Taylor's poem

Taylor wrote her first poem this morning. Here it is...

Birthday Time
I bake my birthday cake.
I blow up ballloons.
I see a blue jay at noon.
I see confetti.
I see Teddy.
I open up my present.
I had a big event.

Dulles Sportsplex

Today we packed up the kids along with scooters, rollerblades, basketballs and helmets and headed to the Dulles Sportsplex. What a great way for all 5 of us to get exercise at the same time. I walked, Greg played hoops, and the kids kept quite busy going from one thing to another! We had all 3 basketball courts to ourselves. After that we filled our bellies with Baja Fresh:)

Unrelated note:
I have been quizzing the kids the last couple of weeks, just wanted to report my findings...
#1 How many kids do you want?
Abby -->> 5 (Bill, Rob, Bethany, Emily and Anka)
Taylor -->> 3 (Ruth, Joseph and Anna)
Ben -->> 2 (Jackson and Lucy)
#2 What do you want to be when you grow up?
Abby -->> naturalist or Irish dancer
Taylor -->> archaelogist or baker (at Great Harvest Bread Company)
Ben -->> baker or artist (but interestingly enough changed a couple days later to worker or news reporter)

History

We are thoroughly enjoying our history study. Here are the crafts from our study about the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation. The kids created some great stain glass designs (Benny's lion and then Abby and Taylor's -- Abby is left and Tay on the right). And also a picture of them wearing protestant hats:) The time frame is about the 1560s AD.

Ben

Ben had a great time at TNT today. A police officer (and his police dog) and a fireman (and truck) visited his class today (he is learning about community helpers). While I do not have any pictures from today, this picture show his "grass head" that he made at TNT a few weeks ago. He has "mowed" it only once (using a pair of scissors)!

Taylor

Today at TNT Taylor learned about the history of writing. Pictures above show her cuneiform tablet with her name etched and her scroll showing many names written in hieroglyphics.

Abby

Another great day at TNT! Abby finished her story...

Super Bowl Sunday

What a beautiful day it was yesterday! I think that the temps were close to 60:)

Greg took the kids sledding before the last of the white stuff melted. The condition of the hill was not optimal -- but they made the best of it! We are hoping for more snow before the season ends.

Later in the afternoon we met up with friends and took a super hike. The weather was great and the kids were energetic -- a very relaxing walk.

And, of course, we wrapped up the day watching the Cardinals almost beat the Steelers:) We ate pizza and had crepes for dessert. Another great day on Grant Street...