Changing the Story

Once upon a time there was a big sister who, to help her two year old little brother go to sleep, she decided to tell him a story. She began with... "There once was a shepherd boy whose name was David."

"No, Hanna, his name wasn't David it was Samuel," interrupted Sam.

"Okay," she began again, "There once was a shepherd boy named David Samuel."

"No, his name wasn't David Samuel, Hanna, it was Samuel!" little brother declared.

Big sister began again, "There once was a shepherd boy whose name was Samuel and he looked after his father's sheep."

"No, Hanna," Sam again interrupted, "it was pigs and goats, not sheep."

"Sam, you are ruining my Bible story with your interruptions. You lay still and listen while I tell the story."

We thought he was finally content to be quiet until near the end of the story when Hanna said, "and David killed the giant Goliath..."

At this point Sam piped in, "and then he shot the Indians!" (can you tell this boy has big brothers?)

Big sister ignored this last comment and continued on with the story. She got the last word in though when she ended the story with, "and when David returned home he told his best friend Samuel all about how God helped him to kill the giant Goliath."

The End

Zooming Along

Hello! This is Si.
Today I want show you a ramp that my brother, Chris, and I built. It is not the best, but after a lot of trial and error, we finely got it to work.
We first started out with Chris putting a thin piece of wood out for the kids to run their little cars down. Then I got out another piece to make a bigger ramp. Next we went around the house searching for ideal spots to place the ramp. We ended up deciding to nestle it in between the cushions of our living room couch. After several test runs and minor adjustments, it was finally completed. Viv and Sam had so much fun with us. They would run up into the kitchen, climb up on a chair placed by the wall overlooking our living room, and then send their car down the track. Here are some pictures.
Signing off,
Si (and Chris, too :)

Building Igloos

This week we received about four inches of snow so we decided to do some building - igloo building, that is! This is the igloo that Sim and I built.This next igloo was built by Chris and Gabe.


You can see the little addition on the side - this was built for Nate. We made these igloos out of the piles of snow shoveled from our driveway. Because it still wasn't quite enough snow, we shoveled our yard to get what we needed. The day after we built these we got some REALLY cold weather. It's amazing though, inside the igloos it is quite a bit warmer!

Staying Warm 101

A couple tips on how to stay warm in the winter when the high for the day is -8.
1) Have a wood burning stove. Very helpful to thaw out snow encrusted boots and children.

2) Eat hot soups or chili.

3) Wear lots of layers.

4) Pile numerous blankets on your bed or, in my case, have two little "body warmers" (a.k.a. two of my little siblings) in addition to the numerous blankets.

5) Stay indoors if at all possible. Or, if you're like some adventurous young boys I know, if there's snow on the ground and if there are friends to play with, outside they go, regardless of the temperature!

Nine!

Happy birthday Sophie! We all hope you have a wonderful day on you're birthday- nine years old! We all love you so very much, sweet girl!
-Hanna and all of you're siblings

My Lincoln Log Fort

This is an overall view of Boonesburrow, my fort. The blue is supposed to represent a small stream running through the settlement. And there is alot more behind the tower.

This is the view out the front door.

And this is the gateway to the open prairie.

Tagged... Again!

I was tagged by Moriah:

The rules are...
1. Pick up the nearest book- it has to have at least 123 pages.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five other people.

The book that is closest to me now is my Science book, titled Science of the Physical Creation, by Abeka. The four sentences read,

"These reactions may be described as A +BC - AC + B. In a single-displacement reaction, the element B in the compound BC is replaced, or displaced by element A; the result is a new compound, AC, with element B left on its own. For example, the bromine in the compound sodium bromide (NaBr) may be replaced by chlorine (Cl), yielding sodium chloride (NaCl) and bromine: 2 NaBr + Cl2 - 2NaCl + Br2. In a more spectacular single-displacement reaction, aluminum (Al) displaces iron from a type of iron oxide ("rust," Fe2O3) when a powdered mixture of rust and aluminum is ignited: Fe2O3 + 2 Al - Al2 O3 + 2 Fe.

My science book isn't always so hard to understand, its just that page number 123 fell into the chemistry unit! I don't think I'm going to tag anyone else.

*Note* I recently went to Florida for a few days, and I'm hoping that tomorrow will give me a chance to post about my trip.