Mommathon

Liam spent a couple of hours each day this week at fiddle camp. He absolutely loved it. They had a “performance” today to showcase a few of the songs they had learned. Here is Liam and his classmate playing Me and My Fiddle.

Colm has been under the weather. Yesterday he slept for most of the day so today we are trying to lay low.

I am helping with VBS in a couple of weeks for the first time ever. I am in charge of crafts. I have the next week or so to do all the prep work for the week’s crafts. I went to a meeting tonight and met my teenage helper, gathered all the supplies I will need, got a tour of the facility we are using for VBS and learned a song or two.

We had no idea when we bought this house that we were also going to be getting free entertainment from the farmer across the street. The boys have been watching him make hay for the past seven days or so, following his progress. The most impressive day was when we came home and there were hay bales, both large and small, spread all across the field. Tonight we watched him pick up all the small pails using some sort of contraption that was attached to his tractor.

The boys spent their morning observing and collecting insects all around our neighborhood. They found their magnifying glass and the little insect keeper they have had for ages. Then they decided they needed a popsicle stick to lure the insects into their insect keeper, but the only popsicle sticks we had were attached to popsicles, soooo….they HAD to eat some popsicles. 🙂

We went on the city’s Tour de Coop on Saturday. The Tour de Coop is a tour of about 16 urban chicken coops that people have in their backyards. One of the coop owner’s we spoke with said that over 100 people applied to the be on the tour, but only 16 were chosen. In other words, there are lots of urban chicken coops around here. We even got to go to the mayor’s house and see his chicken coop. It was interesting seeing all of the different designs. Some people have pretty basic coops, while others had some pretty fancy ones. Many, if not all, were homemade and made out of reclaimed materials.

After going to the library, we headed across town to The Waffle Window. It is exactly what it sounds like. You walk up to a window on the sidewalk to order your waffles. Liam had Banana Rumba, I had Bacon, Basil and Brie and Colm had chocolate-dipped. It was a lovely day to eat outside and the waffles were spectacular. Liam’s was the best by far.

(Project 365-7/23/10)

Then we headed over to Mt. Tabor. It’s a great place to take a little hike and the boys love the playground. They have a teeter-totter and a merry-go-round. It’s hard to find those in parks nowadays, so they are sort of a novelty. Let’s not forget the view…

Swingset in the foreground…snow-covered mountains in the background.

Liam had Lego Robotics camp this week. He was in HOG HEAVEN!!!! There were about ten kids in his class and they worked in pairs, sharing a lap top and a set of Legos to create a variety of Lego creations that they programmed to do a variety of commands complete with sound effects. It was very cool and he is looking forward to being old enough to move on to the next level of classes this winter.