Colin's Dance Mania

Well usually Ashlynn is the one dancing away, but the entire school had a month of dancing fun in PE and music!  So here is a sneak peek at Colin's dance premier :)  Of course Ash had to get in there to "show him how it is done" and even mommy and daddy tried our hand at some dancing!

Pinewood Derby

Colin's 3rd Derby now, and he still LOVES it!  He did much more of the creating, building, etc. but still needed daddy's help on some tasks!  They have so much fun building together!

CRAZY few weeks of Projects!

Colin has kept us quite busy lately with projects!  First we experimented with Jello to learn the effects of earthquakes...

Then we built an Egyptian pyramid out of sugar cubes....

And finally...for now....the 100's project where Colin decided to build a hockey rink and use 100 jelly beans for the people!  I only have the beginning picture....i forgot to take the finished pic, but will get one when we bring the project back home....

Old Photos!

I've been cleaning out pictures and trying to get many of them scanned in so I can share!

I've had some cool walks down memory lane and hope everyone else enjoys them as well!

Check out the rest of the pics here!

BLIZZARD 2010 take 2

yes we are getting buried again....a possible 8-14 inches and 40-50 mph winds!  INSANE!

I'll keep posting the pics here!

Cabin Fever!

WOW!  After a day off last Wednesday, then off from Friday through today (Wednesday) you start getting cabin fever and need to find some creative things to do inside!

We've tried to stay busy.....

(MON) Let's see...we've grown crystals, finished tons of laundry, put together a computer server, finished 9 digital scrapbook pages (so far), built a HUGE k'nex carnival, cleaned our rooms, trashed our rooms with toys and dress up clothes, had friends hike through the snow to play at our house, we've braved the snow to play at friends' houses, shoveled, shoveled, shoveled, built a snow fort, played legos, worked on Spanish assignments, read books, made cookies with Easy Bake
(TUES) getting out of the house (ok getting stuck trying to get out of our driveway, but we got out) but we got out for neighborhood milk, TP, etc run yesterday We took Colin to a friends house to play, did some more shoveling trying to find out street, delivered groceries, left Ash with the Dunne girls, got a little house cleaning done, sorted through and cleaned out photos, played Wii, made Chilli, and snow ice cream
 
(WED) well now that is is snowing again....blizzard strength winds and white out conditions, we've started Colin on some Egypt research (they should be starting their lessons on that in school this week), and Ash is practicing her writing.....we shall see what else gets done today.
 
To see pics of our cabin fever.....click here!

2 1/2 feet of snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AND STILL SNOWING! 

So far we still have power (even though the front of our neighborhood lost power for a few hours this morning) So the kids can still watch movies and play Wii, and I can wash/dry laundry, and take a hot shower :)  Just need serious drugs for the back pain after shoveling 4 times and need to go out again.

Keep praying for us and all of those affected by this storm especially the elderly, homeless and the emergency responders and snow plow operators!

Keep watching the same snow album on facebook for all of the WHITE pics!