The right way to shovel snow

We had a snow storm last night. Jeff left work at 4:15 PM and didn't get home until 11:00. He chose not to go to to work today, as school was cancelled for me, and last night he had to be pushed passed the mailboxes by the farmer. Today we began to shovel out, with a little help!

Dinosaurs and Spaceships

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Peter and I went to work with Jeff. Peter was up at 5 AM because he was so excited to go to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. We parked at the Green Line Metro in Beltsville, and Peter and I rode the Metro into DC. We arrived so early that the museums weren't even open yet. It was also bitter cold this day, so we found a food court at the Postal Museum, had a bagel and hung out for about 40 mins. We were first in line in the museum. Peter enjoyed seeing all the exhibits, not just dinosaurs. He learned about the gems, and the Big Bang Theory, and he learned about the great barrier reef. We left the natural history museum and went to the Air and Space. He was so excited to board a real space ship. We headed back to our car at the metro, picked Jeff up and headed back to Pennsylvania. It was an awesome day.

Hockey Night on Our Pond

It has been freezing here! When we look out our front windows we see the new ponds. During the weekend the ponds get a lot of use from our neighbors who like to scrimmage hockey games against the Amish. Peter and Jeff have the hockey bug. During this past week, Jeff made the effort to get home and race to the pond with Peter in full hockey gear. The gear came from Carrie for Peter's Christmas gift, and I am please to say it has paid for itself already. Kahlua joined in the fun one night. She chased the hockey ball across the ice, and had very stable footing, much to my surprise. I tried my hand too; I don't have skates, but have quite a wrist shot! Every night now, right after dinner Peter and Jeff go into the basement and play hockey! It has been too cold to go to the pond every evening.

Getting Caught Up

Christmas in Canada
Writing letter to Santa
Wendell and the 30 lb turkey
Decorating gingerbread with cousin
Trick or Treating as a Dragon
First Hockey Lesson in Lancaster
4th birthday train ride Strasburg RR
Fall fun at Cherry Crest Farm
Oxford Feed and Lumber Fall Festival
Cousins on a golf cart
Peter in Down Town Disney
Muddy Mud slide on the farm
Amazing golf follow through

As you are all aware, it has been six months since a recent blog. I partially blame Apple for that, since I am not proficient in the Mac Book ways, I blame myself, as I bought Jeff a new digital camera with lenses,(which I do not know how to use), and I have been lazy. Here we are now in 2011 still on the farm, and it is a new year's resolution to pick up the blog as if it never ceased to exist. In the last six months Peter has developed mad golfing skills, and one day could be wearing a green blazer, he engineered the Muddy Mud Slide at the stream on our farm, flew to Florida to visit with his cousin, went to Downtown Disney and ate at the Dinosaur restaurant, drove around in a Golf cart, went to the local lumber place and decorated pumpkins, did a straw maze and made a scarecrow (all for free), rode the Strasburg Train for his 4th birthday, visited the best farm ever-Cherry Crest Farm, started Hockey Lessons at the Lancaster Area Ice Rink, trick or treated as a Dragon, went to Canada for Christmas, decorated Gingerbread with his cousin, and so many other things I can't begin to post all the pictures. Now we are caught up, enjoy the current blog!