Then, we rescued a cat and named it Inky.
"October 2011"!
Monday, August 11, 2014
September 2011
Then, we rescued a cat and named it Inky.
"October 2011"!
Friday, August 12, 2011
A very late May update (and hopefully a few more months soon to follow)
Gwydion decided he wanted to spend his birthday with his cousins, so off to Ohio we went. We arrived at Aunt Shawna's house just in time for lunch.
Anand and Gavin had a great time playing cars.
And Gwydion discovered Grandma's piano.
We didn't stay put for long though, as we had a visit to eastern Ohio on the agenda. Gwydion and Gavin met more Burns cousins and spent most of the day running circles in the yard.
After a nice visit, we headed back to Cincinnati for a grand tour of all the museums. First stop: the museum center.
And of course, a quick lunch at Frisch's. Gwydion loves Big Boy.
And then it was PARTY TIME!
Which started with derby races.
There were trophies for everyone.
And of course, cake and presents!
We also had a wonderful trip to the zoo.
We had such a good time, it was hard to leave. But of course we had to. To make up for it a bit, Gwydion had another birthday party to look forward to.
Anand and Gavin had a great time playing cars.
And Gwydion discovered Grandma's piano.
We didn't stay put for long though, as we had a visit to eastern Ohio on the agenda. Gwydion and Gavin met more Burns cousins and spent most of the day running circles in the yard.
After a nice visit, we headed back to Cincinnati for a grand tour of all the museums. First stop: the museum center.
And of course, a quick lunch at Frisch's. Gwydion loves Big Boy.
And then it was PARTY TIME!
Which started with derby races.
There were trophies for everyone.
And of course, cake and presents!
We also had a wonderful trip to the zoo.
We had such a good time, it was hard to leave. But of course we had to. To make up for it a bit, Gwydion had another birthday party to look forward to.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Spring time means Vikings! Yes, really.
Spring is finally here and we are definitely happy. We had far too much of cold and snow this winter. I haven't taken a lot of pictures lately, because we've been so busy catching up on things- garden stuff, remodeling stuff, work and school. Here are a few quick pics though. Hopefully these will satisfy the hordes of fans. :)
This picture was taken at Gavin's request. The kitty is Tigger, our oldest cat and Gavin's favorite.
Gavin has been doing lots of puzzles lately, mostly the smaller variety. He's gotten good enough to do 24-28 piece puzzles alone and will happily tackle 100 piece puzzles if I help.
Another picture Gavin requested: Goblin, the youngest of the cats. He sleeps at the foot of Gavin's bed most nights.
Here's Gwydion, garden helper. He's always happy to be outside, even it if means pulling weeds with Mom.
Gwydion has been reading Magic Tree House #15: Viking Ships at Sunrise, so we've been reading about Vikings: mythology, history and of course geography. We've even been playing a Viking game called Hnefatalf, which a little like a shorter, simpler version of chess.
We've also had some free art time, in which Gwydion attempted to make Cars characters out of polymer clay. The attempt was rather unsuccessful, but we'll try again soon.
And here's my happy little monkey, cheesing it up for the camera. Hopefully I'll remember to bring the camera along more often and the next update will be longer.
This picture was taken at Gavin's request. The kitty is Tigger, our oldest cat and Gavin's favorite.
Gavin has been doing lots of puzzles lately, mostly the smaller variety. He's gotten good enough to do 24-28 piece puzzles alone and will happily tackle 100 piece puzzles if I help.
Another picture Gavin requested: Goblin, the youngest of the cats. He sleeps at the foot of Gavin's bed most nights.
Here's Gwydion, garden helper. He's always happy to be outside, even it if means pulling weeds with Mom.
Gwydion has been reading Magic Tree House #15: Viking Ships at Sunrise, so we've been reading about Vikings: mythology, history and of course geography. We've even been playing a Viking game called Hnefatalf, which a little like a shorter, simpler version of chess.
We've also had some free art time, in which Gwydion attempted to make Cars characters out of polymer clay. The attempt was rather unsuccessful, but we'll try again soon.
And here's my happy little monkey, cheesing it up for the camera. Hopefully I'll remember to bring the camera along more often and the next update will be longer.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
February Science Fun (and a few other things)
A quick overview of some of the fun stuff we do here at Casa Burns for school.
Gavin selects the appropriate day of the week sign and posts it. The kids helped decorate them (and the wall too, as you can see. Apparently dry erase marker is only erasable if it is on the dry erase board.)
Gavin is learning to read, so he helps make some of his own flash cards. We use these to make silly sentences and help him learn new words.
Gwydion is preparing materials for our melting point experiment: ice, milk chocolate and crayon.
As you can tell, he's very excited. We didn't have a thermometer fancy enough to accurately measure the temperature so we estimated time instead. Given roughly equal amounts of ingredients and a constant temperature, his hypothesis was that the ice would melt first, the chocolate next and the crayon last.
Melting chocolate. It made us all hungry. Yum.
Melting crayon bits. Stinky, in case you wondered.
End results: Gwydion's hypothesis was correct. We also made some chocolates (eaten before the photo) and some neat crayon shapes.
Silly Gavin shows off a puzzle he completed on his own.
Since Gwydion finished The Magic Tree House: Night Under the Volcano a few days ago, we decided to see if we could build our own.
Gwydion helps mix the ingredients.
And pours them on top of the baking soda.
Foamy 'lava' boiled out.
Gwydion the Scientist is very proud of himself.
Gavin selects the appropriate day of the week sign and posts it. The kids helped decorate them (and the wall too, as you can see. Apparently dry erase marker is only erasable if it is on the dry erase board.)
Gavin is learning to read, so he helps make some of his own flash cards. We use these to make silly sentences and help him learn new words.
Gwydion is preparing materials for our melting point experiment: ice, milk chocolate and crayon.
As you can tell, he's very excited. We didn't have a thermometer fancy enough to accurately measure the temperature so we estimated time instead. Given roughly equal amounts of ingredients and a constant temperature, his hypothesis was that the ice would melt first, the chocolate next and the crayon last.
Melting chocolate. It made us all hungry. Yum.
Melting crayon bits. Stinky, in case you wondered.
End results: Gwydion's hypothesis was correct. We also made some chocolates (eaten before the photo) and some neat crayon shapes.
Silly Gavin shows off a puzzle he completed on his own.Since Gwydion finished The Magic Tree House: Night Under the Volcano a few days ago, we decided to see if we could build our own.
Gwydion helps mix the ingredients.
And pours them on top of the baking soda.
Foamy 'lava' boiled out.
Gwydion the Scientist is very proud of himself.
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