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On Monday Alison had a very sick day; the kids were watching a movie at 9am and she texted her mom asking for ideas. Grandma Julie suggested that she take the kids to McDonalds play place, so they went there after lunch. It worked well. For the price of a container of fries and two small ice creams, the kids played happily for four hours while she laid on the floor. Rea actually got bored eventually and came and took one of the books Alison brought into the play place to read it. It was "Ella Enchanted," and she liked it a lot.
As part of family night we started to make Lilac Jelly. It turned out pretty good this year. It ended up making about 6 pints. The recipe was the same as last time that we made it, so I am not going to post it again.
On Tuesday for Timmy's date night we went on a long walk and petted a dog. Timmy had a wonderful time. He loves dogs. Sara, on the other hand does not like dogs at all.
On Wednesday the kids were invited to go to the zoo with Grandma Julie. Alison was going to lay in the car, but she got to the zoo first and took the kids inside and felt well enough to stay for the morning. At lunchtime Grandpa Craig left work early and came to join us, so Alison just laid on benches while the kids played and looked at different animals. It was a very fun day. And nobody even got sunburned, so our homemade sunscreen this year is working.
One night we were looking for a quick dessert, and we decided to make smores in the microwave. They were pretty good, but not quite as good as the real thing.
On Friday we saw the Count of Monte Cristo at the Pioneer Theater. It was pretty darn good. The guy who played Dantes was an excellent singer, and all of the actors were quite good. This was the US premier of this particular musical, and we enjoyed it a lot. It's not going to be as much of a classic favorite as Les Mis, but really, what can compete with Les Mis? It was very good. We are very curious about how the plot lines up with the original novel. Alison read The Three Muskateers a couple of years ago and was shocked to learn that the American idea of them as brave and loyal and honorable friends is completely made up. So now she questions whether any of Dumas' books have any moral messages or if they're just fun stories. The musical of The Count of Monte Cristo was a story of redemption and forgiveness, but Alison doubts that the book was.
On Saturday we went out into the front yard (which we have been turning into a huge multi-garden), and planted tons of seeds. Every year Alison buys seeds from heirloom seed sellers, but she never plants them all, so we have quite a few seeds piled up. In addition to all of the seeds, we planted tomatoes, peppers, and broccoli that we bought from the home depot (as we went to get more drip hoses).
We installed the drip hoses without any trouble. They seem to offer excellent coverage of our new gardens. The only thing that is now worrisome to me about our garden is the possibility that all of the wood shavings in the manure that we put down all over the place will absorb all of the nitrogen in the soil. The Huglekultur should be OK, since we planted it mostly with beans, but the other beds we might have to add some extra nitrogen to.
On Saturday night we built a fire and made smores with leftover supplies from the campout. It was very enjoyable. We finished Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and we haven't decided if Prisoner of Azkaban is too intense for Rea or not, so we started reading Howl's Moving Castle by the fire.
Salt Lake City's Off-Broadway Theater is putting on The Pirates of Penzance in a couple of months. It's one of our favorite plays, and we go see it every time we know it's being done. This time we bought tickets for the kids to go, too. We'll see what they think.
On Saturday we also played a game that I have been working on recently (currently titled "Viking Game"). It went better than it has so far, but it still isn't working really well yet.
And, finally, Happy Mother's Day! Rea asked what happened on Mother's Day and we explained that Mom gets breakfast in bed and doesn't have to do any work. Rea said, "Oh, so it's just like Mom being pregnant." Yeah, basically, so maybe it wasn't as special this year. But yay for moms!
As part of family night we started to make Lilac Jelly. It turned out pretty good this year. It ended up making about 6 pints. The recipe was the same as last time that we made it, so I am not going to post it again.
On Tuesday for Timmy's date night we went on a long walk and petted a dog. Timmy had a wonderful time. He loves dogs. Sara, on the other hand does not like dogs at all.
On Wednesday the kids were invited to go to the zoo with Grandma Julie. Alison was going to lay in the car, but she got to the zoo first and took the kids inside and felt well enough to stay for the morning. At lunchtime Grandpa Craig left work early and came to join us, so Alison just laid on benches while the kids played and looked at different animals. It was a very fun day. And nobody even got sunburned, so our homemade sunscreen this year is working.
One night we were looking for a quick dessert, and we decided to make smores in the microwave. They were pretty good, but not quite as good as the real thing.
On Friday we saw the Count of Monte Cristo at the Pioneer Theater. It was pretty darn good. The guy who played Dantes was an excellent singer, and all of the actors were quite good. This was the US premier of this particular musical, and we enjoyed it a lot. It's not going to be as much of a classic favorite as Les Mis, but really, what can compete with Les Mis? It was very good. We are very curious about how the plot lines up with the original novel. Alison read The Three Muskateers a couple of years ago and was shocked to learn that the American idea of them as brave and loyal and honorable friends is completely made up. So now she questions whether any of Dumas' books have any moral messages or if they're just fun stories. The musical of The Count of Monte Cristo was a story of redemption and forgiveness, but Alison doubts that the book was.
On Saturday we went out into the front yard (which we have been turning into a huge multi-garden), and planted tons of seeds. Every year Alison buys seeds from heirloom seed sellers, but she never plants them all, so we have quite a few seeds piled up. In addition to all of the seeds, we planted tomatoes, peppers, and broccoli that we bought from the home depot (as we went to get more drip hoses).
We installed the drip hoses without any trouble. They seem to offer excellent coverage of our new gardens. The only thing that is now worrisome to me about our garden is the possibility that all of the wood shavings in the manure that we put down all over the place will absorb all of the nitrogen in the soil. The Huglekultur should be OK, since we planted it mostly with beans, but the other beds we might have to add some extra nitrogen to.On Saturday night we built a fire and made smores with leftover supplies from the campout. It was very enjoyable. We finished Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and we haven't decided if Prisoner of Azkaban is too intense for Rea or not, so we started reading Howl's Moving Castle by the fire.
Salt Lake City's Off-Broadway Theater is putting on The Pirates of Penzance in a couple of months. It's one of our favorite plays, and we go see it every time we know it's being done. This time we bought tickets for the kids to go, too. We'll see what they think.
On Saturday we also played a game that I have been working on recently (currently titled "Viking Game"). It went better than it has so far, but it still isn't working really well yet.
And, finally, Happy Mother's Day! Rea asked what happened on Mother's Day and we explained that Mom gets breakfast in bed and doesn't have to do any work. Rea said, "Oh, so it's just like Mom being pregnant." Yeah, basically, so maybe it wasn't as special this year. But yay for moms!
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