Tyler and his friend Gideon built this log fort near the school and right next to their forest here in Burlington. They have had a blast over the last few weeks. The gray pipes represent cannons, and the blue material represent their flags. I thought it was pretty cool that they built a room with a roof. They sure are having a lot of fun.
Tyler's fourth grade class has been studying science. A few days ago he came home from school and decided to build his own satellite from scratch with the aid of two aluminum soda cans taped end to end covered with tin foil, and two solar panels made of cardboard and toothpicks. We thought it was pretty creative.
Update: Julia tied for second place in Burlington Middle School during a math competition.
Julia had the opportunity to be in a county wide Spelling Bee for all of the school districts. She made It into the 4th round of 5 and earned the certificates posted above. The second picture is of a home made paper and wood airplane that Tyler decided to build from scratch (no plans). It kind of flies, and the third frame (Video) is of Tyler in the Color Guard for the Blue and Gold Banquet held tonight at the church in Burlington. Just CLICK on the small black arrow at watch the colors be presented.
Julia and Tyler decided to put on a Black Light Dance Show for us last night. It took them a few hours to put everything together including make-up. The top two photos are close-ups of them and the last two frames will play their routines. In the last video the music is hard to hear so, turn it up. Enjoy! Just CLICK on the arrows of the two bottom images to view the video.
I couldn't resist. Tyler decided to save a day old doughnut for his lunch tomorrow and wrote the note attached to the Tupperware container. We are working on his spelling. The second photos is of Julia's desk in her room. Last fall she made the pencil holder in 7th grade woodshop. Not bad for a first time woodshop project.
Roughly fifty miles west of Burlington just outside of the small town of Meteetse Wyoming lies lower Sunshine Reservoir. There with Tim Dehl and his son Jayden, I caught my first three Splake Trout through 12 inches of ice on store bought shrimp. These fish are a cross between a Brook and a Lake Trout. I included close-ups of them in the kitchen sink to illustrate their markings. Click on the arrow of the black screen to see a 360 degree view of the lake.
Tyler competed in this years pinewood derby and took fourth place after four heats. In the video posted above (click on the arrow under the black screen), he won the round. Watch for his GOLD car winning in lane 3.
