slushy pie

While Letty was taking her afternoon nap, the kids and I bundled up and got outside to enjoy the "warmer" weather. Owen and Ivy worked so hard creating dinner...

...SLUSHY PIE!

dusty

You know your house needs to be dusted WHEN your son goes and gets his little net and tries to catch dust in the air like he would try to catch butterflies outside! :o)

Can you guess what I'll be doing soon??? (BUT, probably NOT today!)

Oh, yes, I know, our computer and this blog need to be dusted off as well...I just haven't been able to get to this for a while. (By the way, I'm starting into October soon!)

Enjoy the day!

a penguin?

When Paisan starts to growl and bark furiously in our house, the kids run to the windows to see what's out there. Today, we saw an animal waddling down the middle of the road right in front of our home. At first, Ivy and I both thought to ourselves, "Is that a penguin waddling down the road in New Hampshire?" Then, I thought, "A penguin! In New Hampshire! Now that's news! I must go get my camera!" (For a few moments, I really thought it was a penguin! :) Wouldn't you???)

Well, it turned out that the animal was NOT a penguin, but it was a bald eaglet (a baby bald eagle)!
And, it had a broken wing...
After seeing that the animal was injured, I called Nathan to see what could be done to help it. Nathan called the local Fish and Game officer and then the adventure began... For the rest of the afternoon, Ivy would not stop talking about this injured bird. She offered MANY prayers up to the Lord for this bird, too. (She is so sensitive and so caring and so compassionate like that. It is so comforting to see that she knows Who to turn to in times of distress and concern.) Well, it turned out that the Fish and Game officer was going to come over to try and capture the injured eaglet the next morning. By this time, the eaglet was scared down into the woods and perched itself at the edge of the woods by the river. SO, we needed to pray that the Lord protect this eaglet through the night from the roaming fox that we have around our neighborhood.

Morning came, Nathan and the F&G officer snowshoed down into the woods and found the eaglet. It was still alive! (God answered our prayers!) BUT, they weren't able to capture it as it got spooked and flew down onto the ice. However, the F&G officer determined that where this eaglet's wing was injured and the condition that it was still in would make the bird a perfect bird for demonstrations and instructions and worth the effort of calling in a bird scientist (or whatever the person was titled) to trap it and catch it. Unfortunately, by the time this guy made it to our neighborhood, the eaglet went elsewhere.

Now that I am writing this MANY weeks after the event actually happened, it turned out that the farmer who lives a few miles down the road from us (the farmer where we go and see his cows-Farmer Webby) saw the injured eaglet in his field, walked right up to it, and captured it four or five days after our efforts to catch it around our home. By then, the injured eaglet was too far gone, and they had to put the bird down. :0( Coincidentally, though, that very same day that Farmer Webby caught our eagle friend, the kids and I were driving in the van to get Ivy to her dance lesson where we had to drive past Farmer Webby's house. As we were passing his house, Ivy remarked, "Mom, I think I saw the eagle back there."

Upon identifying what this animal was exactly, we actually learned a couple of things about bald eagles which I will share with you. We learned that baby bald eagles don't get their mature colors (a white head and brown body) until they are about 5 years old. We also learned that adult male and female bald eagles actually have the same coloration only females are usually bigger in size than the males.

But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. ~Isaiah 40:31

happy valentine's day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We celebrated this occasion by surprising Daddy with a special treat of chocolate pudding with mini chocolate chips in it!

Can you guess who enjoyed his special treat???

We also enjoyed all of the special cards and packages from our families. Thank you! We love you!

gingerbread

For many weeks now, we had been trying to borrow one of our all-time favorite books from our local library, but every time we would go to the library, the book would not be in. Finally, we were able to put our hands on the book and bring it home with us.


For many weeks now as well, I had been promising the kids to make gingerbread men cookies once we borrowed our favorite book from the library. Now that we finally secured the book, it was time to get baking...

The time spent with the kids and the resulting yummy cookies were well worth the wait!

snow tunnel

The snow outside has not been good for making too many snowmen this year. It has, however, been piling up to be able to make a snow tunnel so Daddy decided to start digging one out. Daddy made many snow tunnels in his younger years, but this is the first one that Mommy could ever remember making one in her lifetime.

Welcome to our new outside hangout!


Owen loved crawling through the tunnel...

...and just hanging out in it!

Owen even took it upon himself to make the walls stronger in the tunnel.

Really, Owen just LOVES to eat the snow! And, YES, Owen really is eating the wall of the tunnel. :0)

On the other hand, Ivy enjoyed being on the outside of the tunnel supervising until it was big enough for her to comfortably fit through it. (I don't think she liked getting snow down her back while crawling through it either.)

Great idea, Daddy! The snow tunnel was a lot of fun for all!

super bowl

Our team made it to the Super Bowl! Yeah, Steelers! So that we would be able to act goofy and ridiculously cheer on our team and make family memories, we decided to remain at home, get the kids bathed and ready for bed before the game started, and stay up for as long as we could to cheer on the Pittsburgh Steelers. (Well, at least some of us were cheering on the Steelers.)

Earlier in the day, Ivy, Owen, and Mommy made our own sign to cheer on our team and hung it on our door...


Meanwhile, Daddy started to antagonize Ivy by cheering for the other team (the Green Bay Packers). He even went as far as wearing green during the game and dressing Owen in green, too!



Daddy even made a bet with Ivy and Mommy - if Green Bay is winning at halftime, Daddy and Owen would get ALL of the long-awaited heart treats.


Later, the kids got their baths, got into their pajamas, and made it down the steps just in time for the National Anthem and then the game began.

In reality, Owen and Letty could have cared less to watch the game. In fact, Owen seemed to be more interested in some of the commercials rather than the game.



But, who can blame them? The Steelers didn't give us much to cheer about in the first half...



Ivy even became the entertainment after a while...



Family time and Ivy's entertainment together with some really yummy food...


...did, however, make for a fun-filled night.


We even managed to swing our Terrible Towel a couple of times...


...but in the end the Cheeseheads got the best of the Steelers.


Too bad our fun was a little too much for some people to handle...




Better luck next time, Steelers!

letty can...

CLAP!!!

Yeah, Letty!