Grandma Glover's Slip N Slide is a hit! Especially with a little modification.

I take it that The Weather Channel either employs unsophisticated software or is being a little tongue-in-cheek in acknowledgement of meteorology's reputation for inaccuracy.

Note the temperature reported for the moment is 1 degree higher than the high temperature reported for today.

I think this is from the same web site that displays the headline "Global Warming Will Kill Us All Soon," right above the news report that there has been global cooling over the last decade.

Easter Fun!

After carving some meat off this turkey leg for the kids' dinner, Leslie exclaimed, "It looks like a turkey!" So, we now witness Leslie's first foray into a new facet of her artistry: sculpture. They always move when the camera comes out. But it was cute seeing Chris use Shannon as a pillow.

Youth Convention 2009

Upstream members made it to the Giant Center OK

Found good seats.

One Person likes to be in the camera's viewfinder a lot.

Awesome Worship. Great Sermon. Aftermath.

Alright, the photo man has done his stuff but he wasn't around here for these stories.

 

I try to meditate a little each day - nothing mystical - just to calm myself down to a normal-person pace.  Well, I keep falling asleep when I meditate in the afternoon.  Doug said, "Why don't you try in the morning?" 

"Sure, good idea, " I said.  Well, this morning Aaron was off to school, Christopher was ready for the day and playing, and Shannon was still in bed.  (This is typical.)  So I go in my room for my peaceful time.  Wouldn't you know it, I ended up back in bed!  Shannon comes knocking on my door and says in a plaintive voice, "Mommy, can you get me breakfast?"  Of course I hop right out with a big smile, right?  No!  I say, "Shannon, you can get yourself cereal or a bagel, OK?"  Very obediently and cluelessly she went away. (She has never gotten herself breakfast before.)  I come down to find her eating a toasted bagel with butter.  I was impressed.  She said, "I decided on a bagel when Christopher agreed to take it out of the toaster for $2.  Don't worry Mom, right after I eat I will pay him."  Big grins from both.  So who really needs a mom anyway?

 

Later, I was cutting down some dry ornamental grasses in the front yard when I noticed a bunch of feathers.  Looking closer, I discovered a clutch of beautiful eggs!  Christopher and I were amazed.  There was one shy of a dozen.  I remembered a couple of ducks that wouldn't leave our yard the other day, so I guessed they belonged to them.  Well, we had fun cracking one.  I was a little scared - I didn't know if I would find a gooey egg or a half-developed embryo staring at me.  It looked like a regular unfertilized gooey egg.  So what do you think I did?  That's right, I had Christopher wash them and put them in our fridge.  I looked duck eggs up on the internet (What did we do before the net?) and found that ours were indeed duck eggs.  And you can eat them, the same as chicken eggs.  (You can also eat them if they are pre-hatched chicks - it's supposedly an Asian delicacy full of protein.  Sounds like a bunch of down and bones to me. Yuck.)  Well, we are going to eat them tomorrow.  Wish us luck!

Shannon lost a tooth!

Shannon created a library in our family room. She is readin a story to one of her patrons. I don't know what Chris is, but he sure is a good one.

One of my patients saw this scene as he drove by the house the other day. He threatened to report me for violating child labor laws. I am not worried, though. I think in order to violate those laws you have to pay the children for the work.

Chris is a big boy and doesn't need a nap. Instead, he goes to his room after lunch every day for room time. Here he is playing in a box.

Mom gets a standing O for her great pancakes!
On a sweltering day in early March (it was 60 degrees!) we had to head to the park for a pre-Spring outing.

Chris and Aaron display their Lego armada.