We went to the Carriage Museum in central Florida’s horse country. It was a pretty neat museum with an extensive collection of carriages. I made sure to make mental notes through the tour so I could lock that knowledge away for any future trivia questions in the “Horse and Buggy” category. The girls favorite was this fancy black and gold carriage from the 1840’s that once belonged to Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria.
Synchronized cannonballs should be an Olympic sport. They would score
a perfect 10 !
After caroling practice, dance lessons and yoga I had to drag the
girls to Ski Mart in Bellevue to get our season long ski rentals
before they ran out of equipment. It was a good thing we went because
they were running very low on children sized skis. We start ski
lessons on Sundays when we get back from Florida. Our rentals are due
back May 1st. We have our skis, clothing and season lift passes. Now
we just need some snow.
Yes I’m writing about balloons. The girls were given these balloons 2 weeks before Halloween from Trader Joe’s. As with many things I get from Trader Joe’s, I was truly impressed. I am not sure what type of helium or latex they used for these balloons but they are simply amazing. They have stayed afloat for about 4 weeks now.
Here is Tobi. This is what Monti had on her list for Santa last year. She saw an infomercial last October that completely convinced her that a 6 year old needs a fabric steamer.
We spent the afternoon at Rattlesnake Lake east of North Bend. It is so strange because it has large old tree stumps strewn all over the lake bed. We met a man who explained that the town of Moncton (pop. 200) used to exist where the lake bed currently is. In 1915 the town was condemned due to flooding caused by the seepage of water from the dam-created lake up the hill. The dam was secure but the hill consisted of gravel and therefore acted as a sieve allowing the water from the newly filled lake to just flow downhill to the town of Moncton. You can still find bricks near the edges of the lake from some of the old building foundations. The kids brought home a couple as treasures.
I thought they had become extinct in playgrounds especially new ones
but we spotted something spinning at the new park. We planned on
taking a hike up Cougar Mountain but once the kids discovered the new
playground equipment our hike was abruptly ended.
