Some recent events......
- Visit with Uncle John & Aunt Fran, and rest of the Rivers family at Nockamixon State Park over President's Day weekend. We, along with several other travelers, had difficulty locating the cabins - but eventually reached Aunt Julie to get directions. Sasha, you hung out with the fishing guys (Uncle John and Mark). And Brock, you spent time with Lucy & Noel. We had a crazy game of charades - I got stuck with "aglet" (who ever heard of that?? turns out it's the plastic sheath at the end of a shoelace).... In retrospect, I should asked for a different word. Steve did a good job with "Italian sausage", and Brock remembers getting "transformers". Sasha, you managed to convey "woodchurch" very successfully - though, Grandad said it was actually supposed to be woodchuck! I brought along chocolate chip cookies and spice drop cakes, both of which were popular. We have figured out that cabin time is reasonably comfortable with sleeping pads on top of the bunk mattresses, as well as a humidifier. The Camry developed a practically-flat tire, but luckily Mark loaned us his "plug into the cigarette lighter" air compressor and we made it Pep Boys in Quakertown for repairs. The highlight of our trip was a very nice lunch at the Vintage Grill restaurant. Thank you so much, Steve, for taking pictures !!
- Grammie's book Colors of the Universe has been published. It's a collection of interesting and lovely poems. Sasha, this is very timely because your 10th grade English class is about to start work on poetry (you've mentioned that you might get 'brownie points" since your grandmother is a published poet!). I hope you continue to expand your own poetry writing skills - I've suggested you could write one about airsoft. In the meantime, here is very simple poem co-written by you and Steve:
Tigey Whygee was very fat
Tigey Whygee was so lazy *
Tigey Whygee could get crazy.
* As evidence, a disgusting centipede (think miniature dust mop) appeared from under the stove and scurried along the base of the kitchen cabinets. It arrived next to the kitty bowls as Tiger was having a snack. Tiger completely ignored the creepy bug, flying legs and all. At my insistence, you Sasha were trying to "Do something!!" when it scooted back under the stove. Thankfully, it has not come back (we're wondering if it has visited Sadie's house?).
- In other news, you Sasha has been taking an evening class on making i.e., "tying" fly-fishing flies. The teacher is your 9th grade algebra teacher (and fellow fly-fisherman) Mr. Romanowski. We've been introduced to the Vo-Tech high school in Pringle, and get to enjoy the spectacular view of Wyoming Valley on Monday nights. Also - after much discussion, planning, and gear-purchasing, Sasha is finally playing airsoft with a group of Exeter Township enthusiasts. We've had several weekend jaunts back-n-forth to a park long the Susquehanna River in Harding. Meanwhile, Brock has been playing with Sean who is staying at Sadie's house during the week. We made it to the Cub Scout winter fun day at Kirby Park. Plus, last Saturday Brock and Ben went snow tubing up at Sno Mountain - and then spent the following afternoon together at Ben's house (including trek to Chuck E Cheese). We've managed to stay pretty busy through the winter months.
- And last, but not least..... Sasha, yesterday you were laughing hard at the 2 YouTube videos below (and a few others by the same "chef"). Just don't plan to try this at my house!!
