Dance Fever

We went to the St. Paul's Family Dance tonight and stayed out until... drumroll... after 9 PM!

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The theme was "Surfin' 60s", and Deacon and Maren partied like it was 1999. They didn't miss a beat, doing the Conga, Limbo, and Cha Cha Slide like old pros.

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Derek and Terri were especially impressed that the older kids seemed to know every word of the songs off the Grease soundtrack!!

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Deacon and Nicholas

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Maren

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Maren and preschool pal Marianna, hardly wallflowers, take a short break

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Conga!

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Dancin' with Daddy

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The DJ is a St. Paul's alum!

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Like son, like father.

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Maren and Marianna take another short break to adjust light sticks.

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Maren loved the doorway decor...

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Limbo!

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Dancing the night away!

Elementary School Musical

The Kindergarteners are ready for tonight's Family Dance at St. Paul's!

Sunday Morning

We braved the rainy San Fernando Valley streets this morning to attend both Calvary Chapel Burbank and St. Paul's, where Deacon was recognized for his art show award!
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Deacon with two of the other award winners.

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Deacon's painting and "Grand Champion" ribbon.

La Brea Tar Pits

This morning Deacon mentioned that he wanted to see a Woolly Mammoth. So we went to the La Brea Tar Pits!
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Ewwww, the tar is still bubbling!!

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In front of the museum...

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The kids check out the American Mastodon

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400 Dire Wolf skulls! Creepy!

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Watching the paleontologists at work!

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Sabertoothed Cat (There were signs everywhere - don't call it a tiger! Or those paleontologists will jump out get angry - and you don't want to see them when they're angry!)

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Sheesh, it's been well over an hour since I asked to see a Woolly Mammoth - better late than never!

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(Cue angelic choir singing) The STORE



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Checking out the pits!

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Excavating Pit 91! Scientists were out there in the tar today, on a Saturday, in the rain, looking for bones.

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Really! Here they are!!

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Making friends with a Ground Sloth.



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Inspired by the big beasts, many still in the tar, Maren tells them all who's boss!!

MISSING

UPDATE 2/23, 8:50 a.m. - Fi-Fi has been found! Even though I had already looked for her in the car, Derek looked again and found her in a place he described as "pretty obvious." OOPS! We're just happy Fi-Fi is back in the house where she belongs.

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Baby Fi-Fi has disappeared.
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We will provide updates as information becomes available.

Deacon Is Aquaman

Today is Cartoon Character Day at St. Paul's. Deacon is Aquaman.
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Telepathically summoning the creatures of the ocean to help fight injustice

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Explaining to classmates that he is Aquaman, not a Merman

Maren, Mismatched

Maren went to Afternoon Preschool today, showing her school spirit in her mismatched ensemble of a flower headband, a flag shirt, black Christmas Tree undershirt and pink skirt.

She decided that wearing mismatched shoes just went too far, so matching rain boots completed the outfit.

Mismatch/Bad Hair Day

Continuing the Spirit Week festivities...

Today is Mismatch/Bad Hair Day!

Deacon's wacky ensemble includes heavily gelled hair, his shirt buttoned on the wrong buttons, a blue tie, his dad's vintage 80's suspenders, and his dad's vintage 90's cargo shorts. He's also wearing mismatched socks and shoes on the wrong feet.

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Miss Miller and Deacon...

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From the back...

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Ready to Rock

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An introspective moment, pondering the craziness of it all...

BREAKING NEWS: DEACON WINS AWARD

Evidently there was a Southern California Lutheran Schools basketball tournament/art show over the weekend in San Diego, and Miss Miller entered his Macaroni Penguin painting in the art show. Deacon won Grand Champion of all the 2-D Kindergarten entries!!! How cool is that??
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Here's Deacon this afternoon at school with his painting and blue ribbon...

If you're like me and didn't know what a Macaroni Penguin was, here's a picture!

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About the Macaroni Penguin:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni_penguin

Pajama Day!

It's "Spirit Week" this week at St. Paul's... today the kids got to wear their jammies to school!
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Deacon in his classroom, shy and reserved as usual.

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Even the preschoolers got to participate! Here's Maren...

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Maren checks out Miss Cynthia's jammies.

Sunday Morning

Just a few pictures of Maren as we headed to church this morning. Also, making her AFB debut... Maren's newest critter, Buh the Bunny!

Yes, the bunny's name is Buh.