Oh, one more thing...: Life Is Hard. Wear A Helmet

Figure Skating

Half-Pint saw a video at school. He was so excited to tell his mom about it at lunchtime. "There was - ummm - a hockey player skating and playing hockey all by himself. And when he was done people threw flowers on the ice for him." (If you could read this as a run-on sentence, fidgeting on one foot then the other and be gasping for breath, you'd have it nailed.) "The hockey guy had a shiny shirt and 'fancy pants', and, umm, could jump and spin fast. AND he did the splits - and skated like this" While describing this, Half-Pint was trying to act out the motion of skating backwards on one foot, with his little butt sticking out and wiggling back and forth! Quite a sight!

On his way home from school at the end of the day he was still trying to perform a double-axle in the school yard - but he must have toe-picked in his snowboots and face-planted into the icy asphalt. Ouch.

This is the result...

Life is hard. Wear a helmet.

'Burtsay' Party

Brother KP is now a year older, and just had a party with what seemed like 49 sugar-buzzed friends tearing around the house. There may have been more. Hearing protection was required!

Anyhow, KP had made ~~a list~~ several lists of all the people he wanted to invite over. God made one of the lists! It was written out phonetically, so he misspelled 'birthday' as 'burtsay' (close enough) and 'vizters list' instead of 'visitors list'. Funny that he called them visitors.

Here are the visitors.

Cold, More Cold

I saw this comic and it made me laugh. My grandfather and my dad always had weird names for things. I think I might have inherited that trait a bit, too. This comic reminded me of some of the goofy names so I thought I would share it.

xkcd comic

It's still cold - and winter shows no signs of letting up. I don't mind it, but no doubt everyone has had their fill of bundling up, shoveling, windshield scraping and - my personal favourite, stepping in slushy puddles at the back door in my sock feet!
It's just not winter without a cold, wet spot on your sock. Embrace it, people.

Model Building

Both LP and Brother KP have been busy working on a couple of plastic models they received. It's pretty cool to see the patience and attention to detail of Poppa as he teaches them the fine art of not getting frustrated with small plastic pieces! They are doing well, learning to take their time,be thorough and follow instructions. I remember my one model building experience being a maddening time. They are ahead of me, for sure.

It's fun to watch the boys learn about the different parts of a vehicle. More importantly, it's great to see the interaction between them and my dad. I was fortunate enough to spend summers up at the farm near both of my grandfathers. One, the farmer; the other, the pastor of the little Baptist church.

LP's Jeep is done. The guy at the local hobby shop where he got it wants to see the finished product, so LP will be taking it over there soon. Brother KP is working on painting parts and assembling the frame and drivetrain.