Halloween at Rowland Hall

I dressed up in my usual cowgirl costume for Halloween. Cindy, my assistant, dressed up as a witch. The children dressed up as children. Aren't they cute? I love my class, and we had a great party. Halloween is such a fun holiday. I love it!
Grandma/Mom

New baby Coen--straight from Heaven

New baby Coen--straight from Heaven

We had fun last Sunday when we celebrated Coen's birthday, and he even came to dinner! Everyone just passed him around and thought he was so beautiful. And he is!

Grandma loves Coen.

Grandma loves Coen.

Grandpa loves Coen.

Grandpa loves Coen.

And Andrew loves mom's delicious dessert!

And Andrew loves mom's delicious dessert!

John, the proud dad, is crazy about Coen.

John, the proud dad, is crazy about Coen.

Even Marshall thinks he's great!

Even Marshall thinks he's great!

Kinder Talk

Lonnie is happy to be back in her element with peers of similar aptitude. This week as she taught her K kids about syllables--how to break up their names into syllables, clap syllables, put their syllable name puzzles together, and tell each other how many syllables were in their names-- a little boy came up to her and asked, "How many 'cereal bowls' are in your name?"

Kate Does a Million Handstands

On our trip to Portland, Paul, as the official photographer, captured Kate's many handstands in front of every monument or cool vista. She didn't miss many, and the blood flow to her brain will undoubtedly bring her A's this term. Paul gets the patience award for capturing each shot.

Trip to Portland

We had a blast on our trip to Oregon in our rented Jeep. The best part was the ocean, and we saw all the coastal bridges all the way to Washington. Kate took us all over Portland and one of the highlights was a sushi restaurant that served sushi on an electric train. We ate a lot of good food (loved Trader Joes' mango mochi), went to a movie in a cool theater with footstools, and hit the ground running with work and school the next day when we came home.

Delicious Mystery Pie

Delicious Mystery Pie
(Tastes just like apple pie)

1 c. sugar
1/4 c. brown sugar
1 t. cinnamon
1/4 t. nutmeg
1 T. lemon juice
1/4 t. allspice
2 t. cream of tarter
Pinch of salt
3 T. cornstarch
2 T. butter (brush on after baked)
Zucchini - enough to fill the bottom pie shell

Peel and scoop out seeds of the zucchini. Slice it into apple size slices. Cover with water and boil for 8 minutes. Drain well and mix in remaining ingredients (except butter).
Pour into pie crust and top with second crust (I like the frozen Marie Calendar crusts). Cover edges of crust with tin foil.
Bake 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Turn down oven to 350 degrees and bake for another 20 minutes or until it looks golden brown.
Brush crust with butter and sprinkle with sugar.
Serve with vanilla ice cream.

(If you don’t have allspice, you can use equal amounts of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, and black pepper)

Family Birthdays and Anniversaries

Family Birthdays

Kate Bradley - February 18
Ralph Bradley - February 24
Atticus Bradley - February 24

Mildred Bradley - March 8

James Bradley - April 7
James Reuben Bradley - April 9
Kirsten Bradley - April 10
John Bradley - April 19
Christie Bradley - April 20

Laine Bradley - May 17
Josh Bradley - May 18
Lonnie Bradley - May 25

Benjamin Bradley - July 18
Melanie Bradley - July 29

Sarah Bradley - August 3
Samuel Bradley - August 19
Michael Bradley - August 31

Nikki Bradley - September 2
Chris Bradley - September 12
Reuben Bradley - September 19

Joan Baker - October 17
Eve Bradley - October 30

Paul Bradley - November 5
Jacob Benson (Bradley) - November 21
Simon Bradley - November 28

Marshall Bradley - December 1
Andrew Benson (Bradley) - December 2

Family Anniversaries

J & S Anniversary - June 3
L & R Anniversary - June 16
M & M Anniversary - August 11
C & C Anniversary - August 23
J & N Anniversary - December 17
J & K Anniversary - December 29

HELP! Dad, James, and Paul Save the Day (or the Mom)!

You may be wondering why Mom/Grandma would be up on top of her roof on a blistering hot 100 degree day in July. A better question is: how did she get down? She went up, of course, to see if there was, in fact, a great view from the newly proposed second story bathtub.

So up she ventured with her camera, with Paul closely guiding her from behind. When it came to coming down, however, there was a slight glitch--SHE FROZE!

It took a team of three brave men (not firemen with a real firetruck, although that was mom's request). Dad took the roof, with mom clinging to him for dear life. He directed her (with her eyes closed, of course), to step backwards onto the ladder, as she held him in a death grip, seldom seen even among boa constrictors. (Dad was sure that they were both going over the edge to meet their maker.) Paul took ladder patrol, guiding mom's feet onto each ladder step, and James took ground patrol, to insure ladder stability, hoping to not be squished. Phew! What an adventure! No more roof walking for Lonnie!

The View From the Roof (just in case there are other acrophobics in the family, who don't care to check it out first hand)

Kate The Great Graduates!
We were so happy for Kate's graduation! Best of all were her cool shoes!

This is truly a girl with California heritage!

Marshall Jacob Andrew

Star Wars Sleepover

Invitation

Swimming in the Galaxy Pool:
Blaster Rifles and Imperial Droids
Light Sabers
Pod Racer

Movie:
Star Wars to Sleep
Space Snacks:
Asteroid Belt Popcorn
Space Pops
Space Rings

Games:
Meteor Shower (outside)
Glowing Space Balls
Planets through the Black Hole
Dinner:
Space Pods with Spicy Sabers
Yoda Soda
Star Wars Drawing Pages
Breakfast:
Flying Saucers

One Eyed Martians

Our Newly Initiated Jedi Warrior

The Fearless, yet Giggly, Atticus