Mardi Gras
The kids enjoyed a small Mardi Gras celebration last week. I made a super yummy king cake and the kids made some pretty cool masks. We even had jambalaya for dinner and the kids paraded around the living room with their masks. Well, all but Tyghe. He fell asleep late in the afternoon and missed it all.
I took Ada on a date last week to see Sleeping Beauty (ballet) and she looked so cute, so we had to snap a few pics. She’s really quite the poser.
I’ve also been busy lately crocheting up a couple more blankets for new babies. Since the last one just went out in the mail today, I don’t want to post them here and spoil the surprise. You can see all of the blankets I’ve made here. These last two were definitely more intricate than most of the others I’ve made. I was very pleased with how they turned out though, and hope the recipients enjoy them as well.
Uncategorized | Comment (0)another update
The past several weeks have been quite busy, and I just haven’t made time to post an update. So, hang on, this could take a bit.
At the end of January, I took Caemlyn to our local ski hill where she had her first ski lesson. She did great, and we spent the afternoon skiing down the beginner slope together. She was quite nervous on her first run down (and fell several times), but after a break and the realization that she could do it – she had several more good runs. As for myself, I’ve never been much of a skier, but didn’t do too bad after a 17+ year break.
Also at the end of January, the 5th graders participated in a wax museum. They had to learn about an explorer and put together a poster on that individual. Then they got to dress-up like their explorer and had a wax museum in the school gym. Everyone that came to see them got tickets that you could put in their box, which would trigger the student to give a brief speech on who they were. Both Caemlyn and Zephram did an excellent job.
Caemlyn was Rachel Carson, a marine biologist, 2nd woman to work for the Department of Fish and Game, and the woman that discovered that DDT killed not only mosquitoes, but the environment as well.
Zephram was Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite and source of the Nobel Peace Prize.
At the beginning of February, my parents came for a visit. We had lots of fun with them here, and Justin and I even got to use the available babysitting for a night out. One of the highlights of their visit, was a “trip” to a sledding hill at a local park. Everyone (except grandpa) had lots of fun sledding down the hill over and over. I didn’t take my camera, but my parents did and got some great pics here.
The week leading up to Valentine’s Day, we participated in a secret valentine exchange with other families in our ward. We had lots of fun coming up with fun things to give our family. I was particularly pleased with a couple of the things I made.
I crocheted a heart garland and sewed up a love note pillow.
On the last day, we took them a heart shaped pizza (chicken, cashews and green chilies – yum!) and homemade fortune cookies. One of the cookies contained a fortune that let them know everything was from our family. We also gave them homemade sugar cookies, hot cocoa mix and a book.
The kids got a 5 day weekend out of President’s Day, so we took advantage of some temporary nice weather and went on a hike. We headed down to the Cochiti Pueblo and hiked the Tent Rocks National Monument. Perfect day for a hike, but there was still enough snow and ice the higher we went that it got pretty slippery. The kids handled the slippery slopes better than Justin and I, but we won’t go into detail about that.
Before we hit the snow, there was a cool Pinon Pine that had many of its roots above ground. Very cool looking.
The path got quite narrow in some places, and we even had to duck under a huge boulder.
But, we made it to the top of the mesa, and the view was beautiful, even for this not so beautiful time of year in New Mexico. 3 miles round trip, and the kids did a great job hiking. Tyghe even hiked all the way to the top, but got carried most of the way back down.
