Walking on the Lake
The lake has about 12 inches of ice on it right now, but today was very warm at 50 degrees. We walked across the lake and enjoyed the beautiful sky as the sun was going down.
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Tire Chains for RC Cars
Calvin and Dan wanted to run their Traxxas RC cars in the winter conditions. We looked at buying special tires, skis, and some other things, but we ended up building our own tire chains. The tire chains work really good in the snow, and much better than Calvin and Dan thought they would. Here are …
Read More Tire Chains for RC CarsChristmas Band Concert
Trevor’s high school band and choirs performed a really nice Christmas Concert this evening. Videos of two band performances are below. Carol of the Bells, by the Percussion Ensemble Trevor is playing the tambourine on the left side of the video. African Holy Night, by the entire band Trevor is playing the egg shaker on …
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Trevor had the opportunity to build a model representing the Death of Caesar for his English class. “Can I build an edible model?” is always a good question to ask. So Trevor (with some help from his Dad) constructed the model below. Ingredients included: 2 boxes of pound cake mix 3 bags of mini powered …
Read More Death of Caesar (as a Cake)Gingerbread Houses
Time for our annual Gingerbread House building and decorating. This year we built four houses, and individual pictures of each house are below. These houses typically last through Christmas and New Year’s Day, and then they start to get dusty. Sometimes we eat them, but the last few years we have just kept them on …
Read More Gingerbread HousesThe Hungary Cookie
Calvin’s assignment for his Geography class was to research the country of Hungary. One part was to find some interesting places in that country, and show them on a map. There was also a way to get extra credit for this class by bringing in food from the country. Put these requirements together and you …
Read More The Hungary CookieFall Band Concert
Trevor and Calvin played in a fall band concert at Trevor’s high school today. Calvin played his trumpet in the Cadet band for 5-8 grade students. Trevor played the small bass drum in the high school band. Enjoy the videos below. Cadet band playing Walk Like an Egyptian (below)…. High school band (below)… Special …
Read More Fall Band ConcertTaking out the Pier
We took out our pier today. The weather was an unexpected 70+ degrees, and windy. Calvin and Dan did the job in under 2 hours. It’s sad to see it come out of the water, but it had to be removed before Nov 1 (according to township rules).
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Today Calvin played his 2017 Fall Piano Recital, which was Clementi’s Sonatina No. 1, Opus 36. Practice video is first, then the performance video. Calvin is always much happier AFTER the performance..!
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Homecoming for Trevor’s high school was this week. Friday afternoon, the band was in a small parade down the local Main Street. Friday evening, Trevor played bass drum in his high school band for the pre-game show and halftime performance. You can watch the video below, and there’s more photos after the video. On Saturday …
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