Field Trip Friday #54--Midway Ice Castles

For Field Trip Friday, we made a trip to Soldier Hollow in Midway to visit the ice castle.  Cousins came too, and we had a fun though chilly time tromping around in the ice and rain.  Blythe ran around with Makenna, Brandt ran around with Guy and the boys, and the adults tried to keep track of little people.  They had a new feature this year--ice slides.  They were slippery, wet, and cold, but practically everyone came wearing their snow pants, so the wet wasn't such a big deal.  Anna and Elsa were there, as well as hot chocolate.  It was great fun, and the ice backdrop and cold temperatures made for bright, rosy cheeked pictures.

 

 

 

We were at the ice castle, with the cold and the rain and the snow,

and Christopher was wearing shorts.

They were all waiting for the ice slide.

 

100th Day of School

Today was the 100th day of school.  In kindergarten and first grade, they make a big deal about the 100th day because counting to 100 is a big deal.  It's less of a big deal once you've graduated from first grade, and most of the time it is not remarkable in any way.  This year, however, Blythe brought home wonderful 100th day of school creations.  

First, she did an art work with ripped paper and felt--a self-portrait of how she'll look when she's 100.  At 100 she'll have thick white hair piled on top of her head, wrinkly skin, she'll still be sporting her pink glasses, and she'll be rockin' rid triangular shaped dangly earrings.  I absolutely love it!

The second paper she brought home had another picture and her own description of what she'll be like when she's 100.  When Kent asked her how she got the picture, she replied, "Mrs. Fueger has an app on her phone, so she took our picture and then the app showed us what we would look like."  Kent was amazed!  (He still doesn't have a smart phone, so no apps for him.)  Blythe wrote about herself, when she is 100, 

I will gev out candy and tres to kids and be a grat talkr and I will be kind to evreone and evethig.  I will hellp evre whun and evrething.  And I will died.

I love that she thinks she will be kind and be a great talker.  She's kind and a great talker now, so I don't see why anything should be different in 93 years.  She'll still be pretty cute, too!