Kindergarten Program

Luke had his spring program last week...there won't be any Oscars given out, but it was still fun.  The auditorium was packed, kids were nervous, but there was cookies afterwards...

Luke and one other boy shared a line --- Fannie and Nilly Goat went to say good bye to the butterflies --- that we had been practicing for almost two months....

There were songs, it was hard to understand most of the speakers, one absent minded girl almost walked right off the stage (the music teacher got to her first), and one boy even jumped off the stage and ran through the crowd...

Only two more spring school programs to go....

What I Want to Be....

Luke is in the local paper, each spring they do a "what I want to be..." section on all the area Kindergarten classrooms.  Here's Luke's class...

It's usually a fun read - you get the expected jobs - professional athletes, teachers, police/fire, musicians, etc.  Students also have to say something about how they'll learn their future profession.

Well Luke's future profession is Archaeologist and he says he will learn how to do that by learning about dinosaur bones.

Talking with Luke and his teacher, he was trying to say Paleontologist, but she couldn't understand him so they ended up with Archaeologist.....even Luke knows there's a difference between Paleontologists and Archaeologists.....

Spring??

It's currently 45 degrees and the sun isn't going to set until after 7:00 pm.  Here's the week's forecast:

It was time to get outside --- Kieran was out for most of the day yesterday, today we took a long walk (though I was the only one walking).

Two scooters and a bike (with training wheels) and they're off.  I'm on my own for most of the time.  Kieran and Luke usually lead the way, they took off towards Pam's house, hoping for snacks (which she provided, fruit snacks and water).

Lex came down that hill much more confidently today, apparently she's learned using her brake is better than screaming while flying out of control until she's at the bottom.

In 2012, the second week of March saw temperatures of 66, 66, 65 and 73.  We're not going to get there, but....we've got liquid water on top of the ice on the lake and most of the snow is gone around the area.  Early spring or just a break?

Strep...again...

It's been a whole two weeks since I took Kieran and Lex to Two Twelve Medical Center for strep tests (which were positive) and Sarah subsequently tested positive for strep the next day.  Well...Kieran and I took a return visited yesterday.  He tested positive again...we're home from school today -- he's watching the Super Bowl (probably the 10th time) on the NFL network.

We had to wait a while for the nurse/doctor to see him yesterday.  Only Kieran would take advantage of the time and find some sports to watch.  It happened to be Duke vs. North Carolina Women's basketball....

"Dad, do you know the Duke is the 16th ranked team and North Carolina is the 15th ranked team?"

"Dad, this is the same court that the men's team plays on and the court is named after the men's coach."

"Dad, did you know that Duke and North Carolina Universities are located real close to each other?"

"Dad - ......"  "Dad - ......"  "Dad - ....."

Okay, Kieran.....

Luke's Haircut

So Luke got a haircut...he wanted it short and with a spike.  It's the shortest haircut we think he's ever had....

He wants to wear the spike to school too....not sure how it'll work out with the winter hat that needs to be worn....

MN Timberwolves and Swarm

We got some tickets through Hope Kids to go to a Minnesota Swarm lacrosse and a Minnesota Timberwolves basketball game over the last two weeks.  As you can expect, Kieran was looking forward to both of these....football is over and he needs something to occupy his time.

Two weeks ago, we went to St. Paul for the Swarm and no one really knew what to expect with the lacrosse game...

Kieran certainly kept busy watching...

Luke didn't really take to the game much, he preferred to walk in the concourse seeing what was all there (though it might have been the mini donuts he really liked)...

Lex really liked the popcorn...

But everyone really seemed to like the lacrosse game, it was a new experience...

And they won in overtime (all Kieran has talked about for months is games going into overtime...he really wanted the Super Bowl to go into overtime)...

Last night we went to Minneapolis for the Timberwolves game...

The kids were given lunch boxes right away (which they really liked) and Lex found some dancers...

Of course you have to take pictures at your first game...

I think the kids liked the basketball game better (I know Luke did)....

Lex still liked her popcorn...

But a completely new experience for Luke was the finding of the 'trough'...he had no idea and refused to use it...

The Wolves won too (111-109) against the Phoenix Suns, their 12th win of the year...Kieran's thinking he's the lucky charm...

President's Day & Strep Throat

How do you spend President's Day?  We're doing it differently this year....

Kieran and Lex tested positive for strep yesterday....Sarah was diagnosed with strep this morning...all three of them slept in the living room last night.

Maddy's been gone all weekend, so she's okay.  Luke and I have avoided it so far...we'll see how long that lasts, Luke went to Bev's today thinking it'd be more fun....

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....