Emily and I watched a free kids knife skills class yesterday. She was trying to cut cheese to make herself a grilled cheese sandwich, so it seemed like the right moment. Today we made some play dough fruits and vegetables: apple, avocado, potato, carrot, and zucchini. She got to work cutting with her fingers soldier…
Experiences
A Family Wood shop Morning
Andrew and I have a dream to have a wood shop of our very own. We want a place to teach our kids how to use tools and build whatever idea pops into our minds. Currently our projects are accomplished with Andrew cutting the wood on campus and us gluing at home. This works well…
Nature Fridays
In an attempt to slow down and connect with my kids, we’ve instituted Nature Fridays. We’ve been leaving mid-morning and heading to the celery bog nature area for some adventuring and a picnic lunch. The first week we ate lunch, played a few games (red light, green light; duck duck goose), and then went on…
Pictures from Prophetstown
When we were in Prophetstown a few weeks ago, Andrew took the camera and followed the kids around: (ok I took this one…)
Jessica’s Birthday Adventure
A few weeks ago we planned to go camping with a group of eight other families. When Friday rolled around only two families were still able to join us, and we had a marvelous time. Emily, Nathan, and I spent all day getting ready, with Andrew joining us around three for the final preparations. As we…
Emily’s Three!
The last six months or so Emily has ended many requests with, “…two because I’m two.” I’m was curious how the transition to being three would go. Just fine. “…three because I’m three” began in earnest on Saturday along with exclamations of “I’m three just like everyone else!” Everyone else being the four other friends…
Gymnastics
One afternoon in a moment of exhaustion, I laid out some scrap pieces of wood to make a balance beam for Emily. “Let’s do gymnastics!” I exclaimed with enthusiasm. Emily insisted that we also needed bars to hang on to do gymnastics. She has grown up seeing Aunt Christine in the gym and has a…
Newspaper Printing Press
At the end of August I set up a tour of the Journal and Courier, the local newspaper in Lafayette. We invited all our friends and had a really fun experience seeing the ginormous printing press at work. We learned that they not only print our towns newspaper, but newspapers and ads for many of…
Travel Log Part 4
Thank you Jenny, Mike, Kimby, and Andrew for donating pictures to this log! Thursday, June 30. Andrew flew home from New Orleans on Thursday morning and his parents picked him up from the airport and brought him down to Provo. Mike and Andrew helped with the final round of packing and then we drove down…
“Princess Ballerina of the World” with Fairy Wings
Emily is going through a pretty big princess phase right now. Usually pink princess, and more often than not a ballerina princess too. This last week she found a large rubber band that she puts on as her crown and exclaims, “I’m the princess ballerina of the world!” followed by asking me to dance with…