I have to admit that I am only blogging right now out of sheer boredom. Today was declared pajama day in the Johnson residence and I am still sporting my very flattering grey polka-dot maternity sleepwear along with my ultra-comfy new house slippers. Most of the afternoon I have spent sewing bathrobes for the kids to open on Christmas Eve; it won’t be a surprise for them because I kept having Syd and Isaac try them on. When choosing the sizes of bathrobe patterns to sew for them I totally skipped the step of measuring my children – these bathrobes … Read the rest
Peter bought a rose and a carnation to dissect with the kids. They just learned about the parts of flowers in science. (Flowers are expensive in Alaska.)
We discovered that carnations are excellent flowers for dissecting. It is easy to see all the main parts of the flower after carefully taking off the petals.
Isaac has decided his favorite math activity is setting up a “store” so he can practice “buying” candy and cereal while learning how to count dimes and pennies. He learned how to perform simple two-digit addition on a “store receipt.”
I have decided one bucket of magnetic letters is not enough. More are coming in the mail!
Not the best lighting in the room, but this family picture will have to do. I do NOT like to have my picture taken when I am pregnant. Don’t expect many more.
Here I am with my three chins, extra fat cheeks and everything else… I have already put on (sigh) 25 pounds. Right now I am 25 weeks along – 15 more to go! Just so you know, I HATE this picture and may delete it later at will. Being pregnant is just not my favorite thing.
Yesterday I spent my first REAL cold day traveling to Fairbanks. The thermostat on my mini-van ranged between -19 and -36 degrees during late-morning into the afternoon. We packed extra food, blankets, snow pants, etc to make our trip. Our day included a trip to the library, going out to lunch, picking up a prescription and taking the kids to their Taekwon-Do lesson. And after was all said and done it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be; not as easy as a winter day in Florida but very do-able. There are some interesting things that … Read the rest
This month has been very busy and we have not even approached mid-month. Peter and I evaluated of our food storage and stocked WAY up – now we have to eat most of it before we move from here in about 18 months. We have discovered that no one looks at you funny in Alaska when you fill up two flat bed carts at Sam’s Club; however, you might get asked if you live out in the bush.
Our ward had a children’s clothing exchange and I was able to find several outfits for our baby boy ranging in sizes … Read the rest
Just some examples of my humble knitting abilities…
Above: Yarn over to create the holes.
This is a scarf I finished for 
