach the ground)
Saturday, April 23, 2016
In the doghouse
Lincoln was opening and closing the pasture gate for one of our neighbors who was getting loads of dirt every few minutes, so he found a "comfortable" place to read in the lid of the doghouse between loads.
Friday, April 8, 2016
Monday, April 4, 2016
Garrett
Abigail captured a few pictures of Garrett the other day that I just love. He is growing up so fast!
Digging a house
We have a big pile of dirt in our pasture from digging it out of a stream crossing a few years ago. Lincoln and Garrett have spent hours digging in it this spring.
Saturday, April 2, 2016
Serious reader
Lincoln loves to read and very often gets lost in a book when he is supposed to be getting dressed. I love this picture that Abby took of him - looks like he found a book while he was getting his socks on.
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Stagestruck
A university in the town where our kids take violin lessons has an excellent opportunity for the community. They have a program for Jr. High/High School students to play in their Symphony Orchestra, and also include staff and some others from the community. Laura, Charlotte and Emily (on violin) and Abigail (on viola) have participated this year and have really enjoyed it. This is a very short, not super clear, clip of one of the songs in their rehearsal today. (The name of the concert is Stagestruck)
Monday, February 22, 2016
Fun and Games
Our family new year's resolution this year was to have game night on Monday evenings and music night on Tuesday evenings. We've actually done a pretty good job keeping those evenings reserved for games and music, and it has been about the best tradition we've ever started.
Tonight, Garrett chose to play Old Maid (several games are a little too advanced for him and he ends up playing with his tractors or wandering around the house, so everyone was a good sport and participated in the game so he could enjoy game night, too). I think we ended up having more fun playing Old Maid than any of the other games we've played so far. You probably had to have been here to really appreciate the hilarity of the evening, but I'm pretty sure the neighbors 1/4 mile away could hear our rowdy laughter. Somehow, our Old Maid card is ripped and crumpled and VERY obvious. She made her way around the table - not the traditional way, by being chosen from the hand of cards, but by being passed under the table by siblings old enough to know better. None of the younger kids would pick the card, so the older ones, trying to get the game to move along, would pass it along to someone else so an unsuspecting player would end up with it.
Tonight, Garrett chose to play Old Maid (several games are a little too advanced for him and he ends up playing with his tractors or wandering around the house, so everyone was a good sport and participated in the game so he could enjoy game night, too). I think we ended up having more fun playing Old Maid than any of the other games we've played so far. You probably had to have been here to really appreciate the hilarity of the evening, but I'm pretty sure the neighbors 1/4 mile away could hear our rowdy laughter. Somehow, our Old Maid card is ripped and crumpled and VERY obvious. She made her way around the table - not the traditional way, by being chosen from the hand of cards, but by being passed under the table by siblings old enough to know better. None of the younger kids would pick the card, so the older ones, trying to get the game to move along, would pass it along to someone else so an unsuspecting player would end up with it.
After a couple games of Old Maid, we moved on to a few hands of Rook - the noise level and laughter carried over to that game too.
Saturday, January 30, 2016
City Museum
Yesterday, we kids went to the City Museum in St. Louis for the day. It was originally a shoe factory but someone turned it into a climbing museum. Almost everything is made from old junk welded together.
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| Climbing, climbing, climbing |
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| In the "Electric" chair |
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| An abandoned airplane to climb through |
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| Through the castle window |
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| Pretending to be Rapunzel |
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| Driving the firetruck |
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| The roof was closed yesterday, but usually you can go through the school bus that is hanging over the roof |
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| Through an old cooling duct |
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| All worn out |
- Abby
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Missing his sister
Today, Garrett and I were working on grammar, and I was reading through a list of nouns to label as common or proper. One of the nouns happened to be Laura. I asked him, "What is Laura?" He answered, "Missed!"
Monday, December 14, 2015
Laura's travels
I don't know if she'll actually update while she's there, but Laura has a blog to journal her trip to Ecuador. Thelowlytraveler.blogspot.com
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Monday, December 7, 2015
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