Month: October 2010

School News: Out Sick

Not much going on here, just trying to get Isabel back to her normal self. Her nose has finally dried up and the coughing has gotten less, so I think by Wednesday she’ll be heading back to school.

While she’s been sick, she’s been busy…

Coloring her “Tink” picture from Sarah and playing ballerina (notice the tutu!).

Getting my hairs done, she enjoys doing this. She does this quite often and for some reason I never do her hairs; she’s always doing mine.

This morning she was having a queen party with all her friends and all their “crowns”…later she told me she was the head queen.

She finished her “Tink” picture from Sarah. Thank you, Sarah!
The hair, wings, flowers, and dress she did an amazing job on and stayed in the lines.

Floating

Isabel has been afraid of water getting on her head and in her ears since last year when she had an ear infection. At times it’s been a struggle to wash her hair! Even in the pool this summer with my parents and family she wouldn’t go under the water. So I’ve been working with her to let me get them wet in the tub and was just about giving up when she surprised me and floated in the tub!

Floating in the tub…so proud of her!
“I’m floating, Momma!” she says.

That night I found her asleep like this…does that look comfortable to you?
I remember finding myself upside down sometimes when I was a kid.

School News: Out Sick

We’ve been having some very cool nights around here. Last night only got up to 37 degrees and tonight is supposed to be colder (BTW- turned out to be 35 degrees!). Yikes! I’m not ready for fall, much less winter. Our days have been cloud-free! Which in my book always makes for a great day! Times like these I wish I was a cat. So I could curl up in the window and soak up all those rays!

Isabel didn’t make it to school today. She is coming down with a cold. Her cough seems better then yesterday, so we’ll see how the weekend goes…

School News: Letter D

Isabel had such a busy day, that she can’t remember all that she did. Silly girl. I’ll be helping in the classroom on Friday, so I’ll keep ya posted!

D for diamonds.

The special helper was Presley and she’s a girl. For show and tell, Presley brought a little doll and it’s name was “Cupcake”. Cupcake had light brown hair and a white dress with pink polka-dots. For snack they had a cookie, applesauce, and juice.

School News: Fire Drill

Today at school they had another fire drill, that was the first thing Isabel said to me when I went to pick her up. She wasn’t afraid of it this time but did cover her ears because it was really loud and hurt them.  She also got to play dress up, during free time play and that she got to wear a crown. I think they worked on the letter “D” because she did mention a story about Dee the dinosaur or something like that.

The special helper was Olivia, who brought pretzels, raisins, and juice for snack. For show and tell she brought a stick that lit up, played music, and spun. One of the other girls wanted to play with it and Mrs. W told her no, but she did it anyway. Olivia doesn’t sleep with her stick toy because she could roll over on it, hit a button, and wake everyone up. “That would be silly.” Isabel says.

SFM

In the same building is the Science Fiction Museum (SFM). Enjoy!

Most of the items on display are from the early 50’s or so but every so often we saw something that we remembered from our youth…

From the 1982 film E.T.: The Extr-Terrestrial and mother ship; which is shown at the end of the movie. I loved this movie when I was kid! Have to admit… I cried.

From the 1984 film; The Terminator.
Isabel thought he was cool and shiny. “Why does he have teeth, Daddy?” she asked.

Robbie the Robot from the film Forbidden Planet (1956).

Twiki from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV 1979-1981) was voiced by Mel Blanc.

Created for the TV show, Lost in Space (1965-1968) and only known as “Robot” but was famous for saying …“Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!”

“Muffit” from TV series, Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979) and was worn by Evolution the chimpanzee.

Phasers from Star Trek (TV 1966-1969).
Look like early Wal*Mart scanners!

Gun (center) used by Bruce Willis as Major Korben Dallas in the film The Fifth Element (1997). Gun (bottom – BTW looks like a glue gun!) is an ear-piercing gun used by Lori Petty in Tank Girl (1995).

Model of spaceship used in the film “*batteries not included” (1987).

…the next 2 photos are for my Dad, who enjoyed this movie when it came out…

From the film, The Rocketeer (1991) outfit worn by Bill Campbell as Cliff.

Rocket-pack worn by Bill Campbell as Cliff.
(see above)

Props used in the film Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991).

Sunglasses and gun used in the film Waterworld (1995).

Entrance to the EMP (on the right) and SFM (on the left) building as we were leaving.

EMP

We headed to Seattle and the Experience Music Project (EMP) and Science Fiction Museum (SFM). I’m going to break it up into 2 different postings, this one will be about the music. Enjoy!

When we arrived, the EMP was just setting up for a private event, so we got to walk through the Sky Church before access was denied to anyone not invited.

Inside the Sky Church. The pink wall on the left was a giant screen behind the stage. The “flower’s” hanging from the ceiling were moving up and down, like jellyfish.

We went through the Guitar Gallery: The Quest for Volume (no flash photography in here), which was really cool room. Celebrates the work of innovators as Orville Gibson, Leo Fender, and Les Paul. I should have taken photos in here but there were so many people, I kept bumping into them or them into me. Crazy. We also walked through the Jimi Hendrix: An Evolution of Sound, room but again that was so crowded, we didn’t stick around. We quickly walked through the Northwest Passage, which traces the development of music in the Northwest. Following the early years of jazz and R&B and later garage bands.

Roots and Branches sculpture. Mostly guitars; but if you looked closely you could see other instruments as well. This was located on the 2nd floor and reached to the ceiling on the 3rd.

Drumming in the sound lab.

Strumming in the sound lab. Isabel says that her favorite part of the whole day was playing the guitar’s.

Tapping the drum table in the sound lab.
A cool “table” that changes instruments every so often.

Hitting the “ivories” and she’s loving it!

Later we entered into one of the “private” jam rooms and had a jam session…

School News: Toilet Paper

This morning we arrived at school in time to have prayer with Mrs. W, Ms. Calvert, some parents, and other kids from the class. It was a great way to start our day!

On Wednesday, Isabel was told to bring one roll of toilet paper to class with her today. Isabel had told us that they were going to make pumpkins with them.

Before class; acting silly with her paper.

After class with her pumpkin; it’s so cute!

Today they read a story about a cat named Cookie, who made a big miss in the house. Cookie got dishes all over and even got his tail stuck in a drawer in the kitchen. He even made a miss in the closet when things fell down on top of him. It was a funny story. On the playground, Isabel got a bike again and even shared it with others who wanted to ride. One of the boys, Devan, was acting like a crocodile and all the kids ran to get away from him. Makayla is opening up more to Isabel and she’s very happy about that. They are talking more and more each and every day.

Today’s special helper was Lilliana but they call her Lilly. Lilly brought a purple sparkly horse for show and tell. The horse didn’t have a name though. Lilly brought yogurt, “dog-bone” chocolate crackers, and juice. Since Makayla forgot her show and tell on Wednesday, she brought it today. Makayla brought a bamboo piggy bank with money in it. When Makayla would shake the piggy, you could hear the money inside.

This picture was made earlier in the week but Isabel got to bring it home today. It’s a painting that Isabel did while driving cars through the paint! How fun is that!