January ICE

Ten Year Old Friends

 

Kuba and his friend Sam both like to do baking experiments.  Last week they made up a recipe for lemon cupcakes.  I told them the basic ingredients but they put it all together, and they came out really well, considering.  Then they frosted them in some wicked bright colors and added a gazillion sprinkles.  

Almost Teens

On Thursdays Anders walks home from school with some of his good friends.  This week there were 6 of them walking home together, though only four made it to our house.  They come home to our house and hang out until moms or dads get out of work and come retrieve them.   It's fun.  It's so independent - as we (the mom's who live here) aren't home either.  So the almost teens play games, chow on snacks and just hang out.  I couldn't ask for anything more.  It's just a perfect thing in so many ways.  Here they are snacking on Sun Chips and playing the game Suspense.   Almost teens, but also so completely not, at the very same time.    

Bomb Cyclone?

Well, well, well.  It seems we haven't been cold enough the last week with temperatures way below zero.  Nope, winter Storm Grayson will affect the entire East Coast in the next day or two, and we are facing something called a bomb cyclone.  The temperatures will drop even lower dipping close to minus forty.    
A bomb cyclone is essentially a winter hurricane, wherein snow and ice take the place of rain. The conditions necessary to generate such a monster storm involve extreme drops in already-low air pressure, coupled with cold air colliding with a warm air system. Grayson was built from these components, as frigid cold air has escaped from the Arctic.

This winter sure is cold.
Thank god for home and heat and each other. 

A to Z Gratitude from 2017

A - Anna, Anders, Adeline, Arizona, American Flatbread, Art, Anne of Green Gables,   
      Activists 

B - Bjorn, Barbro, Black Walnuts, Ben, the Barn, Brothers, Bike riding, cozy Beds,
      this Blog, Birthdays, Burlington 

C - Clouds, Cholla jumping cactus, Cape Cod, Cathy, Crocodiles, Cathedral Rock, Cereal, 
       Coffee, Carrots, Creativity, Contest of Champions

D - Democracy, Camp Downer, Dinners with friends, Dancing

E - Euphonium, Eclipse

F - so many Friends, our Family, Finley, Festival of Fools, Fossas, Feminism, Freedom

G - Grand Canyon, Games, Guardians of the Galaxy, Grandma living here

H - Hamilton, our Home, getting Help, Hashtag #resist #metoo #blacklivesmatter

I - IAA, Ipads, Ice skating on canals

J - Judy, Jane, Jasper, making Jam 

K - Kuba, Kaj, Kindergarten helper, Kindness

L - Leonard, Little House on the Prarie, Lemony Snicket, Lin Manuel Miranda, Love  

M - Mousy, Music, Matias, Mr. T & Mr. L., Macaroni & Cheese, Milk Frother,
       Maglianaro's Latte, Marvel Super Heroes, dried Mango

N - Nelson Pond, Nespresso,  New World Tortilla, Nature

O - Oceans, Ottawa, Onions 

P - Piano, Peregrine Falcons, Pokémon, Poetry, Pho Hong, Photographs, Picking berries, 
      Peaceful Protests, Pomegranate 

Q - eQuality, Quebec

R -  Rob, Ravioli

S - Struktur, Sam, Sedona,  Sleepovers, Saguaro cactus, Senora Desert Museum, Skunks, Soccer, 
      Sister Sandy, STRIKE, Summer, the Sky, Swimming, Sledding, Sailing, Skiing, Slippers,
      Stuffies

T - Tiger, being Twelve, being Ten, Two moms, Twothousandseventeen, Traveling, Judy gets Vermont Teacher of the year award 

U -  Understanding, Uncles 

V - Violin, Vacations, Pizza Veritas, chewable Vitamins, living in Vermont

W - Walrus, Writing, Women's March, Watching netflix series

X -  waXing moon, playing robloX

Y - Yoga Nidra, Yo Yo birthday

Z - Zander & Zander

Happy 2 0 1 8