Friday, December 25, 2015
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Family Christmas Ornaments
First, we assemble the materials and tools.
Corks, a hole-punch,
Dried grape vines,
Twigs, bark, dirt, a Leatherman,
Dried mushrooms, string, colored pencils, an electric drill.
After a day of awesome creative building we had assembled many wonderful creations to give for Christmas. They included bark creatures...
Bottle cap reindeer...
Finding the right twigs for horns is extra tricky. The branching distance needs to be very short.
Bottle cap snow women with scarves...
While we did much of this Liam crafted a bouquet of colorful paper flowers. Reid also made a bunch of pipe-cleaner-and-bead candy canes.
We also made micro-fridge pots...
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Stepping time!
Grandpa Topher and grandma Marie visited last weekend.They brought with them some gifts from grandpa Bill Baker, Reid and Liam's late great grandfather. Most notably these included A collapsible cup made of aluminum, and two bowties (clip on) and two lovely well and caps. Reid and Liam especially loved the caps and wore them for a few days straight. They even wore them to school.
We also used them for character performances...
We also used them for character performances...
Monday, November 16, 2015
Friday, November 13, 2015
Thursday, November 12, 2015
The Beehive
We drove to Acadia, and hike the mountain called the Beehive. It does look like a beehive, although you will not see that in our pictures. A warning sign told us not to hike with children or when wet. It was raining, so we forged ahead:
It was really quite steep.
Thankfully, we have safe children!
And dexterous!
Some of the trail gave me the willies, though:
Once again, experience proves: there is no bad time to go to Acadia national Park.
Monday, November 9, 2015
The leaf fortress adventure
Sunday Katie and I collected a massive pile of leaves for the kids to play in. Then we built a small hideout inside the leaf pile. After a few upgrades here's what it looked like:
Liam and Reid begged their daddy to let them sleep in it overnight, and to join them in the process… daddy is crazy, and he agreed.
Here is the inside of the fortress:
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