Archive for the 'Fun stuff' Category
This is a picture of our new license plates. As all of you know I have two boys. So my husband and I decided to get personalized plates for our truck. As you can tell from this picture our plates read 2 boys. We had to make a trip to Cheyenne to get the plates, but it was so fun and I couldn’t wait to get home and put them on.
I just love my boys and this is one more way for everyone to know!
This is a picture of Josh playing the game Connect Four. The funny thing about it is he used a stuffed Penguin as a leg for the game. LOL! I guess that’s one way to still play the game.
Mar
13
Coffee filters .. Who knew! And you can buy 1,000 at the Dollar Tree for almost nothing.
COFFEE FILTERS: Not just for making coffee….
1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave.
Coffee filters make excellent covers.
2. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are
Lint-free so they’ll leave windows sparkling.
3. Protect China . Separate your good dishes by putting a coffee filter between each dish.
4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.
5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the
Skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.
6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.
7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve
Lined with a coffee filter.
8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.
9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.
10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes.
11. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.
12. Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows? Use strips of coffee filters.
13. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on them. Soaks out all the grease.
14. Keep in the bathroom. They make great “razor nick Fixers.
My youngest son Josh was part of a team of other 4th, 5th, and 6th graders that made up the Lego Robotics team at his school. They had a competition on Saturday. They had so much fun and they even one a trophy. They took 15th out of 60 teams and they took 3rd place for team spirit. Here is a picture of the team trophy.
Here is a picture of Josh and one of his team mates running the robot and making it run the course.
After the event on Saturday our local newspaper ran the article below. Josh beamed from ear to ear when he read it.
By the Star-Tribune staff
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 8:39 PM MST
Dozens of robots built LEGO levees, lifted LEGO houses, and gathered LEGO people on competition boards at the Casper Events Center on Saturday for the annual First — For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology — LEGO League Championship.
Attendance increased from last year, too, said Jim Nations who helped organize the event.
Total participants numbered 3,269, up 25 percent from 2,614 in 2007, he said.
Here are the winners:
Champions Award: 1. Mean Green Machines, Lusk Elementary School; 2. SAM’s Rappers, Casper St. Anthony’s; 3. Laser Blazers, Casper Oregon Trail Elementary School.
Robot Design Award: 1. The NXT Generation of Eagles, Gillette Sage Valley Junior High School; 2. RoboEagles, Casper Centennial Junior High School; 3. Robo Joes 2.0, Laramie Snowy Range Academy.
Teamwork Award: 1. Geek Squad, Buffalo; 2. Nerd Herd, Casper Classical Academy; 3. The Purple Herder Robotic Stampede of Lightning Fury, Glenrock.
Research Quality Award: 1. CO2s, Casper Park School; 2. Environmental Einsteins, Casper CY Junior High School; 3. Technical Difficulties, Jackson Middle School.
Innovative Solution Award: 1. Terabyte Tigers, Casper Paradise Valley Elementary School; 2. Spiderbots, Casper Poison Spider Elementary School; 3. Fire Blazers, Pinedale.
Creative Presentation Award: 1. Beetlebots, Casper Manor Heights Elementary School; 2. Flying Monkeys, Casper Classical Academy; 3. Mission Possible, Gillette Sunflower Elementary School.
Robot Performance Award: 1. The NXT Generation of Eagles, Gillette Sage Valley Junior High School; 2. Flying Polar Bears, Jackson Journeys School; 3. Techno Spartans, Clearmont.
Team Spirit Award: 1. Rocky Wolves, Casper Frontier Middle School; 2. LEGO Legends, Kemmerer Middle School; 3. Biodroids, Casper Pineview.
Outstanding Volunteer Award: Carrie Gomez
Young Mentor Award: Leland Hepworth
Adult Mentor Award: Kristi Hibbert
http://www.trib.com/articles/2008/12/10/news/casper/77ce07f79ff067e88725751b0004a46b.txt
Nov
29
My oldest wanted one of these and they were all sold out when we made it to the store. I was so bummed until I found them on Amazon. Your kids will just love it!
Nov
29
My boy’s watched this movie the other day and just loved it. It will make the perfect Christmas gift for kids and adults. Get your copy today!
Nov
6
I’m so excited about my new blog. I’ve been using my blog at virtualfreedom4you.blogspot.com for all my fun stuff like Wordless Wednesday, holiday pictures, etc. I’ve been thinking that is not the right thing for that blog, so I created a Mommy Blog.
I hope you like what I publish here. I’d love to read your comments as well.
So I hope you will peek into my life as a sports mom and see what is going on in my life.
Corrie