Scouts, Chick-Fil-A and an artist

I'm trying to update more often. My sister wants a weekly post, we'll see about that. Here's what we've been up to. First off, here is Robert, Audrey and Charlie out front. The boys were riding their bikes, and Robert was on his skateboard so I took Audrey out to watch and the next thing I knew she was riding up and down the sidewalk on Daddy's lap. Charlie helped with the pushing.
We had the big Pinewood Derby for scouts last weekend. I'm still debating on who had more fun, the boys or Robert. Harrison took 3rd place, so he was thrilled. Robert is already thinking about how he can win next year.
Our school group got to go to Chick-Fil-A for a field trip this week. IN case you are wondering about all the green, it happened to take place on St. Patrick's day. It was fun, the boys loved it. They got to go tour the kitchen, drive up window, break room, and the walk in refrigerator. What's even better? Free food. :)
Lastly, here is Charlie's picture of a squirrel playing a video game with music. You could tell that's what it was right? ")

Long Beach Airport tour 11-3-06

We went to the Long Beach Airport for a field trip with our ISP group. What a neat place. The airport has a 1930's art deco feel to it, totally cool. The nice thing is, is that the airport has historical status, so the design will never change. The tour is great, very informative. We started off with a demonstration of the fire trucks, and wow, they can shoot water very high, and very far. They are mostly on call. Thankfully there are not too many fires at the airport.

The firefighters were all super nice, I think that's a prerequesite for firefighters don't you? After their demonstration, they gathered all of the kids together for a group photo. I told Harrison to go up front, and one firefighter leaned down and picked Harrison up and put him on his shoulders for the photo. I love that he is oh so casual with his hands in his pockets.

We then got a tour of the tarmac and walked over to the terminal where we got some airport history. After that, we headed up to the observation deck to watch some planes land and take off. This is what the boys thought about that:


And thank you to the very kind rental car attendant that didn't think it was odd for me to ask her to take our picture. The reason the sign is partially covered is because there was a film crew there filming a movie out front.

At dinner tonight, I asked the boys what their favorite part of the airport tour was. Harrison told me he loved to see the planes taking off and landing. Charlie told me that his favorite part was seeing the luggage. :D If that's not a four year old for you then I don't know what is!

Amy's Farm 10-9-06

Our school group had a field trip last week. With the kind of week I had been having, it's a miracle we made it. First off, I would have bet money that the field trip was scheduled for a completely different day. If our team leader had not emailed a reminder, we would have missed out. It didn't help that the date had been switched before. Hmmmph. We did make it, and we had so much fun. The farm is out in Chino, and does this kind of thing regularly. It is a working farm too, not just for kids. I took my mom with us, and she really enjoyed herself, even though a calf tried to chew her jacket. Yum.

The best part of the tour was that Harrison and his friend got to feed a baby calf it's milk from a bottle. I got some great pictures, but I don't want to post his friend's photo. If I can figure out a way, I will. At the end of the tour, the kids all got to pick out a pumpkin. Definitely a good day.





I am very excited. I am going up north this weekend. My friend, Suzanne and I are flying out on Friday. We are going to meet up with our friends Susie, and Elizabeth. We will all be staying at Elizabeth's home. They are all scrapbookers too, in fact that is how we all met. On Saturday we will be shopping in San Francisco. Robert will be holding down the fort here with the boys. I have no idea what they've got planned, but I'm pretty sure it involves Star Wars and staying up late. Hee hee.

So, have a good weekend! I'll return with lots of photos to share, I'm sure.

a fair day 9-25-06

Our ISP group had a day at the Los Angeles County Fair last week. Yes, despite the colds all around, we went. It wasn't too bad. Everyone should go to the Fair at least once. I figure now, I'm good for at least 5 more years. Oh the humanity! Our day started out nice enough. We got there in plenty of time, entered before it officially opened and managed to see a lot of things. My favorite exhibit, (I know the boys were thrilled), was the arts and crafts. You should have seen the quilts. My mom and I stood there with our mouths hanging open staring at them. Remember I said I wanted to take a quilting class? I thought I'd try this out as my first project:

Ha! Isn't this gorgeous? I really could fill this whole post up with pictures of the quilts I took.
No trip to the Fair would be complete without a visit to the barn. My mom said that her trip was worth it just to see these babes:

I tried to figure out a way to scoop one up and stick it in my shirt, but no go.
Harrison and Charlie l-o-v-e-d the trains. They have a fantastic train exhibit that you can walk through. We spent a lot of time here too:

They were also pretty fond of the NHRA Museum. I actually enjoyed it too, and was thrilled to see the World's Fastest Indian there. If you haven't seen the movie, grab your keys and go to Blockbuster now. Go on. I'll be here when you get back. Robert and I watched this about a month ago, and we both loved it. Great movie. Anthony Hopkins was superb. It's a true story, and I think I can pretty much guarantee that you will like it too. Here is the actual motorcycle:

And lastly, no post would be complete without the mention of Fair food. Come on people, does any of this sound the least bit appetizing? If it does, keep those thoughts to yourself. I give you, the deep fried Krispy Kreme chicken sandwich:

Friday at the beach 9-8-06

We spent the afternoon and part of this evening at the beach. Huntington Beach, to be exact. Harrison's new school group, (or ISP, Independent Study Program) had a beach party to kick off the new year. We has so much fun. I met lots of new people. There were quite a few families there. We had a barbecue in the evening, to which everyone brought something. The weather was perfect, Robert even got a little surfing in. The boys were covered in sand when we left. I felt like a needed a pressure hose to get rid of all that sand. Straight into the tub they went. And now, I'm off to sleep. :)

Oh, and when Harrison was going to bed he asked me if next time, we could go to the ocean that doesn't taste like salt. Love that kid.