Father & Son Campout

We had a great weekend campout! The boys and I tried out some new
inflatable boats on the lake and had a generally good time.

Now that's my kind of food pyramid!

Corn on the cob and ribs for dinner tonight! Excuse me while I go buy
stock in some napkin companies...

Temple Trip

Loads of good work done this weekend!

Sno Cone Slaughter

St Louis Zoo was loads of fun yesterday. Judging from the thousands
there, it was exactly the right thing to do in this beautiful weather.

Bare bear

The skull of a cave bear. These things make grizzlies look like toys -
and they used to live right here!

Mammoth hips

No, not a posting about my love for snack cakes. This is a mammoth's
rear leg bones.

Paleontologists Rock

I went with Benjamin's pack last night to the Riverbluff Natural
History Museum. What a surprise to find such a fabulous collection in
our little city! They've been pulling mammoth bones and other neat
stuff out of this cave for the last few years since its discovery. Now
it has turned into quite a treasure.

Photo Op

Do you know how hard it is to get most of the cousins to smile
(nicely) at the same time?!?

Neon egg dye rules

One of my favorite traditions (almost as good as eating them).

Sugar me up!

The annual easter egg hunt was a rousing success. Now if we can just
make it through the sugar blues...

Weird Clouds

We've been seeing these lately with the spring storms.

Breakorific

To a six year old this is what heaven looks like.

Breakolicious

Disney stores are fun!!

Happy Days!

Guess what's open again for the season?

More pizza

Nice to know you can still trade in tickets for quality merchandise, eh?

Spring Pizza

We had to start out our spring break right by visiting one of the
kids' favorite haunts - incredible pizza. They were showing some old
Haley Mills movie tonight. Boy, her family must have had major stock
in Disney or something because this one was a stinker.

Spring Took a Detour

What in the world is all of this white stuff falling from the sky? I
was expecting buds on the trees, and tulips popping up!

Meet some more family

No one in my family has apparently ever seen or posessed a picture of
Grandpa Fred's father, Isaac B Grandon. I had a scan emailed to me
this week from a distant cousin. Not sure I see much resemblance, but
nice to finally lay eyes on him.

Sledding - Day 3!

Slippery back roads has provided us with a third day of reprieve from
school this week. We will probably regret this in June. But for now,
time to hit the slopes!

Snow Days are an Educator's Friend

Its hard to worry about make-up days in June when you hear the kids
howling like wild banshees in the snow. This morning's activity of
choice was swinging onto the snow covered trampoline for a splashdown.