Monday, February 15, 2016
How to Train a Nerd
We had a random snow day today as we had freezing rain most of the morning. I went to work, but they sent us home at lunch. After having some fun finger painting with the kids, Chris decided to put together a few light saber grips he got for Christmas. After he got one put together A asked if she could go outside and play with it. As she put on her coat Chris said she looked like Luke on Hoth (the ice planet). So we pulled out a couple of our already existent light sabers and went out to play in the ice. We had fun until G caught A in the nose and I caught Chris in the hand.
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Valentine's Day Post
Well, we are getting white precipitation out of the sky again. Let's see how much mayhem it causes this time. It wasn't bad when we went out earlier, but that doesn't mean it won't stay "not bad." That, and "Not bad" around here is drastically different than anywhere else I've been. I'm sure there will be delayed schools at the very least. Hopefully though Chris will also be delayed so that he can take the kids to school and I can get to work on time.
Last Sunday was quite the event for us at church. We had a combined service that required some technical savvy from Chris and I got to play some pretty fantastic bells. The bells were quite good, in fact, everyone has said we need to play the piece yearly. Also, several from the early less hymnlike service have asked if we'll play bells with a guitar and do a Mannheim Steamroller type thing. We shall see. I got to play all eight of my bells for the song which is quite a few. I only had a couple of difficult key changes to make it through.
Miss A is working hard on getting ready for kindergarten next fall. She is driving everyone at school nuts as she is bored with the work. She'll tell you she's bored, so she's creating a bit of drama apparently. Who knew.
Mister G is working hard at potty training! (Yay! We might be out of diapers soon!!!) He's also working hard at talking and "doing it myself" until you walk away, then he wants help. I think he talked from the time he woke up from nap this afternoon until about 25 minutes ago when Chris started putting him to bed. He's also trying hard to help -- so he's learning to stir stuff on the stove in the kitchen. He loves to tell you that it is hot and to be careful. (guess what he hears a lot?) He will definitely have to learn by trial though, so we are kind of giving up telling him that it is cold outside and will simply let him walk outside sans coat. He normally makes it about three steps before deciding he wants a coat after all. It is never boring to say the least. Here's the latest picture of him holding up his drumsticks. He will beat on anything and turn it into a drum! He sees the drummers at church use multiple things besides sticks to play the drums, so he isn't being entirely unreasonable we don't think.
Last Sunday was quite the event for us at church. We had a combined service that required some technical savvy from Chris and I got to play some pretty fantastic bells. The bells were quite good, in fact, everyone has said we need to play the piece yearly. Also, several from the early less hymnlike service have asked if we'll play bells with a guitar and do a Mannheim Steamroller type thing. We shall see. I got to play all eight of my bells for the song which is quite a few. I only had a couple of difficult key changes to make it through.
Miss A is working hard on getting ready for kindergarten next fall. She is driving everyone at school nuts as she is bored with the work. She'll tell you she's bored, so she's creating a bit of drama apparently. Who knew.
Mister G is working hard at potty training! (Yay! We might be out of diapers soon!!!) He's also working hard at talking and "doing it myself" until you walk away, then he wants help. I think he talked from the time he woke up from nap this afternoon until about 25 minutes ago when Chris started putting him to bed. He's also trying hard to help -- so he's learning to stir stuff on the stove in the kitchen. He loves to tell you that it is hot and to be careful. (guess what he hears a lot?) He will definitely have to learn by trial though, so we are kind of giving up telling him that it is cold outside and will simply let him walk outside sans coat. He normally makes it about three steps before deciding he wants a coat after all. It is never boring to say the least. Here's the latest picture of him holding up his drumsticks. He will beat on anything and turn it into a drum! He sees the drummers at church use multiple things besides sticks to play the drums, so he isn't being entirely unreasonable we don't think.
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