Saturday, September 29, 2007

Trustworthiness and Trains


Friday, Sarah won an award at her school for trustworthiness. Apparently each teacher picked two students from their classroom and Sarah was one of the two chosen from her class.


After the awards Sarah showed me her classroom.


Sunday we had a house full of Cub Scouts. Ben's Wolf Scout pack came over to see the train set and do some train related activities. Each kid got a chance to drive the trains.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

The Cannon at Ft. Tejon

We took a trip up the freeway again to attend another civil war re-enactment at Ft. Tejon. We stayed long enough to watch two separate re-enactments.


We got to see the Cannon!


Sarah, Emily and Sarah's friend pose with the cannon.


Ben and his friends pose with the cannon as well. The boys picked up cap guns at the souvenir shop.


Emily found a pretty bonnet that she liked.


Brandon has a great time as well. He did lots of exploring.


Emily enjoyed seeing the cavalry horse.

Sunday, September 2, 2007

Labor Day Weekend Party

The temperatures were in the triple digits this weekend with daytime around 110 degrees. Sunday we had a block party. Since the weather was so warm, we pitched together and rented a giant water slide!

It was quite crowded for a while as all the kids couldn't wait to get their turn.


Matt went down the slide quite a few times. Sarah and Ben thought that was quite funny.


Between trips down the water slide, kids feasted on chips and juice. Here is Emily enjoying the festivities.


The street was full of kids and parents having a good time.


As things started to cool dowin into the high 90's, we started preparing the projector for video games and a movie. Though, the kids continued to play on the slide to many hours after dark. I think the lowest temperature that evening was probably in the 80's.


We have used the screen in years past. We made it from scratch.


Instead of using a modern radio, I pressed my old Fisher 800 into service. It was amazing how well the 45 year old radio performed. Nothing like the warm glow of vacum tubes in a summer evening... ahhh...



When it was dark, we were able to fire up a projector and project the Sony Playstation on the front of the house. The kids (and adults) played Dance Dance Revolution.

We kept the projector going till 1 AM Monday morning with movies.