Kyle's day on Good Friday

After we went out to breakfast and then shopped all morning to try to find sweat pants, socks and get some groceries, Kyle was quite exhausted and so spent a quiet afternoon. He did not want to color eggs or cook so he rested and watched TV.




Kyle enjoyed eating an apple while watching TV.




I hope he feels better today! I so enjoyed spending a day with Kyle and his brother and sister.

Cooking with Rhia

Rhia wanted to make lemon bars. First she prepared the pan.



Then Rhia broke 3 eggs for the lemon bars



Between mixing and baking the bars and taking these last photos, Rhia had a lolly pop - a blue one! Notice the blue mouth!



Rhia enjoyed putting sugar on her bars and then tasting them with her blue mouth!

Cooking with Iain

Iain wanted to make a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting yesterday. He put the mix and eggs into the mixing bowl.




Iain then carefully measured the water.




He especially enjoyed using the electric mixer.




He then make frosting and frosted the cake.




Every chef MUST TASTE his work!

Coloring Easter Eggs

Yesterday, Rhia and Iain colored Easter Eggs. Here you see Rhia busy at work.




Iain was most diligent about his eggs as well.




They were very good about sharing the wax crayon so that they could write on their eggs before they dipped them in the colored water.




They enjoyed inspecting their writing after the eggs had been colored.

Home Sweet Home!

This morning I was up at 4:30 AM and off to the train to New York City for a day of research. It poured the entire way to the train station about 40 minutes away. I was drenched when I got a cab to the Morgan Library. I worked all day and then took a cab back to Penn Station and took the train home. As we passed through Philadelphia, the city skyline and the sky was spectacular.




The Art Museum stood out against the beautiful sky! I did not see Rocky!




Each moment the sky was more beautiful than before.




Then I drove home and the sky was still quite beautiful.




The view of the field behind my house reminded me why I love to live here and not New York City! Thank you Lord for the beauty of Your creation and for the privilege of living where I live.

Mr. Kyle Goes to Harrisburg...

On March 18, I was asked to give testimony before a Committee of the House of Representatives in Harrisburg. Kyle was able to join me and learn a bit about how laws are passed.




Part of the "fun" for Kyle was leaving about 5:30 AM for the 2 hour drive!




As we waited for the hearing to begin, Kyle asked if he might try to get some autographs from the representatives there. He really seemed to enjoy walking among them and discussing various issues with them.




Do you think we might have a future politician?

We the people...

Last night, I had a meeting at our township building. As I sat in the meeting and we discussed the results of a recent professional study for our township, I was struck by the fact that we were meeting in the official township building which is the garage where we store our trucks and snow removal equipment.




The garage has no heat nor air conditioning - thus township officials are not encouraged to stay too long and do too much "damage."




Our township sees no need for a magnificent office building.




I have heard that the problem with the USA is air conditioning. It used to be (before AC) that our officials in Washington DC went home when it got hot and humid in DC - from mid-May to late September. Then someone invented AC and all the buildings in DC were air conditioned and now look at the mess our country is in!




Compare this building to those in DC!