We've been doing lots of fun stuff lately.
For JoySchool last week, Jonah got to go to the park and fly kites. They were going to make them but then the mom-in-charge found $1 kites and thought it would be more fun to have more time to fly the kite than to supervise 5 kids making kites that might not fly (and probably cheaper too). When we picked Jonah up that day, he was so excited, but thought that Wyatt and Mom needed kites too so we went and bought two more. Jonah's is Buzz Light Year. Wyatt immediately picked out Lightning McQueen at the store. Jonah told me I had to get Barbie because it was "so beautiful" and "moms like pretty things."
This is another JoySchool activity. We do a monthly fieldtrip and for March, we went to a local maple syrup farm. It was really fun for the kids and really interesting too. Here is Jonah getting a turn to drill a tap-hole into a tree.
I was a little disappointed though because, as some of you may know, I am a maple syrup snob. I actually once brought my own warm maple syrup in a little insulated mug to a ward pancake breakfast. I was hoping to find out a little bit more about making my own maple syrup because maple syrup can be rather pricy. Well, it turns out that Iowa is about the farthest west and south where maple syrup can even be produced (because freezing/thawing temperatures have a lot to do with it) and we want to live in the West. Also, it takes 40 gallons of maple sap to boil down to 1 gallon of maple syrup. I felt my dreams come crashing down around me as they gave us vanilla ice cream cones with maple syrup drizzled on top.And these photos are just for fun. This is a Sunday afternoon. The boys are still in their church clothes, but have found ways to embellish them.
