Pharoah, Pharoah!

Time to walk like an Egyptian - we're teaching the life of Moses. Here's Rob as our host, Professor Diggs, who is a bit archeologist, a bit surfer dude, dig it?

Today we covered Pharoah & the plagues. Here's our pharoah, our good buddy Dave, who vaguely resembles a chicken in my opinion:
So, we start simple, we turn the water to "blood" with a little food coloring
Mr. Matt, the cow, dies
We're almost done, Pharoah has been pummeled by frogs, rice as "gnats", and paper wads as "hail", had red sticker boils put on him, and been attacked by clothes-pin locusts.

Finally, who turned out the lights?

Best parts of class - Dave is still talking to us after all of this & the kids actually groaned when we told them they had to wait until next class to learn about the final plague. They may be disappointed when it doesn't involve throwing anything at an adult, but I'll take wha I can get.

A Day at the Zoo

We got a surprise call from our friend Neil this week wanting to get together on Saturday. We haven't seen him since New Year's. We also got to meet his girlfriend Becky, who is among the reasons we haven't seen him since January. We ended up spending the day at the zoo.

First a couple of obligatory animal pictures:

Elena, me & the giraffes:

Rob & Elena
Neil & Elena in deep conversation
The group: Becky, Neil, Rob & Elena

So many jokes

This photo has so many uses. First boy who comes to pick her up for a date. Prom. Senior ad in the year book. Wedding slide show. So many uses. . . she's gonna hate me someday.


Oh, and Kathryn, who told me to take the picture.

4 pictures

Laney and I gave sidewalk chalk a try.
She posed for this picture - I didn't know she could do that!
More laundry basket fun
Yes, he's a good dad and yes, he's getting a confetti egg cracked on his head

The Peep's Gotta Die

Or what to with left over Easter candy

The victim
30 seconds on high
Watch it grow
The end result (slightly deflated)
Funny, but nasty tasting