Celebration Time is Here! Weekend...

If the day doesn't bring you a rainbow see if you can find a six-year old to create one for you.



_{Background paper from Canvas of Color by Gina Miller, Glitter Scalloped edge by Gina Miller, Rainbow Felt by Tiff Brady, Green arrow doodle from Dear Diary by Erica Hite, Nessa Alpha by Erica Hite, Doodle Frame with green by Kate Hadfield, Doodle Frame from Chalked Full of Fun by Lisa Whitney, Say It journaling blocks by Dani Mogstad, Font: Jane Austen/ Sketchy}

This is the last of Noah's Mother's Day Art Collection.

::::::::::::::::::So, What Happened to the Chicken? ::::::::



_{Chicken is from Happy Easter by Studio Sausan at Scrapbookgraphics}


This infamous question is asked by Michael before family reading time. The question is always directed at Noah who has biblionarcolepsy (falls asleep when a book is being read to him). Noah hasn't fallen for it yet. I filled him in on the last two chapters he missed in our current book, The Sisters Grimm, The Fairy Tale Detectives, because he had fallen asleep and the others begged to forge ahead without him. Noah was actually awake last night and working on his current Bionicle creation, when Michael asked one of his silly chicken questions. Noah rolled his eyes and said "There was no chicken!" The older kids are beginning to add an entire sub plot to the story about this chicken. There is something really great about families and their inside jokes.

:::::::::::::::Inventor Day::::::::

Aaron and I watched shows on Inventors as a part of our day. We learned about: Leonardo Da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, James Watt, Louis Pasteur, The Wright Brothers and Eli Whitney. Aaron was fascinated that all of these men were proficient at things at his age. I wonder if that message will sink in?


::::::::::::::Acting Debut:::::::::

Noah is a swordfish guard in his first grade production of "Go Fish". He has one line and he is sooooo excited.

::::::::::::::Vacation Plans:::::::

There are so many things to see on our route to Niagara Falls. Our planned detours should be a lot of fun. We are using Frommer's Guide and Fodor's to get the information about local spots and suggestions from ladies at Digishoptalk. When we stop in New York City I considered finding the kids an inexpensive Broadway show and Blue Man Group: Tubes looked really cool, but the ticket prices I found were $78.00 each. I wonder if they come cheaper than that? The guide gives approximate hotdog stand and pizza by the slice prices that seem reasonable. The ladies at Digishoptalk said we need to go to Serendipity's for a Frozen Hot Chocolate. I looked it up and boy that place made me gain five pounds from reading the menu.
Our current goal is finding a good value motel that we can park our car, grab a shower and easy access to Manhattan.
I'm enjoying reading about the myriad of sites going North. I hope we can structure our itinerary enough that when we want to be spontaneous we can. (This really does make sense!)

Smiles!

Noah and Oinkey

Noah suffers from Biblionarcolepsy. Now I'm not sure if this term is in any medical dictionary, but it works for me. Every night we have family reading time before bedtime. First, we read a chapter in the scriptures and then we read a just for fun book. Sometimes Noah can stay awake for 5 to 10 minutes, but never more than that. It doesn't matter with adjusting the time too much because he still falls asleep. He asked me last week what happened in the book The Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis. I said we finished reading that 3 weeks ago. We are currently reading Howl's Moving Castle. He is up to speed on the title of the book we're reading, but that's it. My husband and I really like to discuss the meaning of the stories and the different ideas in the books, so I feel bad that we can't do that with Noah. We teased him last week asking him if he had ever heard of a book... You know the things with a title and pages of text? He thought we were silly and promptly fell asleep.

Noah has a great stuffed animal friend he calls Oinkey. Now I'm not sure of the spelling it could be Oinkee instead. Since Noah can't spell anything he is cool with whatever I choose. Oinkey is a great companion since he is nice to cuddle, doesn't argue and doesn't mind being tied to various objects around the house, being dragged on the floor, and becoming his alter ego...SUPER OINKEY... which gives him the ability to be hurled through a room to simulate flying (repeatedly) and be realitively unscathed. Oinkey has a cousin...Oinkster, which is a duplicate stuffed animal because one of our dear friends, Rochelle, did not want the kids to fight...naive, but really sweet idea!