Friday, March 27, 2009

Pinewood Derby

On Wednesday evening the scouts held their Pinewood Derby. This was Jake's first year to participate. He decided that he wanted to make a truck with flames on it.

He raced several times. His car was fast....but not fast enough! He ranked in the middle of all the cars.
His car did win the Coolest Car award! His face beamed all night!!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Mom, What's For Dinner?


Caleb decided that he wanted some chicken noodle soup for dinner. That was fine with me since Curtis was at work and I didn't have to make the decision of what to make. The problem was that it was only 4:oo and not yet dinner time.
When I did not get promptly to work making dinner, Caleb set up some stools to change the time. When he had moved to clock to 5, he came down to tell me that it was now "time for dinner!"
And yes, this is him....standing on my piano. Thanks for keeping it exciting for us, Caleb!

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

World Ice Art Championships

We went to the World's Ice Art Exhibit. It was held here in Fairbanks. The day was somewhat warm so it was enjoyable. There were about 100 ice sculptures.
We were able to get on some of the sculptures and take pictures. Jake took this one. We need to have a talk about cutting off heads!
Some sculptures were actually slides for the kids. They had tons of fun. There was also a few mazes and some saucers that spun around til the boys got too dizzy.
This was a huge slide. There were a couple of times I thought the boys were going to leave with some sore tailbones. The slides were obviously very hard, but the boys didn't mind. I guess it was too thrilling to slide down so fast.
We left and got some dinner, then came back when it got dark to see them all lit up. They were beautiful. The pictures certainly don't do justice.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Snowboarding again




Curtis finally received the claim money from his stolen snowboard. He bought a new board and hit the slopes with a friend and some guys from work. He was so excited to finally go. Here are a few pictures that his friend took of him out there. I know Nick wanted to see some.

Friday, March 6, 2009

Caleb's Birthday

Today is the big day! Caleb finally had his birthday; he has been waiting for this day for awhile. We actually celebrated it yesterday since Curtis was on shift today. He chose a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting with Valentines on it....I honestly don't know why. I asked him several times thinking that he might come up with a different idea, but he stuck with it! Sometimes I would love to get into his crazy little mind.

He asked for a storm trooper helmet, and would also not budge on that. I thought that the Star Wars phase was over, but apparently not.
Here he is all dressed up. He took it to class today for "Show and Tell". It was a hit!