Odds and Ends April 2013

 The kids like to bowl.

 Coryn finished up his wolf, and participated in a flag ceremony.

 Jovey looks like she's eating dirt, but she's not.  I promise.

Coryn gave a farmers market performance.  Good stuff.

March 2013 Blue and Gold and Pinewood Derby

 Each Blue and Gold here they have a table with strips of paper and tape galore so that the kids can keep busy making paper chains.  They always get to display the giant chain they made at the start of the ceremonies.  This year they had fancy mustache straws too.

 Pinewood derby!  Fun times, there were three boxes full like this one, all fun and unique designs.  Coryn got 7th place overall, pretty awesome for his first car!  He designed and I shaped, then we threw on a heavy coin to make it weigh as much as possible.  The crew here has a fancy electronics-supported racetrack.

Coryn Turns 7

 I sent them on a Lord of the Rings quest which involved clues and a couple of props... like I printed out an Ent face and put it on a tree, and stuck a giant Halloween spider at the top of the rocks to be Shelob.

 Yay for Bundt pans! writing by Natalie (who won prizes for cake decorating at the fair in Boise)

 Friends and craziness.

There she is!  Keeping an eye on the kids.

SCIENCE! *insert explosion*

 Jefferson Community College holds a science fair each year.  Super Science Saturday.  Its pretty awesome!  Hands-on child-friendly exhibits in several buildings on campus.  Exhibits range from creating a vacuum (can crushing) to titration (make the pink disappear) to maggots (bug art) to building a circuit... and so much more! 

 Coryn has a love of science, likes to look at my college books, and tells me frequently he's going to be a potions scientist (chemistry).  He even started telling me he had a special science teacher at school and told me about all the things he is learning (untrue).  Carter had fun too, but not nearly as much as Coryn, though he was keen on the circuit building and got a 'build your own bubble blower' for Christmas. 

Random December

Nap on the floor...









Christmas decorations and nativities....
playing with shoes and a friend's dog...










Peacemaker of the month award (like student of the month, but they can pick lots of people)



Cub scout trip to the local tv studio.

Cub scouts got to do a lot in Nov, a visit to the police station including a one on one with McGruff,





getting to see a detainment chair,




a space derby







Coryn went with metallic green, got third on one of his races, not bad considering it was his first attempt at any kind of derby.



and of course, a Christmas party, here they are decorating gingerbread houses.

Coryn's 6th Bday

Duh duh duh, duh du duuuuuuh, duh du duuuuuuuuh.... light saber cupcakes, uber easy!


he's got some of the best facial expressions...










Happy birthday bud!





















probably his favorite present, the MP3 player. Yes, they are conducting the music of Harry Potter

And Then Came....

Parents left,













Jovey's still cute...















Coryn started 1st grade











boys like building stuff at Lowes









And Carter likes crazy hats.

Water Safari!

Water Safari... strangest water park you'll find... half water park half carnival rides/storybook village (must be the 'enchanted forest' part) and it has its own circus show. It was supposed to be a warm day... but started out quite chilly, everyone 'wore' their towels around as we toured the section filled with storybook things like the pumpkin house from that mother goose rhyme and Pinocchio.


It did warm up enough to get in the water, and the boys had fun doing so. they even got to go on one of the big rides since we were there with our FRG group I volunteered to laze around with everyone's stuff and Jovey while they got in the water, etc.
Jovey is quite good at lazing... and hydrating.









Here's some of the ladies from our group...









Jovey really enjoyed the train ride, look she's racing!

instrument petting zoo

they tried more than I could snap pictures of, and they have descent chops for being so young :D