Month: November 2011

Bonhomme de neige

We have been enjoying the beautiful weather. Saturday morning we built a fantastic snowman thanks to a kit that we recieved as a family Christmas gift last year. Yesterday L went to school and discovered the french word for snowman and now we talk about la bonhomme de neige and look for them everywhere.

L’s favourite tv show is CBC’s Artzooka. They have a contest running right now, the grand prize is craft supplies. L would like to win and I would like it if he did too, the paper drawer is always on the verge of running out. For the contest L had to make a muscial instrument and upload his picture to cbc kids. Of course L’s drum is decorated with a picture of a dragon breathing fire on some unsuspecting knight. Yesterday L wrote and illustrated a book entitled “Dragon”. The narration went like this; “Dragon is breathing fire”, “Dragon is attacking” (here he made a lift the flap, the top is a knight and underneath is a pile of ashes), “Dragon is attacking the castle”. By now I suppose that you are catching on to the theme in our house.

The List

Knowing that some of you may be curious, here’s the list of places I’ve submitted job applications to. (I’ll add to it as I send more packets away.) Sorry, not many of the places are close by.
  • Western New England University (Springfield, Massachusetts—yes, the place where Pam worked while we were living there)
  • University of Missouri–Saint Louis
  • Cane College (New Hampshire)
  • Augustana College (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
  • Winona State University (Minnesota)
  • York University (Toronto, Ontario)
  • Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea)
  • Virginia Military Institute
  • University of Denver
  • University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)
  • Florida Gulf Coast University
  • Union College (New York)
  • University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario)
  • Howard University (Washington, D.C.)
  • Trinity College (Connecticut)
  • Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama)
  • Illinois State University
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Massachusetts)
  • Duke University (Durham, North Carolina)
  • University of Memphis
  • Tennessee Tech University
  • The College of William and Mary (Virginia)
  • College of Charleston (South Carolina)
  • California State University, San Bernardino
  • University of Antwerp (Belgium)
  • Neumann University (Pennsylvania)
  • University of New England (Maine)
  • Lingnan University (Hong Kong)
  • Pacific University (Oregon)
  • Kansas State University
  • State University of New York, Potsdam
  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
  • Emory & Henry College (Virginia)
  • University of Connecticut
  • West Virginia University
  • Saint Anselm College (New Hampshire)
  • Manchester College (Indiana)
  • University of Tennessee, Martin
  • University of Hawaii at Hilo
  • University of Mississippi
  • University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)
  • Loyola University (Chicago, Illinois)
  • Tulane University (New Orleans, Louisiana)
  • Arkansas State University
  • Borough of Manhattan Community College (New York)
  • Anna Maria College (Massachusetts)
  • Elmhurst College (Chicago, Illinois)
  • Southern Connecticut State University
  • Delta College (Michigan)
  • University of Michigan-Dearborn
  • Sacred Heart University (Connecticut)
  • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Indiana)

Finally the Happy Cake

We had the F’s over on Saturday to celebrate K’s Birthday. K finally had a Happy Cake. I was quite proud of my decorating job, I think the characters were at least recognizable. Maybe I am actually learning something in the cake decorating department or I lucked out. It is no where near what others can do, but their accomplishments inspire (and intimidate) me.

Thank you everyone for the great presents and for coming. It is good to be so close to family and have you in her life.

Happy All Saints Day

We had a great Hallowed Eve with family. L helped make dessert; spooky cupcakes and skeleton cookies.

Then we went Trick or Treating with a knight, a horse and a ladybug.

I made L’s costume, but he decorated the shield all by himself I was very impressed.
K had a repeat of last year with her ladybug costume. Her aunty thought it awful that I had made something for L but not for K. I am sure the year that I have to sew a princess costume will make up for the this year.

But really she is just so cute with her little pixie face peeking out of her hood.