Watching The Empire Strikes Back, I was reminded of a favorite family story:
When I was young, my mom was teaching primary and was telling the scripture story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego with flannel board figures. She got to the part where they were in the fiery furnace and King Nebuchadnezzar saw four people instead of the three he had thrown in. She
asked, "Who do you think was in there, keeping them safe?" and added the bearded, dressed in white, almost luminescent angel figure. One little boy raised his hand excitedly and shouted out, "Obi Wan Kinobi!"
On January 2nd we saw the new one and it didn't disappoint. The kids even got special shirts for the occasion.
And stopped by for some fro-yo afterward.
Took some phone pictures of Sarah's gorgeous family pictures at mom and dad's.
On the 11th I took Christian to S EP conferences. Here he is posing with his classes in version art. His is the one on the top row third from the left.
January 17th I took a selfie because I thought my make up looks good that day. It's hilarious how dirty my bathroom mirror is!
that afternoon Christian sewed a Jawa character from Star Wars. Just for fun. By himself! Turned out great!!
The 18th was Martin Luther King day, and we went all out! We started off with a lesson about brown and white eggs. They look different on the outside,
but are the same on the inside!
We mixed them into crêpe batter, cooked them up and filled them with cookie butter! I figured they had a good combination of skin colors and topped with some hearts for love and racial equality. Yes, I know sometimes it's a stretch!
As an activity, I gave the kids some of these "splat balls." They are kind of egg shape to begin with, but made of very thin silicone material so that when you throw them on a smooth surface, they splat and you can see the yellow yolk rubber ball inside.
Later that afternoon we watched Selma (about Dr. King in 1965 leading a campaign to get equal voting rights) and cooked up a soul food lunch of chicken & waffle sliders and fried okra.
I made a paper peace dove, but the kids weren't interested in doing this craft.
They did, however, like making splatter paint peace signs and playing with an MLK paper sack puppet.
For dessert that night I took many colors of fruit and blended them harmoniously into a smoothie!
The kids were tired of my crap and just played video games instead of posing for my last picture 😂
On the 19th, Christian played with a pack of confetti shooters and became confetti hair man.
Here is his sidekick, confetti hair dog.
Afterward, we treated ourselves at Harmons bakery and are upstairs.
January 26th was Australia Day, and it was time for more celebrating! I didn't actually do shrimp on the barbie because our barbecue was out of propane, so I tried this lemon garlic shrimp recipe instead. (Poor Faithie Lynn has still not been feeling well and hasn't been to school since mid December 😥)
We had fairy bread appetizers and beef pies for dinner.
We topped the night off with a pavlova shaped like the country of Australia!
I was so excited that Faith finally felt well enough to attend church on the 31st then I took a picture of them! Unfortunately, it was just a good couple of hours ☹️
On January 2nd we saw the new one and it didn't disappoint. The kids even got special shirts for the occasion.
That afternoon I took the kids ice skating at station park.
A few days later we finally got around to the craft – – a plastic cup wrapped with paper to look like a kangaroo with Joey in the pouch. You poke four holes in the bottom of the cup and tie to cut rubber bands through them to form an X. To make it jumped, you push it down on top of another cup and release!
I was going through some of Tony's family photos, making a slideshow for Larry and Lana's 50th anniversary party, when I came across this gem! (Tony with his sisters, Tina and Tammy in the mid-eighties)
I love Mr. Rogers and superduper love this quote!
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