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A sledding some would go…

| Stacy

We haven’t had much snow this year (PTL!!!) but when we did timed out just right in our busy schedules.  The youngest two had a planned afternoon with Nan, so I offered the oldest four a trip to the hill at the high school.  Tabitha decided she’d rather hang with Nan, so Stewart, Nigel, and Marie gave their snowboards a test drive.  The hill is big and it was a little harder than they’d expected.

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I, of course, observed from the car.  I ventured out on occasion to catch an image with my zoomy-zoom lens.

Thanksgiving dinner in February!

| Stacy

As I write this on March 12th, we have had only one legitimate storm this winter.  It came on Tuesday, February 16th and dumped a mountain of snow in 16 hours.  While it didn’t occur to me to take a single picture of the storm (because it’s snow and it wasn’t a record) I DID take a photo of our dinner.  When we pulled our turkey out of the freezer to thaw on Saturday we had no idea how wonderful the timing would be for our FEAST!

 

I diced veggies between language lessons and simmer between math classes. 

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The house smelled heavenly as this

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turned into this.

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Marie made a pie.

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And Tabitha helped peel potatoes.

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The storm was a contender.  I went out at 7:30 A.M. to snow blow for about 40 minutes.  Later, around 2 P.M. the older three rotated in helping me as we spent another 90 minutes clearing it again.  It was the heavy, wet stuff, and it took a lot of effort to move. 

At 4 P.M. our neighbor knocked on the door asking for help dislodging his tractor that had gotten stuck as he tried to plow.  Stewart had JUST asked me to teach him how to use the snowblower an hour or two ago, so he was ready to help.  Nigel grabbed a shovel and worked with Dave and his wife, Judy, to free their John Deere. 

John left work early and was pleasantly surprised to find his commute home was not painful.  He couldn’t get his car through the part of the private drive that connected our drive to the main road, so he and the boys worked at moving that snow.

And then …..

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It was so crazy yummy. 

And pie for dessert.
See how Katriel eats pie?  Oh my she is so cute!!!

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Nene’s birthday

| Stacy

My sister’s February birthday often provides a warm spot in a chilly month. 
After swim class, Nan made a delicious Italian dinner and I brought a cake.

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Happy birthday, Kelly!!

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And HELLO FROSTING!  Rowahw.

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co op 2016

| Stacy

This crazy thing happened last fall.
We were making excellent progress through school and Mommy wondered, “How can I make us really over-extended for the winter and Mommy wondered, “How can I enhance their learning experiences?”
So I added skating for 8 weeks, and co op for 10 weeks.  Co op actually takes 13 weeks to complete because of all the seasonal breaks.  And the skating and co op only overlapped for four weeks. 
I offered to teach an art class.  And it filled up with 16 students in the first day.  The offerings turned out to be not so robust for my boys; they needed to take a study hall for their first period.  Marie and Tabitha chose to take a NYS history class, my art class, and gym.  Like the boys, they get to be together for all of their classes.
Johanna and Katriel only get to take gym together.  I am a helper in there, which is good because it is a little over Katriel’s head.  From there Johanna has science and chorus, and Katriel has Play-Doh class and a music class that I attend with her.  By the end of week, Katriel was referring to her music class as “Bah, bah, bah class” because we sing songs that go – “bah, bah, bah.”
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