Just a little while ago we added a new pet to our menagire.
She/he is an albino budgie.
This was on the heels of recieving my box taffy from the State fair.
Malone's state fair taffy
and well the bird is white the taffy is white
we'll call her Malone.
Malone belongs to Harper.
Unlike the other budgie who belongs to Ryland,
Malone is somewhat friendly.
In that after you corner her in her cage
and grab her and hold on through all the bitting,
she settles in to relax on your finger or hide in Harper's hoodie.
Since she is so approachable, Malone is currently in trianing,
she shows great shows promise as a performer.
After about a week of training her bird Harper put on a show for us.

We were sent invitations with tickets.



On the day of the show the her brother was drafted to take tickets at the door.
Yes you had to have a ticket to get in.
As well as to hand out programs.

I haven't been to very many bird shows but
I would say this was the finest one I have ever seen.
If you get invited you really should go.


Posted in: on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at at 2:18 PM 0 comments  





I promised to share some Halloween joy.
Well........
Here's the clan not a terrible looking bunch of people
The cider with shrunken heads was a huge success


the Goblin fingers were a hit


the fire dancer though....
well you can't really compete with fire


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It was a busy but creative week here.
We finished our study of Greek Gods and the children each did a diorama that had to tell a story about the god they chose to research. Lots of time was spent on the computer and at the craft store. They are wonderful. No bias.

Harper's shows the final battle in Troy. The Greek soldiers have finally gotten into Athena's palace and they find a girl clinging onto the statue of Athena. They rip the girl off and carry her away, denying her the protection of the Goddess.
Notice the tile floor and columns.
Her soldiers really do stand up and the entire thing was her idea and creation.
Harper made a second one showing a scene five minuets later where Athena asks for Poseidon's help in avenging this insult on her. Thus beginning Odysseus's Odyssey.




Coulson's is about Posidoen and one of the many battles he wages against sea monsters.


The kids also had to make up a Greek God family tree.
With only minimal help from me here is the convoluted life of the gods.

Those bits of string represent marriages.
The limbs are for the more prodigious Gods
The base is Chaos himself. All very cool to learn and do.
Lots more to share and hopefully a repair to my camera soon.
Coming tomorrow Halloween.


Posted in: on Monday, November 2, 2009 at at 8:45 AM 1 comments  

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