And in other news:
--Bob fixed our crazy cooktop last night! We thought we would have to order a new one, and we actually did order an induction one, which was really on sale at Lowes. At Bible study last Friday, however, Tim P. said he thought it was a switch, so when we got home, Bob googled our cooktop model number to find out parts numbers, and he found the squirrelly part online and ordered it. He replaced it last night, using Luke's eagle eyes to make sure the numbers on the wires on the new part matched the ones on the old part (way at the top of a dark cabinet), and now we are back in business! When we turn the burner off, it goes off! The things you take for granted . . . Siri and I have been creatively using crockpots (plural because we had to dig my old one out of retirement and use both to have enough to feed our combined crews!) and the electric skillet, as well as this single electric burner we've had for ages that has come in very handy. But now we are very glad to have 4 burners to use once again!
--We got our Stanford test scores back online today! This is a new thing, but it is so much quicker than just waiting for them to be mailed to us. You will be pleased to know that everyone did fine, although I think Jonathan is a little over-confident of his math skills. When we were working through his test review book, I noticed that he was loathe to actually write problems out on his scratch paper, preferring to just figure them out in his head. Predictably, this strategy was not as successful as he might have thought, so I kept telling him he needed to write every problem down. But I don't think he really did, LOL. Oh well.
--Bob celebrated the Army's birthday at the Pentagon today. They had a tank sculpture thing surrounded by 2600 Georgetown cupcakes frosted a camo color. Expensive!
--Jonathan has learned how to knit, thanks to Celia's patient teaching. He's using 2 bamboo skewers as knitting needles. Who knew he had such talents?!
--Micah no longer goes down stairs on his tummy. Now he sits down and bumps down the stairs on his bottom, with his tummy sticking way out. It's so cute! We have Anna to thank for teaching him that.
And now you are all caught up with our not-so-interesting lives!
2 comments:
This is Charis
Could you please post some pictures of some of Jonathan's kitting projects? I would love to see some of the things he's made!
Well, Charis--so far he has only learned how to knit a line of stiches--nothing fancy! And his patient tutor is away at Camp Caleb this week, so I don't think he'll be making any more progress to harder things yet!
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