Snowflake Craft

You will need 6-8 sheets of paper, scissors, tape, and a stapler.

1. Take a corner of the paper and fold it over to make a triangle.

2. Cut off the extra paper.

3. Fold the triangle in half to form a smaller triangle.

4. Hold the triangle at an angle, folded edge down, and cut 3 lines up to the top but DO NOT reach the edge with your cut; leave a small margin between the edge and the end of your cut. (Click on the picture for a close-up view, and use the triangle at the left as an example for what it should end up looking like.)

5. Unfold the paper and it should look like this: (If it doesn't, you probably messed up in example 4).

6. Take the 2 middle strips of paper and tape them together.

7. Flip over the paper and take the next 2 strips and tape them together. Repeat taping and flipping for the rest of the strips.

8. After you are done with step 7 you should get 1 of these shown below. Repeat steps 1-7 until you get about 6-8 of these. (I usually use 8).

9. Take 3 or 4 of the pieces and staple them together at the ends. Take another group of 3 or 4 and repeat. After that, take the 2 groups and staple them together at the ends to form a snowflake.

10. Staple the sides of the pieces together to prevent them from sliding around.

What is This?

You have until Wednesday, December 16 to guess.

2 Weeks Till Christmas!

5 Thanksgiving Fun Facts

• President Abraham Lincoln established the original date for our National Thanksgiving Day celebration in 1863.


• President Thomas Jefferson scoffed at the idea of establishing a national “Thanksgiving Day.”


• Congress did not declare Thanksgiving a national holiday until 1941.

Benjamin Franklin wanted the national bird to be a turkey.

The first Thanksgiving was not a feast, but rather a time when Native Americans helped Pilgrims by bringing them food and helping them build off the land.

The Snake Necked Turtle

Click here for information about the snake necked turtle.

The Mistmantle Chronicles

The Mistmantle Chronicles tells the story of an orphaned squirrel named Urchin who was born on the island of Mistmantle. As a young squirrel he was taken to the castle of Mistmantle to serve as a page to Captain Crispin. Soon after, the beloved young hedgehog prince is murdered, Crispin is accused and exiled, and the king and queen despair, all while the evil Captain Husk and Lady Aspen are attempting to become the rulers of Mistmantle.

Wrapped in mystery and enchantment, this fantastic tale will keep you on the edge of your seat as the classic conflict of good versus evil unfolds.

More Fall Decorations

Mom made these fall decorations by just poking a needle through the leafs. Click on the picture to get a closer view.

(those are gumballs)

Octopus

Saturday afternoon Mom and I made this little octopus. It was very quick and simple!

Prelude by J.S. Bach

Click here to hear a song that I have been playing on the piano (the reason that I am doing this is because I can't think of anything else to post.).

More Fall

(Photos by Jake)

A Live Bichon Stole!

Lately when I get cold, all I have to do is grab Amy and use her as a scarf. She actually enjoys it!

Hallmark Card

I saw these cards in at Hallmark while looking for a gift for a friend. I just had to snatch them up!

Fall Time!

Mom's mums

Tuesday Harvest

Bat

A few months ago I came into my room to find a bat clinging to my window screen. I only got a few pictures before he decided to find a safer place to rest.

Wordless Wednesday

Dutch Wonderland

Last Friday we went to Dutch Wonderland using the tickets that we earned through the Lancaster Summer Reading Club.

In this ride you sit in a bench while a "house" spins around you.
It really tricks your eyes!

Horseback Ride

This past Monday I got to go on a trail ride with one of Mom's friends. We rode double on a horse named Ginger for about 2 hours. I had a great time!

We're back!

This post would be about the trip, but I can't remember how to load the pictures. I will have to wait until Jacob can help me.

I will not be blogging for a few days because I am on an overnight trip with Dad in South Hill, Virginia.

Hope to get back to it soon!

Apache and Targa

C2C Youth Olympics

The Youth Olympics got of to a slow start due to the unsure weather.

The teams that would be playing were Ketchuptonia (red), North Dijon Province (yellow), Democratic Relish Republic (green), and the Scallion Islands (white).

But finally it began with the first game: The Flap Jack Flip. The idea is to throw the pancake as far as you can. Holly took the gold with 40ft, I got silver with 33ft and Noah had 32ft.
(Nathan did not compete, he just wanted to see how far he could throw it)

In the next game each team lined up and at the signal, would have to race over to where a pile of paper bags sat. Each player had to grab a bag, open it, and eat whatever was in it. If they did not eat it, their team would get a 30 sec. penalty.
(Here I am eating SPAM)

Noah drinking V8.

Kara, trying to gulp down 5 crackers.

Our team was down a player so we chose dad to help us (just for this game).
Dad is eating sausages.

I also had to eat a pickle (one of my worst nightmares).

This next game helped to wash down the pickle.
All you had to do was try to be the first team to drink an entire bottle of soda.

This was a crowd pleaser...
be the first team to smash all of your teammates in the face with pudding.

Everyone was a sticky (and yummy) mess.

A "special" person was chosen from each team (not knowing why they were special) to lie down in front of a chair with a sundae dish on their forehead. Their teammates would stand on a chair, hold their arm straight out, and try to drop one ingredient at a time into the sundae dish. The team with the best-looking sundae won. (The Scallion Islands took the gold because they were the only ones who even got the ice cream in the dish).

Next was a very competitive game.

Each player had a number from 1-5 and when your number was called, you had to race to the middle of the square and grab the hot dog that was in the center of the square.

In the final game each member had to do a different job. For example, Katie had to toss pieces of cereal in the air while Noah tried to catch them in his mouth. My part was to roll an onion across the ground for about 10 ft, and Dad had to eat a pie as fast as he could without using his hands.
(Here's dad eating the pie with Pastor Joe taking as many close-up pictures as he could.)

(click to get a closer view of Pastor Joe's face)

In first place was the Democratic Relish Republic. Second place went to the Scallion Islands. Third was Ketchuptonia while the Dijon Province came in last.