L-R: Emily, Hope, and Faith posing
Faith and Emily playing tag -- neither of them was "it" right then
Me on the run playing tag...
Hope touching "base"
Lincoln last Friday
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Pictures of Our Babysitting
On Monday afternoon, we had all 3 of the B. kids, instead of just Lincoln because the girls were off school. Jason, Emily, Faith, Hope, and I went to the Letford Elementary School playground, and there we played tag. It was warm, but windy!
L-R: Emily, Hope, and Faith posing
Faith and Emily playing tag -- neither of them was "it" right then
Me on the run playing tag...
Hope touching "base"
Lincoln last Friday
L-R: Emily, Hope, and Faith posing
Faith and Emily playing tag -- neither of them was "it" right then
Me on the run playing tag...
Hope touching "base"
Lincoln last Friday
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Our Week
We had a pretty busy week this week with school, babysitting, and life.
We had a game-playing afternoon activity with some home schoolers at our house last Monday because it was too cold to have the regular PE time in the park. Also on Monday afternoon, we babysat Lincoln as we also did on Tuesday afternoon. On Tuesday morning we had another babysitting girl, Kara, here.
Friday Jeff drove Jason, Emily, himself, and me to a field trip at a sewer plant in Greeley, while Mother stayed home and babysat Lincoln. Friday night our other "babysitting" kids Lily and Sam M. came over. After they left I did a little "Saturday" cleaning.
Saturday we finished cleaning the house and Mother and I worked 1.5 hours cleaning the local Chamber of Commerce. After a relatively quiet afternoon, we had Bible Study with the Hinkle family. We finished our almost 2 year study of the Book of Mark.
After Bible Study we watched a very well-done, evidential documentary named: Unlocking the Mystery of Life. It was a blessing to us. It was fun for Jason and me especially (we are taking biology) to see things we've studied about, (such as: amino acids, proteins, cells, flagellum, etc.) put together in a big picture (literally) and explained. It is exciting how many scientists' eyes are being opened to the truth of Creation and the Creator!
Today we had church with a wonderful message on the sanctity of human life by Dr. Dave Gordeuk. We also enjoyed a walk in the sun-shiny, 60 degree, windy weather we had.
We had a game-playing afternoon activity with some home schoolers at our house last Monday because it was too cold to have the regular PE time in the park. Also on Monday afternoon, we babysat Lincoln as we also did on Tuesday afternoon. On Tuesday morning we had another babysitting girl, Kara, here.
Friday Jeff drove Jason, Emily, himself, and me to a field trip at a sewer plant in Greeley, while Mother stayed home and babysat Lincoln. Friday night our other "babysitting" kids Lily and Sam M. came over. After they left I did a little "Saturday" cleaning.
Saturday we finished cleaning the house and Mother and I worked 1.5 hours cleaning the local Chamber of Commerce. After a relatively quiet afternoon, we had Bible Study with the Hinkle family. We finished our almost 2 year study of the Book of Mark.
After Bible Study we watched a very well-done, evidential documentary named: Unlocking the Mystery of Life. It was a blessing to us. It was fun for Jason and me especially (we are taking biology) to see things we've studied about, (such as: amino acids, proteins, cells, flagellum, etc.) put together in a big picture (literally) and explained. It is exciting how many scientists' eyes are being opened to the truth of Creation and the Creator!
Today we had church with a wonderful message on the sanctity of human life by Dr. Dave Gordeuk. We also enjoyed a walk in the sun-shiny, 60 degree, windy weather we had.
Important Lessons from 1 Timothy
This week, upon having completed a year of catechism from our online church (Hobe Sound Bible Church) we began reading through and discussing 1 Timothy in family devotions and have gotten up to chapter 5. There are some very important lessons/teachings in this book of the Bible.
[from 1 Tim. 2:1-4] In the very first part of chapter 2, Paul urged Timothy and those under his influence to pray for all men everywhere, especially those in authority over them. (Now of course this applies to us today.) It also says (besides prayers, intercessions, and supplications) that THANKSGIVING should be made for rulers. --We find praying for our president and other leaders especially important right during this time.-- But thanksgiving? That's a little harder if you have totally different morals/beliefs then they do. Although there were several wicked leaders in Paul's day, he added this word. That's interesting.
(2:2) "That ...prayers... be made... for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence." In other words we need to pray that the laws being made will not make it so we have to disobey the law to serve God. So that we can serve God without going against governing authorities. "...in godliness" - serving God "and reverence," obeying laws.
We are to especially pray that they would get saved. (2:4) So we pray - along with other Christians- for our new president (his soul, his family, his choices, his influence, his cabinet); the representatives, senators, and all the other "rulers" (many of whom have turned their backs on God). We have prayed Proverbs 21:1 for our presidents (past and new) which says: "The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes" and have prayed that our president would have reverential fear of God in him.
The majority of chapter 3 is [sadly] commonly overlooked when people choose church leaders. Because of this people are led astray and are confused. Some even turn away from the faith because of the black mark people make against God's name and the hypocrisy that is present.
Chapter 3 ends with a wonderfully true and blessed saying. "In this verse Paul reckons up six principal heads of evangelical truth, which are to be asserted and defended by him; ushering them in with this preface, 'Without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness.' " [from William Burkitt's Notes]
The question of why we pray at meals is answered in chapter 4:4-5. And why is that? [First] to thank the Lord for provision for our needs; [second] to ask Him to protect us from any harm that could come from the food; [third] that He would bless the food to the nourishment of our bodies.
Very important teachings are given in 4:12, 13, 15, and 16. First that those who are "young" should be examples of righteousness (in various ways) despite their youth. [4:13 with my notes in parentheses] " give attention to reading (scripture), to exhortation (encouragement to righteous living - whether by preaching or by testimonies), to doctrine (the truth that the Church is built on)."
Well, that's all for now, since we haven't read the rest of 1 Timothy yet. Thanks for reading.
[from 1 Tim. 2:1-4] In the very first part of chapter 2, Paul urged Timothy and those under his influence to pray for all men everywhere, especially those in authority over them. (Now of course this applies to us today.) It also says (besides prayers, intercessions, and supplications) that THANKSGIVING should be made for rulers. --We find praying for our president and other leaders especially important right during this time.-- But thanksgiving? That's a little harder if you have totally different morals/beliefs then they do. Although there were several wicked leaders in Paul's day, he added this word. That's interesting.
(2:2) "That ...prayers... be made... for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence." In other words we need to pray that the laws being made will not make it so we have to disobey the law to serve God. So that we can serve God without going against governing authorities. "...in godliness" - serving God "and reverence," obeying laws.
We are to especially pray that they would get saved. (2:4) So we pray - along with other Christians- for our new president (his soul, his family, his choices, his influence, his cabinet); the representatives, senators, and all the other "rulers" (many of whom have turned their backs on God). We have prayed Proverbs 21:1 for our presidents (past and new) which says: "The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes" and have prayed that our president would have reverential fear of God in him.
The majority of chapter 3 is [sadly] commonly overlooked when people choose church leaders. Because of this people are led astray and are confused. Some even turn away from the faith because of the black mark people make against God's name and the hypocrisy that is present.
Chapter 3 ends with a wonderfully true and blessed saying. "In this verse Paul reckons up six principal heads of evangelical truth, which are to be asserted and defended by him; ushering them in with this preface, 'Without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness.' " [from William Burkitt's Notes]
The question of why we pray at meals is answered in chapter 4:4-5. And why is that? [First] to thank the Lord for provision for our needs; [second] to ask Him to protect us from any harm that could come from the food; [third] that He would bless the food to the nourishment of our bodies.
Very important teachings are given in 4:12, 13, 15, and 16. First that those who are "young" should be examples of righteousness (in various ways) despite their youth. [4:13 with my notes in parentheses] " give attention to reading (scripture), to exhortation (encouragement to righteous living - whether by preaching or by testimonies), to doctrine (the truth that the Church is built on)."
Well, that's all for now, since we haven't read the rest of 1 Timothy yet. Thanks for reading.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Sock Snowmen Making Instructions
A few years ago some friends of my family taught us how to make snowmen (and ladies) out of tube-socks. We have made several "batches" of snowmen since then. We have found snowmen-making to be a fun craft. The last time we made snowmen (with Mike D.) on Saturday, December 20th, we took pictures throughout the process and I decided to put instructions on here about how to make them. Maybe one of you will enjoy this hobby also. Please let me know if you do!
Here are pictures of two of the "snowmen families" or "snowmen armies" we've made: 
Make: 
As far as anything else, use your imagination and have fun!
Here are pictures of two of the "snowmen families" or "snowmen armies" we've made:
Our first-ever sock snow-person family: 
Gather Supplies:
Our most recent sock snow-person family:
When/if you ever decide to make sock snowmen, be sure to use your imagination and be creative!
When/if you ever decide to make sock snowmen, be sure to use your imagination and be creative!
(All photo captions are in red font.)
Instructions
Gather Supplies:
- 1 brand-new athletic tube sock for each snow-person (It is up to you as to whether or not the sock has stripes or color.)
- a canning funnel
-pretty much any kind of grain or dry beans (we prefer grain to beans.) (See instructions below for an idea of how much you will need.)
Beans
-string or heavy thread
-string or heavy thread
-scissors
-measuring cups
-hot glue gun and sticks of glue (and paper plate or something to avoid a mess)
Decorations:
- 1 sculpy-clay carrot for a nose (instructions on making them are below)
Sculpy-clay carrots for noses
- 4-8 buttons of your choice to decorate snowman
- felt (optional)
- spray-can lid for a top-hat (optional)
Top-hat making "ingredients"
-sticks for hands (optional)
-fabric for a scarf
-rick-rack and/or ribbon (optional)
-crochet thread to decorate stocking-cap hat (optional)
(This is what the snowlady looks like when we crocheted on the hat, and the different cute arrangements that can be made.)
Make:
The first thing you need to do is to make sculpy-clay carrot noses. (We bought regular orange sculpy clay from Hobby Lobby, but you could get it at any craft store.) Make carrot shapes approximately 1 1/4 inches long. Use a toothpick or something like that to draw lines on the carrot. Bake according to directions on the sculpy clay package. Store baked carrots in a baggy. Note: one package will make more "carrots" than you'd think!
You need to choose how many body segments you want your snowman to have: 2, 3, or 4. "Normal" sock snowmen have three, but ones with two or four are cute too. I am going to write the remaining instructions as if you were going to make a snowmen with three segments. The amount of grain or beans you'll need will depend on your sock and how many segments you want. The snowmen we most recently made (the ones with 3 segments) had 2 cups of beans on the lowest segments, 1 1/2 cups on the second segment, and 3/4 cup on the top segment. Please make adjustments as necessary. Usually the difference between one segment and the other is about 1/2 or 1/4 cup of grain.
Before you begin filling your snow-person sock you may want to turn your sock inside-out to have the fuzzy side out (so as to look more like snow).
Use the funnel and measuring cups to put some of the grain or beans into the bottom level of the snowperson. Tie with a string (7 inches long) securely. Cut thread. (I usually tie it three times on one side and two times on the other side.)
Add more grain and tie securely. Cut thread. (This is your 2nd segment.) Add more grain and tie securely. Cut thread. (This is your 3rd segment.) Are you pleased with the sizes of the segments and the overall look? If not, you may want to undo the ties and experiment with more or less grain in the segments. Once you're satisfied, arrange the cuff or the sock to look like a stocking-cap or some other kind of hat.
Before decorating, decide which your snowperson will be, a snow-man or a snow-lady.
Use a hot glue gun to glue the decorations on. Careful!
The basic decorations are: button eyes, carrot nose, as many buttons down his front as you want, and a scarf around his neck.
Additional ideas that we have come up with are:
Before decorating, decide which your snowperson will be, a snow-man or a snow-lady.
Use a hot glue gun to glue the decorations on. Careful!
The basic decorations are: button eyes, carrot nose, as many buttons down his front as you want, and a scarf around his neck.
Additional ideas that we have come up with are:
-using rickrack or ribbon to decorate the hat or body of the snow person. (I have just a caution on this idea, as I have done it twice: there is a possibility of the ribbon slacking when the grain moves. I don't know what to advise, but just be aware that this could be a frustration.)
-using crochet thread to crochet around the edge of the stocking cap
-using felt and a spray-can lid to make a top-hat instead of a snow cap (instructions below)
-adding buttons for ears
-adding buttons for ears
-using felt and buttons to make ear-muffs
-using some kind of decoration to make a mouth
-making arms/hands with popcicle sticks or twigs
-adding a walking stick or skis
-making glasses (made of pipe-cleaners or something like that)
Instructions on one way to make a top-hat:
Get a black spray-can lid and felt. Make a circle of black felt 3/4 inch bigger around than the lid. Make a 3/4-1 in. hole in the middle. Pull the sock cuff through the felt hole, fold down the sock, and place the spray-can lid on top.
Get a black spray-can lid and felt. Make a circle of black felt 3/4 inch bigger around than the lid. Make a 3/4-1 in. hole in the middle. Pull the sock cuff through the felt hole, fold down the sock, and place the spray-can lid on top.
Pulling the sock cuff through the felt circle.
Securing the felt at the base of the cuff.
Placing the spray-can lid on top of the felt.
As far as anything else, use your imagination and have fun!
Friday, December 26, 2008
the Snowmen Choir
Introducing to you, the Snowmen Choir... by Beth, Jason, and Emily Albertson.
We have been enjoying acting out plays and choirs with our collection of eight sock snowmen (five of whom are shown below). The plays are too long to put on Godtube.com, for which I'm sorry. I guess you can't see them unless you come see us and watch them on our computer. The plays are really funny though, and lots of fun to make.
The Snowmen Choir presents to you, "Silent Night". (Okay, so snowmen aren't the best singers, but they try.)
We have been enjoying acting out plays and choirs with our collection of eight sock snowmen (five of whom are shown below). The plays are too long to put on Godtube.com, for which I'm sorry. I guess you can't see them unless you come see us and watch them on our computer. The plays are really funny though, and lots of fun to make.
The Snowmen Choir presents to you, "Silent Night". (Okay, so snowmen aren't the best singers, but they try.)
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Some more things for which I'm thankful and notes
In case my dear readers don't happen to look at my comments, I thought I'd just copy a friend's comment (on my last post) and share it:
"A = Answers to Prayer
R = Relatives
T = Training in godliness
U = Understanding parents
V = Victory over sin
W = Wisdom promised by God for the asking
X = hmm... Xylophone music?
Y = Yielded will to do God's will
Z = Zeal given from God for His service"
R = Relatives
T = Training in godliness
U = Understanding parents
V = Victory over sin
W = Wisdom promised by God for the asking
X = hmm... Xylophone music?
Y = Yielded will to do God's will
Z = Zeal given from God for His service"
The only thing I'm not especially (maybe just a little instead) thankful for is the xylophone music... sure I like it, but it just doesn't affect my life on a daily basis as does our piano!
One thing I've been very thankful for this week (I thought of it a week or more ago, just haven't blogged since then) is my glasses. I'm thankful to God and to my parents for my glasses, because I can see what I didn't even know I was missing out on seeing before I had them! I got my first lenses in May 2006 and this year I got bifocols. (I am nearsighted.) Now if you've never been "blind" (to this degree) and now have 'specticles' you may understand why I am so thankful for GLASSES!
This past weekend Mother and I both got a stomach bug, which has clung pretty tightly with aches and such. Funny thing is Mother and I took turns (alternating days and hours) feeling terrible and feeling like we were recovering. Yesterday seemed to be the turning point for me and I've had a wonderful [feeling] day, while Mother has been feeling awful. I got it first, with Mother following by a day, so we're hoping and praying she'll be well tomorrow! The point of this paragraph is not to whine about the sickness, but to say that when you are sick you a far more thankful for usually being healthy! So I am thankful for the Lord's help to my recently ill body!
In my former thankfulness list I put on there "electricity". In many countries of course people have none, but it's enough to make me thankful for it when we have our electricity out for just a few hours. (This has happened repeatedly in the last year.)
Well, I better go night-night!
In my former thankfulness list I put on there "electricity". In many countries of course people have none, but it's enough to make me thankful for it when we have our electricity out for just a few hours. (This has happened repeatedly in the last year.)
Well, I better go night-night!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Alphabet of Thankfulness...
...or at least most of the alphabet. :)
A few of the things I'm thankful for, written alphabetically:
Bible to read and live by, Brothers
Clothes to wear; Computers, (Digital)Cameras, Christmas presents from my dear family
Daily bread; Dr. Brown family; Dr. Jay Wile
Eyes, Ears, Electricity
Fingers and Feet, Flowers
God in 3 Persons - Blessed Trinity, God's Girls Newsletter
Home
Ice-cream - a cool treat
Jobs to do
Kenfolk
Love
Missionaries - to preach and teach the Gospel
[going to] Noah the Musical this year
Operation Christmas Child ministry
People - parents, family, friends, God's Girls; Pastors
Quil - my only nephew at present
Sister, Sisters-in-law, (home)School, and our Studio piano
It seems like there should be a very easy "thing" for me to be thankful for starting with the letters A, R, and T.. but at the moment I can't think something good for it.. (Also.. not quite as easy, but I lack letters U-Z as well.) So please leave a comment if you think of something that I should be thankful for with A, R, and T, or the letters U-Z...
A few of the things I'm thankful for, written alphabetically:
Bible to read and live by, Brothers
Clothes to wear; Computers, (Digital)Cameras, Christmas presents from my dear family
Daily bread; Dr. Brown family; Dr. Jay Wile
Eyes, Ears, Electricity
Fingers and Feet, Flowers
God in 3 Persons - Blessed Trinity, God's Girls Newsletter
Home
Ice-cream - a cool treat
Jobs to do
Kenfolk
Love
Missionaries - to preach and teach the Gospel
[going to] Noah the Musical this year
Operation Christmas Child ministry
People - parents, family, friends, God's Girls; Pastors
Quil - my only nephew at present
Sister, Sisters-in-law, (home)School, and our Studio piano
It seems like there should be a very easy "thing" for me to be thankful for starting with the letters A, R, and T.. but at the moment I can't think something good for it.. (Also.. not quite as easy, but I lack letters U-Z as well.) So please leave a comment if you think of something that I should be thankful for with A, R, and T, or the letters U-Z...
Thursday, November 20, 2008
A note from Lincoln - November 17, 2008
Hi, Linkydude here. Linkydude is just what they call me; my real name is Lincoln. Today I spent my afternoon at Miss Theophilus's.
There are a few interesting things about the Albertsons that I'd like to tell Miss Theo's readers:
- One of those things is the fact that they are pretty easy to entertain. I do the simplest of things and they clap and laugh like it was something special! Simple things like telling them I see flowers, leaves, birds or copycatting them.
- Mrs. Albertson was so goofy when they were having their lunch today. She broke a chip and put part of it in the back of a toy pickup truck I was playing with.. I humored her and hauled the chip around in the bed of the truck. After that was disposed of I decided to be responsible and pick up the crumbs of the chips in my truck so as not to leave a mess.. all they did was laugh. I just don't get it sometimes... but sometimes I laugh with them at myself just for fun.. Their humor at my expense!
- Another thing.. Miss.. um.. Theophilus just doesn't understand my love for cars, trucks in particular. You see if I'm not driving vehicles, I'm talking about them, and when I'm not talking about them or driving them I'm thinking about them.. and just about to talk about or drive them! I am coming to the conclusion that Miss Theophilus has never been a boy.. or a car lover girl either.
Whenever I meet someone the first thing I ask them is "Truck?" to see if they are on the same wavelength as me.
- Being the youngest of three I get pushed around some.. and so a lot of the time I comply when asked to do something. So the Albertsons ask me to say there first names, and they cheer when I do. Of course I know them forwards and backwards... so sometimes I say them backwards.
- Lady just doesn't have the creativeness that comes with youth. You know, some trucks have the right width between the tires for them to ride the Albertsons' train track rails just fine. So I do it, but Lady just wasn't bright enough to think of that herself!
On another note, I am learning how to put together the train tracks, about how the ends hook together. I haven't yet learned how to build bridges or fanciness like that.
I learned a new word today. It's a pretty cool word to. It's "algebra".. I am not quite sure what it means, since I didn't get a full dictionary definition, but I think it is when Miss Theo is writing a lot of stuff on her paper, and not playing train track with me. She kept saying Y=1/2X+5/2 and stuff like that. I s'pose I'll be learning all about it in time... who knows?
I have enclosed a few pictures.
^ Yes, trains can go on the carpet just fine (remember Tootle?), and trucks can go on the rails just fine!
^ Miss Theo. and I doing Algebra
Love,
Lincoln
P.S. Won't Miss Theophilus be surprised when she sees how I've posted this note on her blog? HA! I'd like to be there to see her face.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Chocolate Rainbow Cookie Bars
This is a recipe I made last Monday night (mostly for the judges of the General Election at our town's voting center, where Mother and Jeffrey were judges) and am cooking at the moment. They are super sweet - I didn't want very much at a time - but they are yummy. My sister Emily, the family sweet tooth, can't stand them, though. So... you might love it, hate it, or anywhere in between.
Note: Both tonight and last Monday, I used regular Sweetened Condensed Milk (not Creamy Chocolate) and it was still wonderful. I also just used 1 cup of M&Ms rather than those special things.
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup margarine or butter, melted
1 (14-ounce) can Eagle Brand Creamy Chocolate Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOT evaporated milk)
1 (12-ounce) package "M&M's" Semi-Sweet Chocolate Baking Bits
1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup chopped nuts
Preheat oven to 350 (325 for glass dish). In bowl, combine crumbs and margarine; press into 13X9 inch baking pan. Pour Eagle Brand evenly over crumbs. In large bowl, combine M&M's Baking Bits, coconut, and nuts. Sprinkle 1/2 of mixture evenly over Eagle Brand; press in lightly. Bake 15 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining topping. Bake 10-15 minutes. Cool. Cut into bars. Store covered at room temperature...And if you really want to, you can get it out and eat it sometime. :)
Saturday, October 18, 2008
This past week's adventures
Well, I've had a busy week. Besides school, I've babysat and cleaned and helped set up a quilt show.
On Monday, I babysat Linkydude all day rather than just afternoon, and babysat Hope, as well, in the morning.
Last Friday, we got a call from some people we know only as an acquaintance. They asked if I could come clean for them this week, so that's exactly what I did Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. It was a mess! I think I helped the problem.. for a little while anyway. Oh, and on Tuesday I got stung on my finger at their house (Mrs. W. thought it was probably a yellow jacket.) The big deal with that is that I haven't ever gotten stung by anything, ever.. We got the stinger out, and Mrs. W. sprinkled some baking soda on the sting, and wrapped my finger in a bandaid. In a little while I could barely tell I had gotten stung.. no swelling or anything. So, that was good. I could really go into details about the cleaning, but let's just say that it took perseverance and elbow grease. Oh yeah, and I "thought of" a "new" motto for cleaners, "Always leave a place cleaner than you found it."
On Thursday evening I babysat Faith, Hope, and Linkydude while their parents were away. Every time I babysit them at their house there is something new to learn - like how to end sibling squabbles. As I separate those involved in the fussing, and give lectures about how quarrelling doesn't please the Lord (their parents are Christians, so they know who I'm talking about :)), a sudden pang of guilt comes to my conscience... Anyway..
Then I had to make up a bedtime story right on the spot.. ask me if you want to hear it. It was the first time the girls asked me to tell a story extemporaneously. (Did I spell that right Mike?)
Then on Friday night I helped with the quilt show set up, hanging lots of quilts on the lines after Daddy, Jeff, Jason, and some others got all the lines up in the high school gym. I am sure the Johnstown Albertsons will blog about it.
So I have had a busy week.
On Monday, I babysat Linkydude all day rather than just afternoon, and babysat Hope, as well, in the morning.
Last Friday, we got a call from some people we know only as an acquaintance. They asked if I could come clean for them this week, so that's exactly what I did Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. It was a mess! I think I helped the problem.. for a little while anyway. Oh, and on Tuesday I got stung on my finger at their house (Mrs. W. thought it was probably a yellow jacket.) The big deal with that is that I haven't ever gotten stung by anything, ever.. We got the stinger out, and Mrs. W. sprinkled some baking soda on the sting, and wrapped my finger in a bandaid. In a little while I could barely tell I had gotten stung.. no swelling or anything. So, that was good. I could really go into details about the cleaning, but let's just say that it took perseverance and elbow grease. Oh yeah, and I "thought of" a "new" motto for cleaners, "Always leave a place cleaner than you found it."
On Thursday evening I babysat Faith, Hope, and Linkydude while their parents were away. Every time I babysit them at their house there is something new to learn - like how to end sibling squabbles. As I separate those involved in the fussing, and give lectures about how quarrelling doesn't please the Lord (their parents are Christians, so they know who I'm talking about :)), a sudden pang of guilt comes to my conscience... Anyway..
Then I had to make up a bedtime story right on the spot.. ask me if you want to hear it. It was the first time the girls asked me to tell a story extemporaneously. (Did I spell that right Mike?)
Then on Friday night I helped with the quilt show set up, hanging lots of quilts on the lines after Daddy, Jeff, Jason, and some others got all the lines up in the high school gym. I am sure the Johnstown Albertsons will blog about it.
So I have had a busy week.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
A post by Lady T
In the past two weeks I've babysat Linky-dude and his sisters four times. It has been slightly difficult to get enough school work done on those days, but everybody helps with the keeping of, entertainment of, and care of the trio, and so everything has gone well. Mother introduced Linky-dude to "ponyrides" this week. A definition has been written below for the amusement of the reader.
"Ponyride" - A child's ride to corresponding sound (horse noises, the Lone Ranger song, made up songs, etc.) sitting on an older person (the pony)'s ankle (facing the pony) and holding hands with the same.
Lincoln seems to like ponyrides, so that kept him occupied for a few minutes each ride. Mother notes that she supposes it's probably some kind of exercise for the pony as well!
Other than babysitting, we have kept quite busy with school. School is pretty self explanatory--so that's why Jason's, my family's, and my blogs have all been on the bare side throughout the month of September.
Last Sunday, we went to the Littleton Church of God (Holiness) for church in the morning. It was enjoyable. If you read my family's blog you probably know about Mike D., who has come to see us several times recently. He attends the Littleton CoG(H) and his parents and he invited us to come to church and then have dinner at their house. So that's what we did. We had a great time. Our friends the Cruzes (half of them anyway) also came for church and dinner at the Durkees. After dinner we enjoyed some games of ping-pong. (We used to have a ping-pong table, paddles, and balls, but got rid of it before us littler folks were big enough to really play. Mother used to play a lot growing up, so she got right into it. It was really fun.)
Tomorrow, it looks like we will be having church with the Hobe Sound Bible Church as we do most Sundays, and having Bible study with the Hinkle family here tomorrow night. We look forward to both of those activities with great joy.
Yesterday I had a birthday, and we had some activities around that. I don't want to go into detail since Mother already has on our family blog. Thank you to those who made it such a special day for me!
"Ponyride" - A child's ride to corresponding sound (horse noises, the Lone Ranger song, made up songs, etc.) sitting on an older person (the pony)'s ankle (facing the pony) and holding hands with the same.
Lincoln seems to like ponyrides, so that kept him occupied for a few minutes each ride. Mother notes that she supposes it's probably some kind of exercise for the pony as well!
Other than babysitting, we have kept quite busy with school. School is pretty self explanatory--so that's why Jason's, my family's, and my blogs have all been on the bare side throughout the month of September.
Last Sunday, we went to the Littleton Church of God (Holiness) for church in the morning. It was enjoyable. If you read my family's blog you probably know about Mike D., who has come to see us several times recently. He attends the Littleton CoG(H) and his parents and he invited us to come to church and then have dinner at their house. So that's what we did. We had a great time. Our friends the Cruzes (half of them anyway) also came for church and dinner at the Durkees. After dinner we enjoyed some games of ping-pong. (We used to have a ping-pong table, paddles, and balls, but got rid of it before us littler folks were big enough to really play. Mother used to play a lot growing up, so she got right into it. It was really fun.)
Tomorrow, it looks like we will be having church with the Hobe Sound Bible Church as we do most Sundays, and having Bible study with the Hinkle family here tomorrow night. We look forward to both of those activities with great joy.
Yesterday I had a birthday, and we had some activities around that. I don't want to go into detail since Mother already has on our family blog. Thank you to those who made it such a special day for me!
Special Verses and a few thoughts
This is something I started working on Saturday the 13th, but never published.
In my personal Bible reading I have come across some verses that were interesting, special or thoughtprovoking. When I find verses like this I write them on index cards and keep them in my Bible case to read from time to time. You can read them below if you want.
In my personal Bible reading I have come across some verses that were interesting, special or thoughtprovoking. When I find verses like this I write them on index cards and keep them in my Bible case to read from time to time. You can read them below if you want.
Job 22:22b
Job 22:22b “…And lay up His words in your heart.”
Job 23:8
Job 23:8 "Look, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
9 When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.
10 But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food.
Job 28:28
Job 28:28 And to man He said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to depart from evil is understanding.'
Unwritten: Psalm 121:1-8
Psalm 130:1-8
Ps 130:1 <> Out of the depths I have cried to You, O LORD;
2 Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications.
3 If You, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
4 But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared.
5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope.
6 My soul waits for the Lord More than those who watch for the morning-Yes, more than those who watch for the morning.
7 O
8 And He shall redeem
Psalm 126:5-6
Ps 126:5 Those who sow in tears Shall reap in joy.
6 He who continually goes forth weeping, Bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, Bringing his sheaves with him.
Unwritten: Psalm 142:1-4
Psalm 142:5, 6a, 7
Ps 142:5 I cried out to You, O LORD: I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
6 Attend to my cry, For I am brought very low
7 Bring my soul out of prison, That I may praise Your name; The righteous shall surround me, For You shall deal bountifully with me."
Saturday, September 20, 2008
"Think Outside Your Box"
When somebody tells you something do you have presumptions, preconceived ideas, or just picture something in a certain way? You may find out later that they were talking about something totally different than what you thought they were. Here's an illustration I wrote today as an example of this. I have entitled it, "Think Outside Your Box", to which Tim would reply "Delete the box!" But that wouldn't work in this situation. ;) Although this story has some problems, please try to get the main idea.
Think Outside Your Box - September 20, 2008
What you said: You tell them all that you have a box - not defining the shape. (It could be a round hatbox, a heart shaped box, a square box, or any other shape of box)
What they thought: Sue pictures a box of chocolates,
While Little Bear pictures a lego container,
And Sally pictures the cardboard box that the promotional calendars came in.
What you said: You tell them it is a brown box.
What they thought: This doesn't surpise them one bit.
Sue's box is tan and has a dark brown border on it.
Little Bear's lego box is the classic Lego brand shade of brown.
Sally's would never be anything but brown!
What you said: You tell them that this brown box has lots of stuff in it.
What they thought: They all agree.
Sue says to herself, "Yes, the box is full of chocolates..."
While Little Bear thinks, "Full of all kinds of legos!"
And Sally says, "Yes, it came with calendars in it - two hundred of them."
What you said: You tell them that the box has dividers in it-
What they thought: Which they already knew, but hadn't thought of.
"Yes, the box has an upper and lower layer -divided by plastic, and each piece of chocolate is divided from each other by the same.." Sue thinks.
"Yep, one bar across the middle of the Lego box and some smaller removeable ones too." says Little Bear.
"Cardboard dividers - you are right." Sally agrees.
What you said:
You say, "It's my sewingbasket!"
What they thought: And their faces fall--confused, because it isn't what they thought it was.
My aunt Becky said something this summer that was a new thought for me - we humans like association. We like to associate new things/information with something we already know about.
For instance if I were to start talking right now about a church building.. "It's a big church that seats 1000 people; it has red carpet..." You are probably already picturing this church in your mind as you read about it. Right? Usually when I hear something or read something I picture scenes and sometimes I paste several together from places I've been, people I've seen. etc.
By the way, I am sorry that I am so messy in my writing, going from one thought to another without a breath! :) I hope you get the point of this post though.
Think Outside Your Box - September 20, 2008
What you said: You tell them all that you have a box - not defining the shape. (It could be a round hatbox, a heart shaped box, a square box, or any other shape of box)
What they thought: Sue pictures a box of chocolates,
While Little Bear pictures a lego container,
And Sally pictures the cardboard box that the promotional calendars came in.
What you said: You tell them it is a brown box.
What they thought: This doesn't surpise them one bit.
Sue's box is tan and has a dark brown border on it.
Little Bear's lego box is the classic Lego brand shade of brown.
Sally's would never be anything but brown!
What you said: You tell them that this brown box has lots of stuff in it.
What they thought: They all agree.
Sue says to herself, "Yes, the box is full of chocolates..."
While Little Bear thinks, "Full of all kinds of legos!"
And Sally says, "Yes, it came with calendars in it - two hundred of them."
What you said: You tell them that the box has dividers in it-
What they thought: Which they already knew, but hadn't thought of.
"Yes, the box has an upper and lower layer -divided by plastic, and each piece of chocolate is divided from each other by the same.." Sue thinks.
"Yep, one bar across the middle of the Lego box and some smaller removeable ones too." says Little Bear.
"Cardboard dividers - you are right." Sally agrees.
What you said:
You say, "It's my sewingbasket!"
What they thought: And their faces fall--confused, because it isn't what they thought it was.
My aunt Becky said something this summer that was a new thought for me - we humans like association. We like to associate new things/information with something we already know about.
For instance if I were to start talking right now about a church building.. "It's a big church that seats 1000 people; it has red carpet..." You are probably already picturing this church in your mind as you read about it. Right? Usually when I hear something or read something I picture scenes and sometimes I paste several together from places I've been, people I've seen. etc.
By the way, I am sorry that I am so messy in my writing, going from one thought to another without a breath! :) I hope you get the point of this post though.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Early Birthday Gift from Brenda
Thank you, Brenda for the beautiful jumper you made and gave to me for my birthday! I love it!
Monday, September 1, 2008
Miscellanious news
I have a list (of 6 things) before me, all of which potentially could be blogged about. (I didn't want to forget anything during the time I didn't have time to blog.)
It is as follows:
-Sewing machine
-Blood donation
-Babysitting
-Out of personality - school
-Finished book
-Our "perfect" day
There you go. If you're interested in any of those topics, read on! ;-)
Sewing Machine - I purchased a new sewing machine a about a week and a half ago, due to the fact that we couldn't (after searching high and low) find a belt for my sewing machine from Aunt Hazel. My new one is a Singer, and has several cool features. I hope it will be good for me for many years to come. Mother and I haven't had enough time together yet to work on figuring out how to use the 35 stitches, or how to just sew. We are planning on going to a class in early October to learn about it.
Blood donation - Although it is ill-legal for children of my age to donate blood in CO, I had mercy on poor blood starved insects and gave blood. That's right, just like thousands (or millions) of people across our country and around the world I was a victim of mosquito bites. I thank God that I have not (yet) contracted West Nile virus from my generous donations!!! (By the way, I hate mosquitoes, if you couldn't tell.)
Babysitting - I babysat Linky-dude again last Monday, but I won't today because of Labor Day.
Out of personality-School - We started our home-school year last Monday. I did something totally out of personality for me (people usually say 'out of character', but this is more of a personality thing than character, I believe.). I covered both my 3 ring binder and my notebook I use for my Algebra 2 studies with stickers. We have had a wide variety of stickers in our collection: Sunday School stickers, goofy cartoon ones, and miscellaneous others. (The BJA is a homemade-handmade paper thingy, taped with double back tape. The rest are stickers.)
Finished book - (I am so proud of myself! -just kidding- but it is very rare for me to read a whole book by myself.) I finished reading a book within the past two weeks, entitled "Tortured for His Faith" by Haralan Popov (Zondervan 1975). I really enjoyed it, and believe that I benefited from having read it. It tells the story of a man who gave his very life and all for Christ. He could have easily died in the 13 years of torture, but God preserved his life, for a purpose: God used him greatly in the salvation of, and ministering to many fellow prisoners and later in help to the persecuted church. It is amazing to me how God can, does, and will help Christians be true in terrible times and come out of it serving the Lord with far more fervor.
Our "perfect" day - Well, I really enjoyed our day in the mountains on August 23rd. You can read about it and see pictures... (if you haven't already)... on my family's blog. We had a picnic in a perfect little spot on the St. Vrain River we had never picnicked before. The only problem was all of the bees and ants who wanted our food! But it was beautiful. Then we drove and drove looking for a specific place on our map, and we finally found it. Most of us (not Mother) went on a hike there. It was absolutely beautiful. There were several campers taking advantage of the beauty and nice weather. While on the hike, we took pictures, waded in the water, and you guessed it - hiked! It was a lot of fun.
Ok, that's all the news on my list.
In other news - Today, some of the family is making grape jam, in celebration of Labor Day. Dad is off of work and we kids are off of school (except for Jeff and Jason who are trying to catch up from last week when Emily and I started school while they were still working for ABE LAWNS. They are now pretty much off of work... on "school break" :-)). I have been working on God's Girls Newsletter and all that goes with getting that out every month.
All of us kids (including the ones in MO) are working on plans for a 25th anniversary celebration for our parents in October- so I have been working on invitations for that.
I wanted to share some cute/fun/whatever pictures we stole from my cousin, Rebekah!
This is my sis-in-law, Brenda, and Bren's and my mutual nephew Quil.
This is my cousin, Leah, and my nephew, Quil. I thought it was so cute of him peaking around the fence.
This is Tim standing by Bren, who's in a hammock. I love this picture.
Cousin, Rebekah and Quil in the hammock. What a cute look on that boy's face!!
So long!
It is as follows:
-Sewing machine
-Blood donation
-Babysitting
-Out of personality - school
-Finished book
-Our "perfect" day
There you go. If you're interested in any of those topics, read on! ;-)
Sewing Machine - I purchased a new sewing machine a about a week and a half ago, due to the fact that we couldn't (after searching high and low) find a belt for my sewing machine from Aunt Hazel. My new one is a Singer, and has several cool features. I hope it will be good for me for many years to come. Mother and I haven't had enough time together yet to work on figuring out how to use the 35 stitches, or how to just sew. We are planning on going to a class in early October to learn about it.
Blood donation - Although it is ill-legal for children of my age to donate blood in CO, I had mercy on poor blood starved insects and gave blood. That's right, just like thousands (or millions) of people across our country and around the world I was a victim of mosquito bites. I thank God that I have not (yet) contracted West Nile virus from my generous donations!!! (By the way, I hate mosquitoes, if you couldn't tell.)
Babysitting - I babysat Linky-dude again last Monday, but I won't today because of Labor Day.
Out of personality-School - We started our home-school year last Monday. I did something totally out of personality for me (people usually say 'out of character', but this is more of a personality thing than character, I believe.). I covered both my 3 ring binder and my notebook I use for my Algebra 2 studies with stickers. We have had a wide variety of stickers in our collection: Sunday School stickers, goofy cartoon ones, and miscellaneous others. (The BJA is a homemade-handmade paper thingy, taped with double back tape. The rest are stickers.)
Finished book - (I am so proud of myself! -just kidding- but it is very rare for me to read a whole book by myself.) I finished reading a book within the past two weeks, entitled "Tortured for His Faith" by Haralan Popov (Zondervan 1975). I really enjoyed it, and believe that I benefited from having read it. It tells the story of a man who gave his very life and all for Christ. He could have easily died in the 13 years of torture, but God preserved his life, for a purpose: God used him greatly in the salvation of, and ministering to many fellow prisoners and later in help to the persecuted church. It is amazing to me how God can, does, and will help Christians be true in terrible times and come out of it serving the Lord with far more fervor.
Our "perfect" day - Well, I really enjoyed our day in the mountains on August 23rd. You can read about it and see pictures... (if you haven't already)... on my family's blog. We had a picnic in a perfect little spot on the St. Vrain River we had never picnicked before. The only problem was all of the bees and ants who wanted our food! But it was beautiful. Then we drove and drove looking for a specific place on our map, and we finally found it. Most of us (not Mother) went on a hike there. It was absolutely beautiful. There were several campers taking advantage of the beauty and nice weather. While on the hike, we took pictures, waded in the water, and you guessed it - hiked! It was a lot of fun.
Ok, that's all the news on my list.
In other news - Today, some of the family is making grape jam, in celebration of Labor Day. Dad is off of work and we kids are off of school (except for Jeff and Jason who are trying to catch up from last week when Emily and I started school while they were still working for ABE LAWNS. They are now pretty much off of work... on "school break" :-)). I have been working on God's Girls Newsletter and all that goes with getting that out every month.
All of us kids (including the ones in MO) are working on plans for a 25th anniversary celebration for our parents in October- so I have been working on invitations for that.
I wanted to share some cute/fun/whatever pictures we stole from my cousin, Rebekah!
This is my sis-in-law, Brenda, and Bren's and my mutual nephew Quil.
This is my cousin, Leah, and my nephew, Quil. I thought it was so cute of him peaking around the fence.
This is Tim standing by Bren, who's in a hammock. I love this picture.
Cousin, Rebekah and Quil in the hammock. What a cute look on that boy's face!!
So long!
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Happy Birthday, Mother!
Happy birthday today, dear Mother! I want to publicly thank the Lord for the wonderful Mother I have in you.
I am so glad you are my friend and that you care for the personal needs of each of your family, from Dad, to all of us kids. You are always working for our success spiritually, physically, industrially (is that a word?), in ministry.
You and daddy have built us up in character; through talking about things, giving advice, setting down rules - with reasons, all these things. Trusting us with more responsibility as we grow up... things like this.
You are an example to me, in your love of the Lord. In prayer and Bible reading, and in teaching of your children the same devotion, you show your love of God.
You are an example to me in your hard work - when it's not fun, easy, or when you don't feel like working - doing it anyway, for the Lord and for us. I pray that as I grow into a woman, I will follow your example in these important areas. "She watches over the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness." (Proverbs 31:27) If something needs to be done you do it without complaining, or have your kids help you do it (so that we'll learn your ways), like the little red hen! Diligent not lazy.
You are a friend to so many; from homeschoolers, to neighbors, babysitee parents, associates, relations, you are a friend. A friend who prays, when asked, or even when not asked, you pray faithfully until the need is met. As God guides you to speak or advise, or just visit, you are careful and willing to help. "She opens her mouth with wisdom, And on her tongue is the law of kindness." (Proverbs 31:26)
I thank God, that He is doing His work in your heart, and making you more like Him all of the time. I thank Him for the humility He has helped you to have, serving the Lord.
I am so glad you are my friend and that you care for the personal needs of each of your family, from Dad, to all of us kids. You are always working for our success spiritually, physically, industrially (is that a word?), in ministry.
You and daddy have built us up in character; through talking about things, giving advice, setting down rules - with reasons, all these things. Trusting us with more responsibility as we grow up... things like this.
You are an example to me, in your love of the Lord. In prayer and Bible reading, and in teaching of your children the same devotion, you show your love of God.
You are an example to me in your hard work - when it's not fun, easy, or when you don't feel like working - doing it anyway, for the Lord and for us. I pray that as I grow into a woman, I will follow your example in these important areas. "She watches over the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness." (Proverbs 31:27) If something needs to be done you do it without complaining, or have your kids help you do it (so that we'll learn your ways), like the little red hen! Diligent not lazy.
You are a friend to so many; from homeschoolers, to neighbors, babysitee parents, associates, relations, you are a friend. A friend who prays, when asked, or even when not asked, you pray faithfully until the need is met. As God guides you to speak or advise, or just visit, you are careful and willing to help. "She opens her mouth with wisdom, And on her tongue is the law of kindness." (Proverbs 31:26)
I thank God, that He is doing His work in your heart, and making you more like Him all of the time. I thank Him for the humility He has helped you to have, serving the Lord.
I love you, Mother, not because you're perfect, (because pobody's nerfect) but because you are so special to me, and I am delighted that God gave you to me as Mother, and that I have the privilege of seeing your example.
Happy Birthday! I love you!
P.S. (It seems as if I will always forget something(s) :) ) Thank you so much for making the new quilt with me, for pinning everything, and for being brave enough to let me use your sewing machine on both of my quilts. Now you may go spend your 200,000 Mommy Points (MPs)! (By the way, is that enough to pay for it?)
P.S. #2 Thanks for homeschooling us too!
I could go on and on you know, but I guess I'll stop here.
P.S. (It seems as if I will always forget something(s) :) ) Thank you so much for making the new quilt with me, for pinning everything, and for being brave enough to let me use your sewing machine on both of my quilts. Now you may go spend your 200,000 Mommy Points (MPs)! (By the way, is that enough to pay for it?)
P.S. #2 Thanks for homeschooling us too!
I could go on and on you know, but I guess I'll stop here.
Love you.
Your
Your
Friday, August 22, 2008
Babysitting and Quilting (AKA: Life this past week)
This week we have been babysitting, and babysitting, and babysitting, oh yeah, and quilting.
On Monday (as you know if you read the post 2 posts back) I babysat Lincoln B. On Wednesday afternoon Lincoln came again. Mother was already babysitting Alia and Kara R. that same day. Yesterday, Thursday, Mother babysat Alia and Kara again, and I babysat Olivia H., who Brenda used to babysit (Brenda and I also babysat Olivia's two siblings that go to school). Then, today I babysat Olivia and her siblings again. Understand, that whether Mother or I babysit, all of us play with whoever is here.
Now that we've gotten the facts down, how about some personal feelings about it all?
Well, I am pretty accustomed to babysitting Lincoln, so it wasn't hard for me. He is very sweet.
Alia and Kara are a bit on the wild side, so it is harder on the nerves. But, we made it through another (~)12 hrs. with them this week.
I was nervous about babysitting Olivia and her siblings because I had only done it for an afternoon before and didn't have the "off to school with the older kids, get Olivia ready for the day" routine down. Also, (just like Bren did when she worked with them) I had to get up early both days (at 5:30), which although some people love doing (like my dad), I am not partial to! Olivia was good most of the time, and we had fun with her, so it all worked out okay.
Sharing my new mp3 player with Olivia - she actually liked it.
Olivia.
Also, as you'll know if you read my family's blog we finished the quilt top this week. I am so happy about it, and can't believe it took Mother and I just less than a month to do it all. Now we are going to send it to some people in Missouri who are going to quilt it for us. You can see some pictures by clicking here.
Although not on the subject of babysitting or quilting, I decided to share a couple more pictures.
Sometimes we put some chai tea powder in our ice cream. The first picture is of a chai drink with vanilla ice cream afloat. The second picture is vanilla ice cream with chai tea powder on it. It is yummy.
On Monday (as you know if you read the post 2 posts back) I babysat Lincoln B. On Wednesday afternoon Lincoln came again. Mother was already babysitting Alia and Kara R. that same day. Yesterday, Thursday, Mother babysat Alia and Kara again, and I babysat Olivia H., who Brenda used to babysit (Brenda and I also babysat Olivia's two siblings that go to school). Then, today I babysat Olivia and her siblings again. Understand, that whether Mother or I babysit, all of us play with whoever is here.
Now that we've gotten the facts down, how about some personal feelings about it all?
Well, I am pretty accustomed to babysitting Lincoln, so it wasn't hard for me. He is very sweet.
Alia and Kara are a bit on the wild side, so it is harder on the nerves. But, we made it through another (~)12 hrs. with them this week.
I was nervous about babysitting Olivia and her siblings because I had only done it for an afternoon before and didn't have the "off to school with the older kids, get Olivia ready for the day" routine down. Also, (just like Bren did when she worked with them) I had to get up early both days (at 5:30), which although some people love doing (like my dad), I am not partial to! Olivia was good most of the time, and we had fun with her, so it all worked out okay.
Sharing my new mp3 player with Olivia - she actually liked it.
Olivia.
Also, as you'll know if you read my family's blog we finished the quilt top this week. I am so happy about it, and can't believe it took Mother and I just less than a month to do it all. Now we are going to send it to some people in Missouri who are going to quilt it for us. You can see some pictures by clicking here.
Although not on the subject of babysitting or quilting, I decided to share a couple more pictures.
Sometimes we put some chai tea powder in our ice cream. The first picture is of a chai drink with vanilla ice cream afloat. The second picture is vanilla ice cream with chai tea powder on it. It is yummy.
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