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Snow Play

January 13, 2010 – 3:10 pm

Snow is pretty.

Snow on ice after ice skating is pretty. I took a ton of photos of it because it reminded me of cubism.

The creepy hole in the ice for pouring water over said ice to make it smooth is not pretty, and is rather nerve wracking. It actually has a nice layer of ice over top and and huge bump of ice all around– no one is going through (and there is a rope nearby) but still, rather scary. And that is my dad cleaning the ice so it would be nice the next day– keeping the ice nice when it is snowing is lots of work.

James stole my phone and took a photo of me ice skating. So that is me.

And that is Rachel. She fell, and laughed.

Issac spent hours trying to perfect a sled riding track (with my help.) Lots of physics involved (slope, weight, gravity, angle, etc.) as well as lots of physical labor (I had a tiny metal kids shovel that I was using to perfect the ramp so he would go all the way down the hill instead of off to the side.)

More snowy photos (and ice skating photos to come.)

By Heather | Posted in A Day in the Life, Education, Educational play, Photos, Untraditional Education, Untraditional Living | Also tagged play, snow photos | Comments (2)

Dashing through the Snow

December 20, 2009 – 8:11 am

Riding up the hill…

riding in cabota

In an or-ange Ca-bo-ta…
riding in cabota

Up the hill we go…

Singing all the way…

Sliding down the hill…

Waiting for a ride…

Oh what fun to ride

and sing a sledding song tonight….

Whheeeeeee!!!

By Heather | Posted in A Day in the Life, Education, Educational play, Photos, Untraditional Education | Also tagged kids, play, sledding | Comments (1)

Ice Storm

January 28, 2009 – 6:03 pm

Maple tree branch

Sunflower head

Echinacea (cone flower)

By Heather | Posted in Photos, Untraditional Living | Also tagged frozen, ice, nature, Photos, Western Pa | Comments (1)

New Skates and a Pond to skate on

January 23, 2009 – 8:04 am

My dad and brother ice skating with the kids on the pond.

Rachel got new skates from my dad for her birthday, which meant we got the others some too.:)

I think the skates were a hit.

Even falling is fun if you are skating on a real pond that you swim in in the summer.

And the snow tastes better (blech!)

By Heather | Posted in A Day in the Life, Day to Day, Education, Educational play, Photos, Untraditional Education, Untraditional Living | Also tagged fun, ice skating, kids, winter sports | Comments (9)

Kayla comes to play

January 21, 2009 – 7:50 am

In case you are wondering, yes, life has gotten even more busy in surprising sorts of ways including multiple jobs I have had to get done which are not worth photographing (though I must mention I REALLY, REALLY hate Windows and reinstalling because people have managed to get viruses because they have done silly things) and I did manage to join the Art Center and get 2 paintings in the show this week. I won’t go into all of it right now–I don’t have time, but I will be sharing photos of some of the more fun to photograph bits of craziness over the next few days.