The month of February always seems to fly by so quickly (either that or I am just going along with the usual cliche about the shortest month of the year) and I am racking my brain trying to remember what we have been up to all month! We recently found out that we will be moving to Eielson Air Force Base (near Fairbanks, Alaska) and are waiting for official orders for our move date.
Isaac – He has been working simple arithmetic problems (1+1, 2+2, 5+5, etc…) and got 100% on his first little math test today. Math seems to … Read the rest
The other day Isaac said, “Mom, when we move to Alaska we’ll have to check our blood pressure all the time to make sure our blood is not freezing!”
Isaac just finished learning a very simple arrangement of “Beethoven’s Ninth” on the piano. Now he is constantly requesting to listen to Beethoven on the CD player! Right now he is jumping off of the couch while listening to a sonata in C minor and having the time of his life. I’ll just enjoy this classical music phase while it lasts…
As a friend of mine pointed out, we will obviously need to change our blog title when we move to Alaska. In all honesty, we really are not even ‘beach bums’ at all; we grew up in the suburbs of Salt Lake City, UT surrounded by mountains. So our blog title is really just a lie except for the fact that we have been to the beach and we do have bums and there are four of us (except if you notice my heading at the top it says “Four Beach Bums” but then I go on to list Roger, … Read the rest
My first project. This is the classic knit or garter stitch. Check out the row with the holes – those are on purpose. It’s called yarn over.
I read in a knitting book that when you get in the rhythm of knitting, your mind can do something similar to meditating. I think I have a LONG way to go before I reach Nirvana while knitting – apparently I have a thing for licking my lips while I am working on it. Every time I stop my lips feel dry. Guess I
Isaac is absolutely LOVING basketball! Watching a gaggle of 5 and 6-year-old kids play a game is hilarious; running down the court with only a couple of dribbles, kids going the wrong way, Isaac dribbling the ball under his leg and out the back (I taught him this trick) in the middle of a game, and kids trying to make impossible shots. Here are some pics of Isaac ready to shoot some hoops:
Here’s how it ended (after trying for about 30 minutes to get her hair untangled):
No need to say “I told you so.” This is going to take a couple of years to grow out. Bangs do not work well with Sydney because she has a slight cowlick at the front of her natural part so they don’t lay down nicely. Oh well.
