Digitial Hamster

Hello my raviolis.  Grandma-ma came across this cute digital hamster and thought you might like to play with him or her.  The hamster likes to run on his wheel and drink water from the water spout but if you click anywhere on the picture it will drop a food pellet and the hamster will leave the wheel to eat it. 

Isn't he cute?  If you want him to get back ont he wheel, you click the center of the wheel and off he runs again.  Have fun feeding your digtial hamster and making him run. 

Grandma-ma likes hamsters and when Jason and Aaron were very little, we used to go to this silly little webpage called Hamster Dance. 

It was a single page of dancing hamsters to the theme from Robin Hood.  We loved it.

Love to you all, Grandma-ma

What is all this mess?

What is this mess? 

Where did all of this straw and twigs and Kota fur and pieces of thread come from? Why is it all over my deck?  Can you guess?  Do you know what brought this mess to grandma-ma's desk?  Why, it isn't a mess at all.  It's .....

a bird nest, tucked under a warm outdoor lamp an a rain gutter.  Grandma-ma should have know that some Robins were looking to build a nest.  Early, this week when grandma-ma came home for lunch there was a bird flying around the house.  Grandma-ma had to open the screen door all of the way to let the frightened bird out.  Grandma-ma also noticed that in her beak (it was a female robin) were tufts of Kota's fur.  Birds like to use animal hair to line their nests to keep their babies toasty and warm.  This momma robin probably saw some of Kota's fur along the edge of the door way and hopped over to get some and found her way inside of the house by mistake.  So now she and her mate have been very busy building a nest.  When they start sitting on the nest and when the baby peeps arrive, I will try and get more pictures for you.

Kota will have to stay inside while the babies are hatched because the birds will nose dive him like a bombadier.  For now, though, he can still go out and play.  Wishing you a happy Saturday my raviolis.  Grandma-ma

Happy Birthday Caleb and Owen

Hello my raviolis and let grandma-ma wish Caleb and Owen the happiest of birthday's today.  These Aurora raviolis are ten today. 

10

What a wonderful age to be.  Now,if grandma-ma was in Colorado she would make you a stupendous cake.  But she is not, so I am posting really neat photos of cakes that are very cool.  Which one do you like best?

I thought this was a very creative cake.

Topsy turvy is fun too and looks tasty.

Jason and Aaron would both like the Millenium Falcon cake.

 

Okay, so this is not a real cake but a hat...but it sure would be a neat cake if it was.

Wishing Caleb and Owen the happiest of birthdays.  Love Grandma-ma 

Word of the Week Wednesday

Hello my Wednesday raviolis.  If it's Wednesday, it must mean a new word for today.  Today's word is a simple but important one for today. That word is:

"Moon"

Now, you may say, what is so special about the word "moon" for today?  Well, today, Wednesday, April 28th will give us a full moon.  But it will also be a full "pink moon".

 This name came from the herb moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring.

So, is the moon really pink?  Well, for the most part no, but on occasion, the particulates in the air from dust or ash can add a filter in the air which slightly changes to color of the moon to look pink. 

See how the picture of this moon has lots of ash in front of it.  This places a mask or filter in front of the moon causing it to look pink.

So remember to use the word "moon" in three sentences today.  Here is grandma-ma's first sentence:  "You will see a pink moon in Arizona when the wildfires burn. "

I hope all my raviolis can see a pink moon tonight.  Grandma-ma loves you all.

Let's go fly a kite!

Up to the highest height.  Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring!  Up to the atmosphere, up where the air is clear, oh let's go....fly a kite!  Everyone knows this song from Mary Poppins and today, in Atlanta, it is a perfect day for flying a kite. We have lots of March type winds blowing with clouds and blue skys.  Perfect for flying a kite. 

Grandma-ma loves flying kites.  Especially those with lots of pretty colors you can see flying high above you in the sky.  Do you have any kites?  Both Aaron and Jason, when they were young, used to have lots of different kinds of kites and they used to make them too. It was always fun flying a kite.

Here are some pretty kites.  I love the happy colors.

This is a coloring page for you to make your own colorful kites.  If you click on this LINK  you will go to a large, printable page that you can color.

I hope you enjoy coloring these kites and have a wonderful, wind swept day.  Grandma-ma and grampy send flying hugs and kisses to all of you.

Mouthwash Shake

Everyone knows about the "truffle shuffle" ...that happy little dance that "Chunk" was always made to do before he could enter the Walsh home in "The Goonies."

But did you know about another happy dance called the "Mouthwash shake"? Well, as the story goes, it was first danced when a certain Aurora ravioli was brushing his teeth and went to use the mouthwash.  The bottle says to "shake" and so "shake" he did.  Mom came walking by and saw the first dance and began laughing.  With this "earth shaking event" a new dance was born and here it is:

We love the mouthwash shake, especially the dark glasses.  Have a wonderful day and remember Grandma-ma loves you all.  (Goonies never say die!)

Kota escapes

Hello my ravioilis.  Today I am going to share with you a Kota story.  We are having lovely weather in Atlanta right now and so when I go home for lunch, I will let Kota out on the deck so he can sit in the sun and chase "tree rats" in the back yard.  Because it is fenced in, and I'm only 5 minutes away from home, I could return to work and leave the back deck door opened for Kota to come and go.

Picture of Kota eating a steak bone before we put the patio in.

Apparently, NOT!!!!  I came home for lunch and who is waiting for me at the front door, but Kota! I was horrified.  I wondered how did you get out of the yard.  Well, Kota dug a big hole under the gate and then pushed the cinder block out of the way with his nose...that wiley coyote. 

No more leaving the back door cracked for him to come and go. He will just have to stay inside until I get home from work or when Alan is home.  In the meantime, I have to fix the back door so he cannot dig under it any more.   

Here is a cute video of a big lab digging a hole at the beach.

Doggies love to dig to bury their bones or doggie treasures or if they are after prey or if they are bored.  I think Kota was bored and wanted to run around the neighborhood.    Have a wonderful day my raviolis.  Hugs and kisses to you all.

Who was that masked man?

Okay, who were those masked boys?  Why look, it is the wrestling raviolis wearing Nacho Libre masks.  I understand that mom and Aaron like to wear them too.  Hmmmmmm.

Wearing masks is fun.  Grandma-ma likes to make masks using different materials.  Here is a neat coloring page of a dragon mask. 

   

To print out a large mask to color, click HERE. 

If you want to color a princess mask, click HERE.

I hope you enjoy coloring these masks.  Oh, on another note, look for the picture of Lavendar and Sunshine, the newest family pets that belong to Caleb and Owen.  They are pretty birds and they look like Aunt Renee's birdies.   

Grandma-ma loves and misses you all.

Word of the week Wednesday

Hello my Wednesday Raviolis.  Today, being Wednesday, means it is Word of the Week Wednesday and today's Wednesday word is brought to you by the Aurora raviolis.  That word is:

"contraption"

Contraption...now that is a big word.  Three syllables and a word that just sounds like it has great importance attached to it.   What is a contraption? Well, a contraption is a strange machine or device. Almost always created from bits and pieces of found objects and items that are discarded and become the inventor's friend.  Owen and Caleb and friends decided to build a "contraption" to roll water balloons down.  Let's see if their contraption works...click on the video now.

From the cheers we hear, it was a success.  What fun it is to build a contraption.  So, here is Grandma-ma's sentence using the word contraption:  "Aaron and Jason as little boys, liked to build a contraption from discarded objects."  Now, go and use the word contraption in two more sentences.  Love to all of my raviolis and their contraptions.  Grandma-ma

G-QAM is a spooky fish

Hello my raviolis.  I have been trying to capture a short video for you of G-qam, my new fish.  He is easily spooked and every time he comes up to swim around, I grab my camera to take a video.  He sees me coming and scurries away and hides in the rocks or anenome below. 

Well grandma-ma waited and finally got a short vid for you.  Watch as he is looking at himself and then sees grandma-ma's camera and scurries away to hide. 

I did manage to snap a photo of him as well.  See how pretty his colors are?

He is reflected in the water above and the side of the glass making it look like their are four of him. 

Have a colorful day my ravs.  Hugs and kisses.