Doing schoolwork outside

It was windy so some of our papers kept blowing onto the ground. We brought out the wipe off board to talk Latin nouns.

The weather has been gorgeous lately.

Trampoline

We got a trampoline for Christmas!

Imogen's room

For Imogen's tenth birthday (wow, I kind of feel old typing that) we decided to redo her room. It was very boring, plain white, and almost always very messy. I sat her down about a month before her birthday and asked what she wanted. She shrugged. I told her that I had an idea but if we did it, it wouldn't be a surprise and she wouldn't have much to open on her birthday. She loved the room idea. She thought I was excessively smart for at least a couple hours, which is nice because she's getting to an age where parents become very stupid for several years.

This is her room on painting day. We piled up everything in the middle.

It was very boring.

Yes, this is the color I put on her walls.

It's very bright.

It's so bright in face that the pink reflects onto everything else in the vicinity.

Her new bedding. You can see where I'm painting a birdcage on her wall. I'm not done with it yet.

Happy New Year

Imogen: "I can't believe it's 2011."
Me: "I know. Your life is zooming by in front of your eyes. What have you accomplished in your nine years?"
Imogen: "Well... I cleaned my room."