Uncle Brian, these videos are for you...
We have three glofish and they have already been named...
green - "Pip"
purple - "Fin"
blue - "Flipper"
(I think... I've asked her to make a name chart
for me so I won't forget which fish is named what..)
Meet Sheesh Feesh Maruschak
Please welcome the newest member of our family!
Sheesh Feesh Maruschak
Allison rescued this lovely (and large!) jaguar from
a consignment sale for only $3.
Quite a find!
Sheesh needed stitches to repair a wound to her tail...
Daddy performed the operation and Sheesh is recovering well.
Mommy is adjusting to the new addition and is trying not
to be creeped out when she rounds a
corner to find a stuffed jaguar staring at her.
Allison is thrilled to have yet another new stuffed toy!!
Carter Says
A couple weeks ago at about 2 o'clock in the morning we are awakened by a little girl standing in our bedroom doorway shouting, "Daddy! I can't see!"
My first thought was, "Then go back to your own room where your night light is!" Fortunately, it takes me a moment to get my bearing when I am awakened in the middle of the night, so I didn't actually say that out loud.
Notice that she calls to Dad in the middle of the night...
She knows who's more likely to wake up.
And she usually shouts.
(I think she couldn't find fleecy, so Daddy had to go rescue it. Thanks, Daddy, for taking care of that so I could stay in bed!)
Yesterday Carter and I were in the car going through the pick up line to get Allison from school. Having had a very busy weekend, Carter was a little bit tired and dozed off for a little car snooze. Allison climbed in the car bubbling over with infomation about her school day. She was very excited because her class had gone to the Scholastic book fair and she'd gotten the two books she'd wanted from the flyer.
In her normal excited Allison voice she squeeled, "And guess what?! We went to the book fair!"
A few second later a little sleepy voice says, "Allison, you don't have to be so loud."
My sentiments exactly.
My first thought was, "Then go back to your own room where your night light is!" Fortunately, it takes me a moment to get my bearing when I am awakened in the middle of the night, so I didn't actually say that out loud.
Notice that she calls to Dad in the middle of the night...
She knows who's more likely to wake up.
And she usually shouts.
(I think she couldn't find fleecy, so Daddy had to go rescue it. Thanks, Daddy, for taking care of that so I could stay in bed!)
Yesterday Carter and I were in the car going through the pick up line to get Allison from school. Having had a very busy weekend, Carter was a little bit tired and dozed off for a little car snooze. Allison climbed in the car bubbling over with infomation about her school day. She was very excited because her class had gone to the Scholastic book fair and she'd gotten the two books she'd wanted from the flyer.
In her normal excited Allison voice she squeeled, "And guess what?! We went to the book fair!"
A few second later a little sleepy voice says, "Allison, you don't have to be so loud."
My sentiments exactly.
Carter Can Write His Name!
Carter has learned to write his name!
Preschool this year is very academic... They have homework every week! And each week they learn a new letter and a new number. They get lots of practice tracing and coloring the letter and number of the week. It's made a big difference in Carter's motor skills for holding a pencil and coloring. Last week part of his homework was ro trace his name... Then he wrote his own name at the top of the page.
Take a look...
Preschool this year is very academic... They have homework every week! And each week they learn a new letter and a new number. They get lots of practice tracing and coloring the letter and number of the week. It's made a big difference in Carter's motor skills for holding a pencil and coloring. Last week part of his homework was ro trace his name... Then he wrote his own name at the top of the page.
Take a look...
AZ Science Center
Fun Day at the Arizona Science Center
Friday
July 22, 2011
Giant telescope.
Allison's eye looking into the giant telescope.
Crossing paths in the rope maze.
My three trying to figure out a floor maze.
The house that kids built!
Carter smiling through a "window."
Allison waving through a "window."
Allison seeing how many pennies her paper bridge can hold.
It held more than 50!
Carter adding pennies to his foil "boat".
His held 193! Beating the previous record of 80-some.
Then, with a little design help from Mom, Allison made a boat that held 238 pennies!
And a good time was had by all...
(...even me!)
Sunflowers & Artichokes
Today I cut our sunflower who's head was droopy and full of seeds! Too cool! When we planted the sunflower, I had not idea of how the seeds were formed... but here they are:
Also, in the garden, our artichoke plant is dying of heat stroke and the artichokes are small so I haven't harvested any of the fruit. Instead we've let them bloom into these beautiful purple flowers! Really cool!
(Artichoke photos by Allison.)
Artichokes are perennials, so I wonder if this plant would come back when the Arizona heat lets up in the fall? I won't find out this year because I am going to have our weed guy treat the garden which is over-run with weeds! (see that pretty green "blanket" covering the ground?) I have plans to plant the artichoke in a different location next year where it can grow as wide as it wants.
Carter's Karate Class
Here's a video of Carter doing a double center punch in karate class. He wasn't testing for a new belt - just a regular class. I think his belt testing will be next month and he'll be testing for his brown belt.
Here he is again... Check out that tiger's eyebrow!
Tiger's eyebrow means your FOCUSED!
Pretty cute, huh?
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