Family Adventure in the Making...

After church today we decided to "go for a drive" - we weren't quite sure what would unfold before us.  We set our course to drive to a State Park over an hour away, and from there it snowballed into a fun rest stop and visiting our capital city!

Well thank you, Mr. Bear. :-)

This suburb-raised CA girl still gets excited about seeing deer!

Hand dryers - oh the joys of being easily entertained!

Diggin' the tile floor of the 5 Great Lakes.

Oh what fun - chairs. ;-)

Suh-weet Museum - free admission on Sunday to boot!

M loved the replica of the Liberty Bell.

Huge 3D map of Michigan.

Ford's assembly line for the Model T.

J's shirt matched the Corvette!

Army/Navy Room.

Nearly 2-ton "winged" copper piece

 

Michigan's capitol building in Lansing.

Daddy's barber shop

On Saturday Scotty cut M's and N's hair. Both of them look so much older (and still super cute) ;-) with their new crew-cuts.

Pre-cut - super mop top!

Cheesy grin, take 1

 

Cheesy grin, take 2

Impromptu Science Lesson

While I was getting ready to wash up some dishes today I remembered the older two had left water cups in the van after we got home from church on Sunday.  So I dashed out to the garage to grab them, and wow!  All the water in their cups were frozen solid.  The kids and I had fun trying to melt the ice enough to get the big cup-shaped cubes out.  [Insert science lesson here on how water can be a liquod, solid or gas.] ;-)

Popcorn

This year we're going through a unit study of the United States - each week we focus on a different state and our science, history and geography comes from that given state.  It's been tons of fun; we've been absorbing so many facts about US History, discovering new landmarks, learning how things work, and getting to know so many "friends" of the past.

While studying Indiana, we learned all about popcorn.  So of course we just had to eat popcorn for snack.  The kids (and I) ;-) enjoyed plugging in the air popper and waiting for the kernels to POP!

Measure...

...wait...

...enjoy!

Hello, and Goodbye, February

Yikes, it's been a mite too long since I've posted anything on this here bliggity-blog.  Here's just a sampling of life. ;-)

A whole lot of SNOW this winter!!

N's 18month check-up - fit as a fiddle and cute as can be

Grabbing a $.01 ride on Sandy at Meijer

Building at GRCM

Having fun exploring RVs...

...at a local RV store's winterfest

J's 3!!  Big bro played "Happy Birthday" for her

New clothes from Sovilla's, new crib from Ruth's

"Chubby leggers" commanding big bro

Fascinated by dad tuning the guitar

Just before M's first swim class!

(M is on the far left)

Boys at a tea party

While Joy nibbles on her make-believe delicacies, her younger brother makes up a game with his cup.  May be the last invite he gets to a tea party. ;-)

Christmastime Pics (Part I)

Yikes, can't believe I've been sitting on these festive photos so long.  Just a sampling of the really great Christmas break we had!  Here's a quick batch of the week leading up to Jesus' birthday, I'll try to get another batch up of the actual Christmas photos like I promised the grandmas. :-)

Christmas songs by the Christmas tree in Christmas PJs before bedtime

 

Making Gingersnaps for our neighbors and friends

 

Finishing up a niece's scarf, one of...

...many!

Getting the CA package ready to ship (mostly scarves) ;-)

More daddy time, yay!!

After watching this documentary, did a 10-day reboot.

Getting goodies ready for our neighborhood caroling.

Goodies ready to be passed out!  Found the poem here.

 

Church Snow Day on 12/22, but grabbed a family pic at home in our Sunday clothes :-)