A project

Well, well, well...

Allison and I have a couple of projects.
She's going to have some new little skirts for her dollies,
and I'm going to make new kitchen towels with a little
brown checked ribbon on them.

But the sewing machine won't be brought out just yet,
because I need to be making some french bread pizza right now....

so that Quinn will have dinner before his pre-UIL orchestra practice this evening.

Connor is spending the evening at Kenneth's, a friend from school. Tanner informed me that he doesn't like the sandwiches I make him for school.
What else can I put in a lunch for the "main thing" that isn't a sandwich? Suggestions, please.

Just some things we say

MSOCO

Mom, does that spell "Mexico?" -Allison


Quinn was looking at scouting stuff (the beltloop book) and commented that school gets in the way of these kinds of things!


When Allison was at the library yesterday,
she was trying to play computer games,
but "the handle -- they don't even move." (the mouse)

Connor broke the side of his glasses off (you know, the part that goes over your ear) at school. He told Scott, "Hey daddy, this would be good for roasting hot dogs." That would be good, Connor, since they aren't good for holding glasses on anymore!

It's a school holiday tomorrow.

Connor set up the tent in the extra-bedroom.

And there will be a camp-out tonight!

Dresses, Dirt and Valentine's Party

All

After their Valentine's party at Mrs. Talley's, Allison and her darling pre-school friend got to come home with us for a little while.

They danced around inside and also played outside...

...they were getting doodlebugs (rolie-polie bugs), slugs, worms, etc. from the water gauge box in the front yard!

Tooth

Allison lost her first tooth!!!!

It's actually the one on the bottom. (She has a space inbetween her top teeth that looks like a lost tooth.)















She worked on it all day. Scott pulled it out at dinner time.











Quinn is helping me remember
what she said.
Something like...
"That didn't hurt.
Now can I call Christine?!?!"

Yes, my heart is broken. Not only did Allison need to tell Christine that day about her tooth, but I needed Christine, too, to remind me that this will be just one of many firsts!

Anther idea of Quinn's

About a week ago, Quinn got crafty. He took apart Allison's old bicycle.
He sewed (with the sewing machine) a seat for a creation he was going to make with the wheels from the taken-apart bicycle.
The Dangerous Book for Boys had the idea for making a go-cart-like thing. Unfortunately it didn't work.

Quinn's wheels are always turning. My blow dryer recently bit the dust....who knows where its parts will end up!

Webelos Awards

Connor received some Webelos Awards this month....

Bobcat

Scott helped Tanner earn his Bobcat in Cub Scouts.

Beaver Tanner

Tanner lost another front tooth....He is now officially a beaver!







He lost it at school recess on Friday. I think the story was something like playing ball and another boy knocked into him and Tanner's arm hit his mouth and then he checked his tooth and pulled it out. Something close to that.







Just in time for Groundhog Day. Isn't a beaver like a groundhog? Come on, they are similar. Sort of.

Pinewood Derby

This was Tanner's first pinewood derby, and Connor's last pinewood derby. Both cars raced well and they won ribbons. Scott says that next year he will not help so much with the axles.

Connor likes simple, sleek cars: just a wedge cut with green and white paint. Tanner's was quite the elaborate creation: black and yellow stripes with a white racing line down the middle. Connor and Tanner designed the cut of their cars. Bro. McGraw cut the wood out at a Saturday workshop. Then, a couple Saturdays ago they painted and worked on their cars.

Quinn made a car, out of one of the old pinewood derby cars we had around the house. He is not in cub scouts, but he sent it down the track a couple of times after the racing was over. Quinn's "Bob" went fast at first, but then came to a screeching halt on the runway end.

And not to be outdone or left behind by the brothers, Scott put some wheels on a block for Allison. She painted it one morning right before pre-school: two colors of purple!