Arthur’s turkeys.
Arthur has about 30 turkeys. I assume Hannah and I are going to an awesome turkey dinner at his house at thanksgiving.
May I introduce: Arthur’s Talking Turkeys.
Posted on 9 September '12 by admin, under Friends, kids. No Comments.
Photos Courtesy of Melinda
Melinda sends me photos via her cell phone every so often. She has a cell phone that does not have cell service.. however, it does have wifi.. So she can download “apps” and such. (She has even figured out how to get phone service with it, as long as she is near a wifi hotspot! (that’s my girl.))
ANYWAY. here is a photo she sent me today. I will request she sends more. Thanks Melinda!
Posted on 31 August '12 by admin, under kids, St Croix. No Comments.
Hannah
Hannah is going to get some undue attention on this blog for a little while, for obvious reasons.. I will try to transfer facebook stuff here as much as possible of Rockwell and Melinda.
Anyway.. we visited the library tonight. Here is the typical place I find Hannah if I leave her alone for any length of time. It’s a sign she is done harvesting books.
And here is the typical harvest. Now, I don’t know about you, but my normal visit to the library rarely nets more than a book or two. These are due the Sept 8th. History says half of them will be read by that time.
Posted on 29 August '12 by admin, under kids. 2 Comments.
First Day of High School!
My oldest started High school Yesterday! She might look a little like a “punk” in this picture.. But don’t let it fool you. She starts out with Honors English 2, Honors Geometry and Band. At least that is what I know so far.. I have not see her schedule yet (Kath helped her with that.)
I saw her looking at the last pages of a couple library books before we handed them in the other day.. I asked her what she was doing. She said she was counting how many pages she has read this summer, just for the fun of it.
“So, how many?”
“eh. A little more than 25000…”
Posted on 21 August '12 by admin, under kids, school. No Comments.
Smart-ness, continued
Not to leave them out, here are the other two kid’s scores. Melinda’s Teachers seemed to really like her, she had all sorts of little awards. Rockwell had a couple too, but I can’t find them. Sorry older Rockwell that is looking at this .. 🙂
Rockwell likes math. It’s his favorite subject. I approve of that. 🙂
Posted on 13 August '12 by admin, under kids, school, St Croix. No Comments.
Dang girls, you’re smart!
<beware; parental boasting ahead>
Umm.. so, Hannah got her Iowa test scores in the mail today. I suppose taking standardized tests has to get old after a while.. Except when you get scores like this. I knew my oldest was pretty bright, but goodness, with NPR’s like that.. It’s pretty special, I would say. Unfortunately, she was not in school when they did the Science section. Hannah was not happy about that when she found out, because science is important to her.
And not to be outdone, Melinda’s Composite total NPR was 98%… But I have to find her score sheet to show you. I mean… seriously.
You know that saying/joke: “kids, move out and get a job while you still know everything”? I might have to reconsider that. I am starting to think they probably are smarter than me…
Another Triathalon under their belts.
Melinda and Rockwell participated in a triathlon this weekend. It was the last of the season. They both did great! Melinda was the first girl in, and came in in the middle of the pack amongst the boys and girls… and Rockwell came in second amongst a dozen competitors, but behind his nemesis! Rockwell: “Ive got to beat him, I’ve come in second every time against him!”.
Posted on 21 May '12 by admin, under Activities, kids, sports, St Croix. No Comments.
Rockwell and the Giant Iguana
Hmm. Looks like Rockwell made a new friend.
I love this picture. I bet its going to be a family classic. It comes with a story too. A few minutes after this was taken, Melinda was feeding it, and she tried to feed it too small of a piece, and the iguana bit her finger. She probably would have been fine had she no jerked away.. but she did. So now she can say she had to go to the hospital for an iguana bite. Nothing serious, no stitches, just antibiotics.
Like I said on facebook, only cool moms let their kids play with wild iguanas. I gotta give Kathi that.
Posted on 14 May '12 by admin, under Activities, kids, St Croix. No Comments.
Melinda sends dad a movie.
Here is a video of Melinda showing us her bedroom in the VI. Good to see video!
Posted on 28 April '12 by admin, under kids, St Croix. No Comments.
Still not done.
Hey, I can’t ignore this stuff. If it sound a little outrageous, trust me, it does to me too.
Hannah just competed in the VI Mathcounts competition, and came in 6th place out of 100 students!
Way to go HannaH!
Either out of all the students (public and private) on St Croix, or all the students in the VI, I need to find that out. Either way, it was quite a feat! Here is an interesting thing.. Her friend from the apartment complex she lives at came in first place. I’m glad she has smart people to “hang” with…
In other interesting news: I mentioned Hannah has a “reef Ecology” class before… They just got their itinerary for next week.
Get this. Her next outing is a nighttime bioluminescence study on kayaks.
What is this kid going to do in high school, thats what I want to know.
Posted on 23 February '12 by admin, under Activities, kids, school. 2 Comments.
