Coloring Pages

I wanted to share a link with all of you homeschoolers....

We are studying Rain Forests in science right now, and I've found the most wonderful coloring pages to coincide with our studies. These aren't hokey, cartoonish pages either. They're beautiful! Some of them show a colored, smaller version of picture, so the kids have a color guide. I love it!

Here's the link.

Have fun! There are tons more on this site for other topics too, as well as the beloved mitten and hat characters of Jan Brett.

We Recommend....

This game was a gift this past Christmas. While I'm not sure why it has a $20 price tag, I will say that it's loads of fun, packs up into it's own drawstring bag (yay! no boxes to reinforce with tape), and can be enjoyed by everyone in our household (ages 3 to 44).

Our older two use their math skills for score keeping, and I love watching them formulate their strategy. Our youngest just finds the fun in the stacking of the pyramids, and can keep herself entertained for some time.

Quality, built to last. Considering all of this, I suppose $20 is a steal!

Things Rattling Around Upstairs....

1) How many layers do I need to keep warm this morning out doing chores?

2) Thank you, God, for our warm house, and all of our warm blankets! Oh! And wool socks!

3) What are the chances I won't need to go into work tonight? Will people really be out in 45-below temps, just to go out for dinner? Well of course they will silly... this is Wisconsin!

4) Is it too early to be fretting over my garden seed order?

5) As soon as this cold snap is over (May?), I'm going to need to put my kayak in. I'm having withdrawals.

6) I wonder if I should be concerned that my chickens are still producing a dozen per day. Don't they know the books say they should have cut production down some for the winter?

7) What project, of the multitude available, should I tackle this weekend? Maybe that basement pantry.

8) Thank you, God, for the good people at Apple, for inventing my iPod, which is saving my sanity. Now, if I only had a pair of noise-cancelling earbuds!

Amen.

Tragic Choice in Priorities

Last night the hubby took me to a fantastic Peter Mayer concert. We thoroughly enjoyed the 3-hour concert, but that could be a whole other post.

The tragic choice in priorities that I'm referring to is that of the driver in front of us in the parking garage. His bumper sticker, on his fancy-dancy Mercedes SUV simply read "Keep Abortion Legal". I could stop right there, and have given you all the facts you need to know. However.... this ignoramus, and I can call him that, as this is my blog, also had a MN license plate designated for the Critical Habitat plan for wild animals.

So, let me get this right. You are fully supporting the murder of unborn babies, in addition to fully supporting habitat for animals whose endangered status is critical?

Maybe what's messed up in you your head, fella, might also explain what would possess you to slap down huge amounts of $$$ for nothing more than that glorified Ford Explorer you had your nose stuck up in.

rant over.

History Made

To most of my readers, this means nothing....

For my iPod, life will never be the same.


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