Thinking of Easter

Thinking

love

gifts

family

life

love of God

gifts of friends

family near and far

life that is so short and precious

life

family

gifts

love

Sugar camp

Sugar camp is what they call this two hour trip into the 1800's. We had the most fun on our field trip to the county to the east of us to see how maple sugar is made. It was incredible. Tasting the sap straight from the tree was so refreshing. See more at our homeschool blog. :) One field trip that will linger in our minds.

tasting the syrup

pushing the cork out of the sumac tree to make the stile (wooden straw)

boil sap to make syrup

sap collection.
soo tasty!!!

Operation Write Home

Supporting our troops by making homemade cards! Right up my alley... A nonprofit called Operation Write Home is connecting crafters with active soldiers to provide ways for them to communicate with family and friends back home.When you sign up to help they send you a free stamp with the logo Operation Write Home to stamp on the back. I was so excited when mine arrived, so this weekend, I dug out a few boxes of supplies and made a handful of miss you cards. What an easy way to help give back to our troops and let them know they are not forgotten. They encourage children to add thank you cards so they can give to heroes who don't receive many letters. So next week, I'll have the Doll make some notes. 

Situation fish tank

Oh this stinking fish tank...... When we had it set up in Denver, we didn't have trouble keeping the water clean. The only thing we can figure is that they are getting too much food. So now mommy is the feeder of the fish. We emptied out the whole 55gallon stinky (imagine wet dirty dog) tank and started over. The poor fish had to spend the day on the counter in some flower vases. If this change of water doesn't keep filtered, the fish tank will become the new hermit crab habitat. 

Date night 21

With two older brothers, Lola was in heaven while they kept her so mom and dad could go on a date night. We had a great time, this dessert was a very tasty treat:). After dinner we went to see the West Side Story that was playing in the city. Fun, fun~ grownup time.

UNO

We had a sunny, warm day to visit with Great Granny. The boys are in town for their dad's birthday and had some free time to do some visiting. Uno is slowly becoming our new favorite card game with Great granny:) Thanks for the homemade pie!

Charlotte still hanging around

Charlotte is such an easy pet to have, Lola enjoys taking her for a walk in her buggy and letting her race across the living room floor. It is also just fun to sit and read with the lizard on your shoulder once in a while. Did you know that lizards have ears and snakes don't? Here's more info on leopard Geckos.