Lego City

The big kids built this lego city. It is a city from another planet. Something with Jedi.

Here you can see a junk yard owner bargining with the pilot that needs the new to him item. The pilot is getting heated.

Life going on per normal outside the Jedi mine.

Where the workers are mining... something. Jewels of some sort. In the background you can see Darth Vader doing... something.

Obi Wan in his new profession as a truck driver.

This must be the Empire's jail. They left some one in here a bit too long.

Target practice. Every Jedi must compete with driods during training. Seems only fitting the would train with them too.

Having Boys...

The front of my Mother's Day card from Alex this year. Beautiful isn't it?

The inside of my Mother's Day card this year. Yes, it says, if you die, we will miss you. I laughed. Gotta love having boys.


The other day I came home to this on our white board.

Having boys is an every day adventure. God, I love them.

What the kids are up to...

Observing nature (4/12) Nesting little bird:

Nesting chickadee (5/1):

Getting over chicken pox (4/19).

Learning to respect other peoples dogs (yes, it is healing very well) (4/24).

Perfecting new found tallents (4/11), survival skills via Boyscouts:

Starting to really read. (5/1)

Learning to use the hose. (5/4)

And of course, life is not complete, without sound effects (4/16).

Quill Writing and homemade ink

Alex and grandma Shari made ink while she was here. Alex has been saving it in a little bottle in his room, and this last week, we made him a quill out of a peahen feather we found at the farm the day before Easter. He has gotten really creative with it and has even started making up some of his own poetry... it is wonderful!

Alex's Pyramid

This was a project he did for school. A paper mache pyramid, complete with one that isn't done (to show the structure) and covered in sand. It turned out really cool! Next time he wants to put little Egyptian men working around it, or something like that. I am keeping an eye out for Egyptian figurines for next time. :) We are working on the Acients next year, so we will have plenty of Egypt study time.

A falcon IN OUR YARD!

This was so cool! We saw a falcon in our yard today... just sitting on the fence. When they were younger, I would be worried for the chickens, but they are nearly as big as the falcon is now. He didn't look at them twice. I thought it was a hawk, but when we looked it up, it was this:

We didn't get a picture of the one in the yard. When I opened the door to get a picture, it flew away, but the picture above was the coloring it had... I love raptors. The kids are developing my passion for them as well. They are lovely creatures.

Bird Feeders...

Bird Feeders

A post from my other blog, talking about the birdfeeder... complete with pictures. :)