Friday Funnies

Background: Over dinner I tell the family that there is someone in our HOA complaining about a rooster in the neighborhood.  They are not allowed in the city limits at all, and chickens, even hens are forbidden by our HOA.  They are having animal control come look for it each day.

Later in the evening we see a police car go by, then a helicopter go over.

Katie: They must be looking for that rooster! 🐓

*****

Justin and I hug.

Ellie: Oh no, they are falling in love again!
Nate: Are they still making a scene?
Gabby: [wretching noises]
Katie: Gabby can't have dessert—she just got sick!

13 1/2

1. What is your favorite color? Ice blue
2. What is your favorite toy? Pencil and notebook
3. What is your favorite fruit? Tomatoes
4. What is your favorite tv show? A Series f Unfortunate Events
5. What is your favorite movie? Crimes of Grindelwald 
6. What is your favorite thing to wear? Tunics
7. What is your favorite animal? Parrots and corn snakes
8. What is your favorite song? "The Other Side”
9. What is your favorite book? Keeper of the Last Cities: Exile
10. Who is your best friend? I refuse to answer this question on the grounds that several of my friends read your blog now
11. What is your favorite snack? Prattles (buckeyes)
12. What is your favorite drink? Cream soda
13. What is your favorite breakfast? Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
14. What is your favorite lunch? McDonald's
15. What is your favorite dinner? Spaghetti and Meatballs
16. What is your favorite game? Dance Contest
17. What is your favorite thing to play outside? Climb trees
18. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas and Easter (to quote Ellie, “‘cause I get candy.”
19. What do you sleep with at night? My books
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? A ballerina fairy princess veterinarian; I mean writer

5 1/2

1. What is your favorite color? blue
2. What is your favorite toy?cash register
3. What is your favorite fruit? banana
4. What is your favorite tv show? Dino Dana
5. What is your favorite movie? American Tail
6. What is your favorite thing to wear? Elsa (blue dress)
7. What is your favorite animal? cat
8. What is your favorite song? "Let it Go"
9. What is your favorite book? Winnie the Pooh
10. Who is your best friend? Aurora
11. What is your favorite snack? cheesy crackers
12. What is your favorite drink? juice
13. What is your favorite breakfast? toast
14. What is your favorite lunch? peanut butter sandwiches and peas
15. What is your favorite dinner? eggs with sausage and chicken
16. What is your favorite game? Sorry
17. What is your favorite thing to play outside? pirate ship
18. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas and Halloween ('cause I get candy)
19. What do you sleep with at night? I don't snuggle with stuffed animals any more
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a library person because that's not so hard.

Seurat the Dot

We are up to the impressionists in history!  In one of our library books, we had directions to make sugar cookies and decorate with pointillism, with slightly diluted food coloring (on cotton swabs), then topped with granulated sugar.

 The finished result.  Nate did the tulips.  He turned them upside down to make them ghosts from Pac Man!

Friday Funny

Sometimes I just want to talk so much that I just talk over you all.

Rover

Nate has been working his way through Exploring Creation: Astronomy.  One of the fun activities was to make a Mars rover out of food.  Here is his creation.

I think he had fun!

Masquerade

One of the goals of American Heritage Girls is girl leadership.  Our troop works to empower girls by letting them plan and run special events.  They learn so much by doing these events.  As adult leaders, we try to shepherd them some by asking good questions, but let the girls make the event their own, and sometimes run into struggles along the way, ;earning how to navigate them.

Our troop held a Masquerade Ball.  It was a Daddy Daughter event with multiple troops attending.

 

The girls (a 14 year old Pioneer and 12 year old Explorer) planned the theme, 

 

the decorations,

 

and the food.

 

They set up and cleaned up with the help of other girls in the troop.  They did a great job.  We had a little incident with glitter, but other than the clean up of the aftermath,

 

I believe a great time was had by all!

Well, except Nate.  Poor fellow tagged along for set up, the beginning of the dance, and clean up.  He even helped make the salad.  He really did well and was tired here from helping clear away all the chairs from the sanctuary.  I promise I got him a milkshake for his troubles!