Sincere Apology from Sara

Eva dug this out of her memory box this morning and we all had a good laugh.

Legos

Mo
Wall-E
Eve

Summertime, and the livin' is easy

This is what happens when you cook chicken in a glass pan, take it out of the oven, and neglect to supervise the innocent passerby who drops an ice cube into the pan "to see what happens." It explodes with a loud popping noise. Glass shoots all over the kitchen, and everyone screams. Do not try this at home.
These are Spencer's recreations of Wall-E, Eve, and M-O. Eva helped.
The Terrys and Tenaglias had a recital recently. It was a lovely evening of music, cake, pie, and conversation.
I don't know why I never thought of this when I was a kid. If it gets too hot while you're playing outside, just run an extension cord from the house to a window fan strategically placed near the sidewalk where you've set up your toys.

Water slides and The Feminine Mystique

Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique was published the year this house was built, so it only seems appropriate...
This is one of the water slides at the Paul Derda Rec Center. The kids LOVE the Paul Derda Rec Center.
Spencer coming in for landing!
COVA field day. We were only 45 minutes late because I couldn't find the park.

Happy Birthday, Eva!

Eva is 7 years old today! Yesterday was a very fun day. She had her first day of T-ball in the morning and her party in the afternoon. T-ball is a joint effort. Eva is on the team, and the coaching staff consists of her mom, her dad, her sister, and her brother.

To set the stage, we started by reading The Egyptian Cinderella.
Drawing hieroglyphics on a cave wall. They were really into drawing sheep.
Our version of an Egyptian pyramid
Barbie mummies.
The embalming and wrapping of Barbie mummies.

Barbie Photo Shoot

A group of Barbies got their shot at stardom this month at the Terry house when they were chosen to be models for the upcoming edition of Barbie Fashion. The editors of the magazine can be seen down below as they take a break from their labors at the park.

May Days

Work is really coming along on the Cub Scout go-cart. The boys were able to take it for a test drive yesterday evening. It needs some modifications, but they're very pleased with the results so far.
School in the springtime is a beautiful thing. 
Marouf, Walter, Spencer, Eva, and Rebecca celebrate the end of PhD preliminary exams.
Pack 333 constructs a dinosaur out of PVC pipe. Brother Brunson is amazing!!

More on the Titanic

So this was a traveling exhibit that happened to stop in Broomfield this week. It's traveling around the country, so it could be coming to a shopping mall parking lot near you! And it's free! They have about 50 artifacts recovered from the Titanic on display. Before you enter the exhibit, they give you a boarding pass with details about one of the people who was on the Titanic. Then when you get to the end of the exhibit you find out if you survived or not.

The night before we went we read the Magic Treehouse book about the Titanic, which was helpful to the kids. It was pretty eerie looking at some of that stuff, knowing it's been on the bottom of the ocean and belonged to people who died so tragically. Rebecca's person was on his honeymoon and didn't survive. Eva was a 21-year-old heiress, so she made it out okay. Spencer was a 36-year-old third-class passenger, so he didn't make it.