Preston's Sunflower

Preston's Sunflower
Originally uploaded by burke_wicker

March 30th was Van Gogh day and in celebration we had ears of corn with dinner and Preston did these sunflowers in tribute.

~B

Field trip!

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Originally uploaded by burke_wicker

Today we went to the Bonneville dam and fish hatchery as part of March's learning focus: water! Unfortunately the visitor's center was closed at the dam, but we looked around outside and then wandered down to the hatchery. This is a picture of a turbine that helps create electricity. See more photos on our Flickr. Among my favorites is this one.

~B

Everyone colors

Everyone colors
Originally uploaded by burke_wicker

Abuelita has been visiting every day this week as it has been Spring Break. Today Papa and abuelita colored with Preston.

Finn's first steps

That's right, March 24th Finney took 2 steps!

Happy St. Patrick's

I am sick and my brain is not working well so this will be brief. Preston did some crafts. We had corned beef and cabbage, Guinness, and green cupcakes. A good time was had by all. My favorite quote of the day: "Why do we have to do Irishy things today?" from the Dub. Good times.

Pi Day 2009

Pie Collage
Originally uploaded by burke_wicker

So, this last Saturday, March 14th 2009, we once again celebrated Pi Day. March 14th? 3/14? 3.14? Get it? &Pi
For brunch we had a tasty sausage and orange bell pepper quiche with homemade crust. Dinner was a tasty pizza from a local place, Stark Naked Pizza on Stark St., and then we had a chocolate pudding pie for desert. Ate way too much, but soooo tasty. Side note: It was also Einstein's B-Day and the 15th anniversary of version 1.0 of the Linux kernel. What a wonderful day for geeks!

~B

Egg cup fish

Egg cup fish
Originally uploaded by burke_wicker

For March we decided Preston would learn all about water. This was the first craft connected to it. It's an egg cup fish. Preston drew the fins and also the face on the fish. Papa helped him cut them out and tape everything together. Tonight we read about clouds.

~B

The P-Dub Magic Art Hour

OK, it's not an hour, but this is kind of a long video, 5 min. So consider yourself warned. But it is full of cuteness and art. There are some sound problems at the beginning. My camera gave up the ghost, or rather had it wrenched from it and this is my first attempt at doing something using T's camera. Anyway, enough jibber jabber. On with the show.
~Brandon

I can has rainbow?

Finn sees a rainbow and wants to escape to get it. Luckily we caught him while he was fashioning a rope from old baby blankets.