Five ‘Til Noon

During the last big snow, the kids and I dug up an old-fashioned snow cream on the internet.  Very yummy!

Here are our non-snow ingredients: heavy cream (always a good choice), vanilla, and sugar.

Add three quarts of 111 Park front-yard snow …

Mix it all up …

And enjoy …

There’s no such thing as too much pink.

More in the gallery.  Photos by Jackie.

On the way into the mall the other day, it was raining a bit so I started to run, telling the kids that I was “engaging turbo”. I heard the pitter-patter of little feet behind me and just assumed that they were all following. However, when I arrived at the door Jonathan had barely moved from where we started running.

When he finally got to the doors, he just shrugged and said “I don’t DO turbo.”

“Hopefully I don’t make a mess like all my previous attempts”

Pretty good summary of Lana.

Here’s what you don’t want to hear when walking past a bedroom shared by two ten year-olds.

“Here, let me show you something really cool”.

We attended the Forest Park Balloon Glow this year with Brian and Jessica’s family.  It was a little crazy to see how many people were crammed into Forest Park.  The kids were a little apprehensive about the huge crowds and darkness but enjoyed themselves when we eventually found Brian and Jessica and a place to sit and watch the fireworks.

Joy and I have visited Silver Dollar City several times without the kids, and this year we finally tried it with the kids.  It’s a different theme park when you have three kids with you.

More pictures are in the gallery

Ride count

• Wildfire: 2 times
• Powder Keg: 2 times
• Thunderation: 5 times
• Giant Swing: 2 times
• Fire in the Hole: 1 time
• Lost River of the Ozarks: 3 times
• American Plunge: 2 times
• Electro Spin: 1 time
• Mighty Galleon: 1 time
• Elephant March: 1 time
• Grand Exposition Swings: 1 time

Aaron and Lana favored the coasters and Jonathan favored the water rides. 

Here’s a tall tale Aaron wrote for school.

I do sports better than anyone in the world, I am even better than the pros.  I play soccer, basketball, track, hockey, and football all on the same day.  In soccer I play every position at the same time.  When I am forward I zoom past everyone so fast they get knocked over by the wind that I make.  When I am defense when I kick the ball it would go into space and hit the aliens that are on mars.  I went to the Olympics and won 40 gold meals.  Last season I scored about 100 goals.  Once I did so well in a game after the game Superman visited me to tell me what a great job I did.  I am also 84 years old.

Aaron Bradley Tutterow