The Pinewood Derby

Kieran's Pinewood Derby is tomorrow....he originally said he wanted a 'fast' car, but then decided to build a truck.  The design is his idea - I did the work with the saw, he helped the sanding/glueing/painting, the paint scheme was Sarah's idea, Maddy helped with the Patriot and Seahawk symbol.

His two favorite teams have made the Super Bowl - the day after the Pinewood Derby.  He wanted something to represent both teams.  Heres the early version of the car, after the cutting and glueing...

The finished (almost) product...the Patriot side.  The washers will be added or removed, based on the weigh-in at the derby...we've got to get as close to the maximum allowed weight, or we think we need to get to the maximum weight....

Here's the Seahawk side...

For the record...Kieran want's the Patriots to win the Super Bowl...

Outdoor Fun

Winter break is coming to an end and we've been out on the lake a few times the last couple of days.

Luke is the one whose gone the most, today Lex came with.

They spend a lot of time falling down though...

But it hasn't bothered them too much yet...

There's more pictures with them on the laying on the ice than standing....

Again...

Lex is particularly unstable...

Up and down, up and down....

Kieran hasn't come out to the lake yet...he and his chin still remember the five stitches....

Happy New Year!

2014 has gone and now 2015 has started....we did our best to watch it come in last night.  Maddy was off doing what sixteen year olds do, the rest of us were at home.  We started the night watching Night at the Museum:  Battle of the Smithsonian.  I'm pretty confident that Sarah and I slept through most of the second half of the movie or the battle portions of the movie....the kids stayed up to watch all of it.

The movie ended around 9:45, leaving a long time before the ball would drop (and we were just shooting for New York time, not Minneapolis)....

Luke was the first to fell asleep....

Kieran was eager to stay up....he kept talking about how hard it was and how tired he was...

Lex wasn't up much longer than Luke....

Kieran made it to 2015 (for New York)....

We then all agreed that we could go to bed....happy 2015....