Where did January go?

I know that it came, and I know that we did various things this month, but where did it go?!?!?!?  I have decided that since it isn't really winter but it really isn't spring that it really wasn't January...Cody (my older brother) dubbed this new season "Sprinter".  Well bum lamb season has definitely started and we now have instead of just two bummers, we now have three more.  School is flowing right along and I can't believe how far I am in some of my subjects...and how neglected others are (history anyone?). This is a picture of Hugh (6) with the latest Lego creation...

Geese in January?!?

Here's pictures of two very odd occurrences...

Caleb in a picture... notice how he avoids eye-contact...

Snow pictures

On the mini sledding hill

Shoveling the trampoline

 I was looking through my camera today and found some very interesting pictures of snow and my little brothers playing in the snow, here's a couple of my favorites!
      These past few weeks we have had a few major snowstorms to make up for the lack of snow prior to Christmas. The pictures of Hugh on the mini sledding hill, Dad starting the Barbecue, the Dryer vent, the Russian Olive trees, and the shoveling of the trampoline are all from last year. The only picture from this year is of Liam (10) and Hugh (6) breaking the "fort" with butter knives.

Starting the barbecue

The dryer vent!

Breaking the fort (with butter knives)

Another tree   

Russian Olive threes

And now here's a poem that is one of my favorites:

 

This Is the Key


This is the key of the kingdom:
In that kingdom there is a city.
In that city there is a town.
In that town there is a street.
In that street there is a lane.
In that lane there is a yard.
In that yard there is a house.
In that house there is a room.
In that room there is a bed.
On that bed there is a basket.
In that basket there are some flowers.
Flowers in a basket.
Basket on the bed.
Bed in the room.
Room in the house.
House in the yard.
Yard in the lane.
Lane in the street.
Street in the town.
Town in the city.
City in the kingdom.
Of the kingdom this is the key.

Anonymous

From "A Family of Poems"
Sort of a longer poem but it is entirely fun and games when reading it out-loud as fast as you can to a very hyper six-year old.

Fishes!

Well...Hugh and I discovered the fish gadget on blogger and added two sets of fish to my blog.  Hugh thinks that it is fun to feed the fish, and to randomly change  the colors of the fish.  He also had fun finding various pictures on the blog.  We also found out that you can't see the fish on Mom's ITouch, only on a computer.  That's because you need a mouse to make the fish move and to feed them.  Hope everyone has a great day.