Snow, Snow, Snow!

Three big storms later, the Butte is finally a winter wonderland. We got 15 inches in the last 24 hours.

We loved sharing the winter fun with the Achtenhagen family last week! Skiing, snowshoeing, skating, sledding, and fort-building. Yeehaw! So fun to see friends here in Crested Butte. 

With a much-needed quiet Sunday on our hands, we sent Jason up to the mountain to savor the powder while Sumaya, Owen and Spence finished the absurdly difficult K'nex roller coaster that we've been working on for weeks:

Coaster

A family walk to town for groceries was full of snowy fun, massive icicles and two boys jumping into every snowbank along the way and terrorizing more than a few of the local dogs with their hoots and hollers.

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On the homeschool front.... Secret agents Berv and Berv have been sent on several top sercret missions to exciting locations around the globe. Agent Owen has been to the Parthenon and to Easter Island, and agent Spencer loved his mission to the Pyramids of Giza. While he professed to be less interested in his second destination, Machu Picchu, agent Spencer had a whole lot to report about the architecture, stormwater drainage and possible reasons for the disappearance of the people who built this amazing city.

Here are the latest photos of where the two agents were spotted last:

Spence_at_machu-picchu

Owen_at_easterisland

 

We would tell you about this week's exciting destinations, but we're sworn to secrecy, so stay tuned for future updates. On a side note, we'd like to thank PBS and National Geographic for the terrific documentaries on so many of our planet's most intersting destinations. They sure come in handy.

Last week's art project included cool metal art in the style of 14th century Italian master Lorenzo Ghiberti. Nothing like tin foil, black tempera paint and cardboard to make for some really cool looking art.

On the docket for math last week: playing "math dice" while having a delicious lunch at Sherpas in downtown CB. If you haven't checked out this simple but cool math game, give it a shot some time. Jason and Sumaya enjoyed it just as much as the boys did. Spencer worked with addition and subtraction, Owen worked with multiplication and division, while Sumaya took on the Maine state math champ (1984) working with roots and exponents. Cool!

Coming up this week: Popsicle stick bridge building, limerick writing, and our first Spanish class with a super nice local lady from mexico. Stay tuned!

 

 

 

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