Photo Post!

Lots of great pictures at long last....if anyone wants more details, please leave a comment with your query....

Zippity

My, the school year is just zipping by! We've been busy with swimming and skating lessons, lots of field trips, math and more math, and of course crafts. We have two girls who just love glue, scissors, markers, glitter, paper of any sort, and especially yarn and fabrics. Lots of holiday crafting is happening around here these days.

In honor of our first measurable, non-melting snow of the year, we are going camping. Luckily, we rented a cabin, but first we have to get there and that is what we are working out right now. The "easy" hike is 3.75 miles one way, and the "rigorous" hike is shorter, but much more challenging and we've been told our girls would likely not be able to make it in.

So.

We'll let you know how it works out.

In other news, I'm still as anti-plastic as ever. Here's some food for thought as I sign off for now...

Indeed.

Oh wait... plus, I broke my toe on Friday and as of last Wednesday, I am violently allergic to some food but I'm not sure what.

Once Upon a Time (with photos)

Once upon a time, the homeschool program in our town offered virtually free passes to head up the Mt Roberts tram. Being the cheapskates we are, we signed up quickly.

After arriving up top, we thought to take a "quick" hike to Father Brown's Cross, a local landmark that we'd never been to.

What's this? Another trail? Can we go all the way to the top of the mountain, Mommy? Sure! Let's give it a try!

Wow, this alpine vegetation is sure neat!

Let me get your picture on the trail, ladies!

 Aw, you guys are so cute. But why are all these pictures so foggy?

Thanks for the cameraness, Gwen!

Is it getting dark already?

Hey, is that Mountain Goat poop?

How far up are we, anyway? Let's head back down, girls who are wearing shorts....

Oh, a sign! We must have missed this on the way up.What's it say?

 Yikes.

 Wow, look at those teeny tiny cruise ships!

Let's go, girlies!

The end.

Girlies!

I'm at the library right now with our laptop, posting as much as I can. We got rid of the internet at home so will only be posting here sporadically, and checking email rarely.

Some people are really getting caught up with and highly proficient with this techno age. Not us.

Burying their feet in the sand, aka, "Making boots."



"Oh that sun is so bright!"



"Okay, maybe we can unshade our eyes for just a second!"



"Yikes, that was really bright, huh?'
"Yeah, so bright. Ouch."



Busy girls making bridges and tunnels for the stream to better reach the sea. Maybe they will be engineers like Daddy.



Shorts over leggings. Quite the Alaskan fashion plate, no? Hey, our main goal is modesty, not trendiness.




Thinking hard about math.




"We're done with school already? Yay!"

We have had several really nice days since we started school. The girls and I have moved lessons to the beach on some of those days. We love homeschooling.