Beanie, Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Beanie Girl! Hope you have a wonderful new year!!!

Gingerbread Men

Or, the men of ginger. Weston was "studying" the gingerbread man story at school, so we decided to make gingerbread men with Omi (Ginger) while she stayed with us.

There are two recipes you can use. Click here for the one Omi and the boys made. The recipe that Weston got from school is easy and fun, too:

One spice cake mix

Two eggs

1/3 cup vegetable oil

Mix together and then roll and cut out shapes. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Makes about 2 dozen small cookies or one very large gingerbread man!
They bought white frosting, with sprinkles on the side, and used chocolate chips for eyes and buttons. They helped make the mix, bake the cookies, and finally decorate and EAT them!

Thanks Omi for all the fun!

At the Beach, By Ellie

We were at the beach for vacation. We found shells and we were catching fish and we were holding some. On that day, before that when we were at the beach earlier, there were some fish on the waves coming, but they were already dead.

I found so many shells. I liked it at the beach.

"Penguin" Woods, by Ethan

Yesterday I went golfing with my Dad. At one hole I hit a ball by a water hazard. It hit the water and then bounced off onto the land. Then I had to get past a sand trap. I hit the ball and it bounced over the sand trap and rolled onto the green. The ball was about 25 feet from the hole and I putted it and it made it in! The hole was a par 3 and I shot par! I felt awesome! I'm also taking golf in p.e. at school. At p.e. my friend Nick and I have two superstitious clubs. One is a 7 iron with "Foxx" on it, and we call it Mr. Foxy, and the other one has a bunch of blue paint on it and we call it Mr. Bluebird. We both take turns using the clubs. I really enjoy it.

Franky the fast turtle

Today we found a turtle. We found it on the road and we pick it up. We put it in the truck and took it home. You wouldn't believe this: he is very fast. I call him Franky fast. I put him in a box to keep him. He is black and yellow. I will take a picture and show it to you.

Ellie

A Poem from Tallis' Book

This poem comes from one of Tallis' books. Do you have a favorite poem?

CATS

Cats sleep
Anywhere,
Any table,
Any chair,
Top of piano,
Window-ledge,
In the middle,
On the edge,
Open drawer,
Empty shoe,
Anybody's
Lap will do,
Fitted in a
Cardboard box,
In the cupboard
With your frocks--
Anywhere!
They don't care!
Cats sleep
Anywhere.

by Eleanor Farjeon

Noah Says Thanks

This is Noah's mom, writing to say a big "Thank You!" to Unky Kimball for his wonderful InsideOut music. Noah asks to listen to it all the time. We keep it in the car and Noah just loves to sing along to all of the songs. He especially likes "The Priesthood is Restored" and of course the Snowman songs. We really appreciate Kimball's talent and the way he has shared it with the world!