Do you like our new blog title? We decided to be more web conscious and change our blog name. So... we made an anagram of our family name. Hence, "Beware Hermit Fly"! We laughed at some of the other options such as:
Rewrite my Behalf
Merry White Fable
Faery Treble Whim
Few Bathe Merrily (my personal favorite)
My Heftier Warble
Firm Leathery Web (another favorite)
Happy summer everyone!!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Barbies with Bella
We were trying to teach Bella to play Barbies, but her Barbie family didn't interact - pretty quiet and just sat there.
Also, here are some fun pictures from Easter with D & A that I had also posted on Facebook.
The slug-slimed egg.
Also, here are some fun pictures from Easter with D & A that I had also posted on Facebook.
The slug-slimed egg.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Instrument Tryouts
This past week Brooke and her classmates picked out their favorite band instruments. They saw demonstrations of several instruments and compared their sounds. She had to list her top three instruments. Her first one was the trombone. Choices two and three were clarinet and flute. They will start taking lessons this summer.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Slime and Doc Gizmo
Brooke came home from a science fair at the local college excited about a bouncy ball and slime she had made. The kids did some chemistry experiments and watched Doc Gizmo with his fun science tricks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_W0PtOafQg
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Happy Birthday Stewart!
Stewart is officially older today (Was that vague enough as to how old?). He said that without his beard he might be mistaken for 22, so good thing he has his beard ;) So far, no birthday pictures, but here is the cake we've been putting together. I doubled the cake ingredients and put the batter in an angelfood cake pan. I also made more citrus filling/icing. Then topping it with sliced strawberries. Sorry to all of you out there who are not eating cake because of shedding pounds. I don't know how many miles we'd have to run to work this one off....
GONE WITH THE WIND CAKE
INGREDIENTS
* 3/4 cup water
* 3 egg whites
* 1 1/2 cups white sugar
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 3/4 cups cake flour
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 3 egg yolks
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Beat cold water and egg yolks together until mixture makes 1 quart - at least 10 minutes. Slowly add sugar and vanilla to egg yolk mixture, beating for at least 7 minutes.
3. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together. Fold into the egg yolk mixture.
4. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form and fold in smoothly to the egg yolk mixture. Pour batter into an ungreased 9 or 10 inch tube pan.
5. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 minutes. Turn upside down to cool in pan for 1 hour. Loosen sides and coax from pan. May be cut into layers and filled with Citrus Filling and/or iced with the same or with whipped cream.
CITRUS FILLING
* 3/4 cup white sugar
* 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
* 2 tablespoons grated orange zest
* 1/2 cup orange juice
* 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
* 1 egg
* 1 cup whipped cream
DIRECTIONS
In a saucepan over medium heat mix the white sugar, flour, orange juice, orange zest, lemon juice and the egg. Cook until thickened. Remove from heat and let cool completely before folding in the whipped cream. Makes enough to fill one 2 layer 9 inch round layer cake.
GONE WITH THE WIND CAKE
INGREDIENTS
* 3/4 cup water
* 3 egg whites
* 1 1/2 cups white sugar
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 3/4 cups cake flour
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 3 egg yolks
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Beat cold water and egg yolks together until mixture makes 1 quart - at least 10 minutes. Slowly add sugar and vanilla to egg yolk mixture, beating for at least 7 minutes.
3. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together. Fold into the egg yolk mixture.
4. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form and fold in smoothly to the egg yolk mixture. Pour batter into an ungreased 9 or 10 inch tube pan.
5. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 minutes. Turn upside down to cool in pan for 1 hour. Loosen sides and coax from pan. May be cut into layers and filled with Citrus Filling and/or iced with the same or with whipped cream.
CITRUS FILLING
* 3/4 cup white sugar
* 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
* 2 tablespoons grated orange zest
* 1/2 cup orange juice
* 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
* 1 egg
* 1 cup whipped cream
DIRECTIONS
In a saucepan over medium heat mix the white sugar, flour, orange juice, orange zest, lemon juice and the egg. Cook until thickened. Remove from heat and let cool completely before folding in the whipped cream. Makes enough to fill one 2 layer 9 inch round layer cake.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Our Daughter Is . . .
Today I was posting some of our daughter's baby pictures on Facebook. These past years since she was a baby have flown by. Now we have this tradition when dropping her off for school of saying, "Love you and you're special..."
Recently, her teacher had the kids in her class write notes to each other about why they thought each other was special. Our daughter got a kick out of reading these notes to her:
1. You are special because you are very smart.
2. I like you cause you are nice.
3. You've always been nice.
4. Thank you for being my friend.
5. You always complement my stuff.
6. You're good at art.
7. Your a really good freind! :)
8. I think you are special becus you are a good citizin and you help other pepel.
9. You are special because you let other people join in games :)
10. You are special because you are never mean.
11. You alway help people when they are put down.
12. Your special because youv'e got the brains!
13. You are special because you are kind and sharing.
14. I think you are speacial becuse you help others.
15. You are special to the class because, you work really hard. :)
16. You're my fried because you let me borrow your crayons!
17. You are special cause you are one of my best friends.
18. You help me with everything sometimes.
19. Your funny
20. You are so nice to me it makes my day
Recently, her teacher had the kids in her class write notes to each other about why they thought each other was special. Our daughter got a kick out of reading these notes to her:
1. You are special because you are very smart.
2. I like you cause you are nice.
3. You've always been nice.
4. Thank you for being my friend.
5. You always complement my stuff.
6. You're good at art.
7. Your a really good freind! :)
8. I think you are special becus you are a good citizin and you help other pepel.
9. You are special because you let other people join in games :)
10. You are special because you are never mean.
11. You alway help people when they are put down.
12. Your special because youv'e got the brains!
13. You are special because you are kind and sharing.
14. I think you are speacial becuse you help others.
15. You are special to the class because, you work really hard. :)
16. You're my fried because you let me borrow your crayons!
17. You are special cause you are one of my best friends.
18. You help me with everything sometimes.
19. Your funny
20. You are so nice to me it makes my day
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Cell Phone Blues
In my classrooms, I have a very strict cell phone policy. If I see or hear a student's phone during class, I count them absent for that day. Needless to say, students are usually very good at turning their phones off in my classes (my reputation precedes me).
So this afternoon in my senior seminar I had a bit of an episode. There is no clock on the wall so I usually bring my phone into class and leave it on the table in front of me so I can check the time periodically. I turn the ringer off so it won't disrupt the class if it happens to go off.
About half-way through the discussion, the phone of the student sitting to my left started vibrating in his pocket. I stopped and said, "Gabe, is that your phone?" to which he just smiled at me. I figured the look he gave me was chagrin and a little embarrassment, and so I didn't make a big deal about it (after all this is my senior seminar class with students I have known for 4 and even 5 years). Then, every minute or so, his phone kept going off. Finally I said, "Gabe turn your phone off!" and at the same time I glanced down at my own phone which was sitting on the table in front of me...vibrating.
"Good grief, has that been my phone all this time?" I asked as the entire class (9 students) burst out laughing. We had a good laugh about it, and I had to mark myself absent for the day. I'm putting in a request to maintenance to get me a wall clock asap.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
School Dance Performance
Today I'm home recovering from the flu and wanted to put up pics from Brooke's latest school dance performance to the tunes of Shrek, Cotton-Eye-Joe, Kung-Fu-Panda, and some other Nebraska-history pioneer era songs. You can see her great enthusiasm for dancing with some of the boys...
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