Snow Day

On days like today I'm sure glad I've got a big girl! She can shovel as well as an adult! And she thinks it's FUN!

And just cuz Charlotte's cute:

Morning Music

Every school day we start with a little devotional. The kids take turns picking songs, saying prayers, reciting or reading scriptures, and choosing Friend articles. For a few months now the most popular song has been, "Praise to the Man" because they love the actions they made up. Here are a few.

"Hail to the prophet"

"Ascended to Heaven"

"Traitors and Tyrants now FIGHT him in vain"

"Death shall not conquer the HERO again"

It's not the most reverent of morning devotional songs the way they sing (read: yell) it - but it works.

Sleeping Beauties

I forgot to take a picture until it was past bedtime. The two little ones were asleep, and the two big ones were not. All four are adorable. And I found out I have a very bright flash.

EKG

Sometimes Cameron has free time. When he does, he likes to spend it making really cool stuff. Here is today's project.

This is an EKG. Okay - it's not really. You couldn't us it to get any real medical data. BUT it is a homemade electromagnet. And that wire strung between the wrists DOES bounce in the magnetic field with the pulse of the person. Especially when that person is a grown-up who doesn't wiggle.

And yes, Esther's nose is orange. She painted it at the Children's Museum today. Another thing Cameron does in his free time is take his kids to do fun things. :)

Fun Day, Boring Pictures

Today's field trip was a visit to the Nebraska History Museum. The parking garage was unusually full, so we ended up on the top level. That doesn't happen much, so we took a couple of minutes to look at the view before heading downstairs.

Here is a (not) exciting view of our destination.

And here is the street below the garage.

Just because I was curious how my camera's panoramic mode worked, I took a couple of these.

Yeah, the pictures are pretty boring. "Why," you might ask, "didn't you take pictures of CHILDREN, or the things INSIDE the museum, or even better, CHILDREN with things INSIDE the museum?!" I have a simple answer. I was with those children. My hands were much too busy with them to hold a camera. But it was certainly a great morning. Esther loved all the headdresses, beaded clothes, and military uniforms. William had a blast finding guns and spears that were bigger than him. Alex found everything with wings and/or wheels. Charlotte was twisting around to see so much that I gave in and put her forward facing in the babybjorn.

Breakfast

Why eat with just one spoon when you can get twice the goodness with two?!

Oh - and the rag. Alex is obsessed with cleaning up his little spills during breakfast. If only he cared as much about his big spills...

Art Time

Wednesday is a favorite around here because it is ART DAY!

To be honest - Esther is constantly drawing, coloring, cutting, or in other ways creating. But we usually have official art projects on Wednesdays. Today was playing around with pastels.

William REALLY liked blowing off the dust.