Posted in alaska, geography, pre-school on Feb 29th, 2008 3 Comments »
The Iditarod ceremonial start is tomorrow, so today the littles and I took the opportunity to get into the arctic spirit! First, Mama bear cooked up a big pot of “Polar Bear Porridge,” ( which was actually grits with white cheese) but when it was scooped into the baby bears’ bowls, we found it to [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Feb 29th, 2008 1 Comment »
In honor of Superboy’s visit last night to the White River, Arkansas, home of the White River Monster: Get Your Monster Name hat tip:Childsplay
Posted in cross-coutry trip on Feb 28th, 2008 4 Comments »
Well, I’d like to say they started off well, but shortly after this picture was taken, the ambulance had engine trouble and they had to stop for the night in the middle of Tennessee for repairs. This morning they are patiently waiting for parts to arrive. It’s not nearly as far as they had hoped [...]
Posted in cross-coutry trip on Feb 27th, 2008 10 Comments »
Superboy and his dad left this morning for their cross-country trip! The past few days have been a crazy combination of teary re-unions and cheerful goodbyes as dh stopped by only long enough (3 days) to say hello, pack a few things, grab Superboy, and take off again!Superboy is so excited and I am thrilled [...]
Posted in alaska, art on Feb 23rd, 2008 6 Comments »
Just WOW! And Thank you!!! I can’t believe the amazing response I have gotten from you folks on my last post asking for art resources! So many resources to check out and they all sound awesome!! And the best part???? I got comments from readers I have never heard from before!!I just love that! Hi [...]
Posted in art on Feb 21st, 2008 25 Comments »
Seems I spoke too soon when I said we had this illness about beat. I am now sicker than ever. Thank God for Netflix, is all I’m saying… In the mean time I am nursing myself back to health by alternately laying on the couch moaning (while JackJack takes full advantage of my immobility by [...]
Posted in alaska, Random Ramblings on Feb 20th, 2008 7 Comments »
Lance Mackey has just won his 4th consecutive Yukon Quest! He pulled into Whitehorse a slim 15 minutes ahead of 2nd place finisher (and fellow Fairbanks resident) Ken Anderson. Go here for video. Next stop: Iditarod!
Posted in nature study on Feb 18th, 2008 9 Comments »
Feeling a bit better around here, definitely showing signs of life, at least! The bug has been nearly beaten by Superboy and myself, JackJack and Squirt are still sick but over the worst of it, I think, and it seems to have spared JBug and Modgirl entirely (knock wood). Now it is back to business [...]
Posted in Catholicism on Feb 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
I just may have to break my crafting fast for this one:Lourdes water mini font We just finished watching The Song of Bernadette (wonderful movie, btw) so it seems a very appropriate craft to do. Besides, if you’ll recall from my craft rant I do not have a problem with doing crafts that have a [...]
Posted in alaska, Curriculum or Lack Thereof... on Feb 16th, 2008 3 Comments »
Super sore throats here at LaPaz means everything we eat around here has to be mushy. Very appropriate since today is the deadline for us to choose our mushers for the eIditarod project. It wasn’t easy, but here are our choices: Me: Martin Buser(4 time Iditarod champ and speed record holder) Superboy: Jeff King (4 [...]
