Lunar Eclipse!

Tonight is the first time the first time we have had a full lunar eclipse on the winter solstice since 1638! And the ask from the global volcanic activity is supposed to make the eclipse even more brilliant. According to NASA, the eclipse begins at 1:33 AM EST with totality beginning at 2:41 AM and lasting for 72 minutes. The actual peak is 3:17 AM. Coming home from school today i saw the full moon rise, with a pink and orange rainbow around it. That is bad news. It means the clouds are rolling in. We are supposed to get a few inches of snow overnight, so i guess we will miss our lunar eclipse! If you see it, post a picture for us!

Running in the snow

Cho Cho and I went running yesterday and she was going crazy sniffing the deer tracks! Here she is running like a crazy dog down the trail! Oh and here she is after the run. haha.

Horse Barn

We went to feed carrots to the horses yesterday! It was quite chilly, about 12F. They seemed to be doing OK with those cold temps! We took along Cho Cho who ran around the farm like a crazy dog.

Oh, and now wonder Cho Cho has been going crazy lately. She has had a visitor on our door step. We didnt get to see the visitor, just the remains of its meal.

Getting crafty

Here are Bee and Frankie sewing clothes for their dolls. Bee is sewing a pair of underwear and Frankie is sewing a skirt. Considering I am the one teaching them how to sew, the outfits will be very, very simple! Still, they did a really great job with a needle and thread!! Once the outfits are complete we shall have another fashion show and post pics!!

Team Europe!

Here is Bee presenting with her group, Team Europe. In the group report she said that Scotland was formed from volcanic activity and that she helped to draw the forests and made the map key. The group was very proud of their poster! Pretty good for second grade!



And then the other night Frankie asked me if I was ready for the fashion show. So I said sure! And i waited to see what she was going to dress up in. I was wrong. She brought me into the kitchen and showed me a bunch of pictures she drew of girls (and one boy) with different outfits. I thought that was cute.

Whats for supper?

What's for supper? Why is that such a hard question every day? Well, we seem to do variations on pasta, fish and beans every single night. Tonight we having bean soup ("pastavazoo" - or pasta y fagioli), a staple in our family in the colder weather. It was one of my faves as a kid. Its basically, cannellini beans, onions, garlic, tomato, water, and rosemary if you have it fresh. We don't, so no rosemary tonight. However, we love to have the soup with bread and we just so happen to have fresh baked loaf from Scott's sister, Colleen. (thanks!). And of course we will have it with popped broccoli! What else is new! haha. I hope you stop by for supper!

ChoChoVision - WSQRL

This is how Cho Cho sits at the playground when we play. We call it "chochovision"!