Leonardo da Vinci

Peter did such an excellent job with the Creekside wax museum! He had a long speech that he memorized and his teacher had already cut it down from the three large notecards of information he had from his research. One thing she discreetly left out was how "court records reveal that when I was 24, (da Vinci) was charged with sodomy, a crime punishable by death." He has no idea what this means. 😂 Good thing his teacher caught it! Anyway, here is his speech:

Hi, I am Leonardo da Vinci. I was born on April 15th, 1452 in Vinci, Italy. I am famous for inventing parachutes, scissors, and amazing art, including the Mona Lisa, the Vitruvian Man and the Last Supper. At age 14 I was an apprentice to an artist named Verrocio. Verrocio taught me metalworking, leather arts and more. My earliest known painting is a pen and ink drawing of a landscape in Arno Valley. Many people still think I was a true scientist. Perhaps it is because I explored, analyzed and used my imagination to build inventions way beyond my time. Then in Amboise, France on May 2, 1519, I died. 

Thanksgiving 2015

We struggled a little filling out our Thankful poster but here's what we did write down.

Jillian
My home and UNC
My sweet loving family
School and my classmates

Lucy
Family
TV
(and she drew some cute people on there too)

Kevin
Leftover pizza

Peter
Piano
Book of Mormon
UNC (this one he signed Peterina)

Chelsey
Slow mornings with my girls
My smart, cute, sweet kids

Hadley
My friends on missions
Sawyer
Family
My license

Auntie Em
Music
(then the kids told her she was supposed to write them, so she obliged:)
and my nieces and nephews

Pete Lit

Morning Route (Routine and fun insight for mom into his day)

I plege alligence to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for wicth it stands one nation under God indivisible for libirety and justice for all.

Plege of the eagles: Eagles are leaders, eagles are bold, eagles soar to great heights. As a creekside Eagle I promise to Show self control. I promise to Offer peer support. I promise to Actively listen and learn. I promise to Respect people and property. (SOAR) Today and every day I promise to be the best that I can be because I believe in me.

Finish morning work. Song. Greeting. Morning Meeting

The First Drawing

Imagine you were a caveman in the time period ice age. You have a pet wolf. You and your father go hunting for arrowheads. You see something, you go and tell your dad. He says "Nonsense." You go back to the cave and your family is sleeping. Then you realize the fire is moving. You tell your family and they say in chorus "Go to sleep." You say "No really." You grab some paint and start to draw a mamoth and your family says in relief "You just made the first drawing." Then all of the start to draw. They draw saber tooth tigers, cave bears, and weapons. Then you all go to sleep and all you dream about are your memories when you saw what you drew on the day you went stone hunting with dad.

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When I was on a family beach trip my Aunt Hadley and my Uncle Adam saw a shark a little bit smaller than a dolphin jump out of the ocean. When they told me about the shark I said: I'm glad that I wasn't with you when you saw that shark. Usually there was two trips to the beach a day. In between the two trips was a lunch break. I only went on the second trip once or twice because we had a pool and obvisly a pool is more fun and safe than the ocean. I went with the Powers side of my family and my one generation away Zimmerman couisins named Paige, Norah, Halley and Addy, who was at girls' camp. On the family beach trip I loved the boogie boarding and the skim boarding. When I was at the beach we also got to dig a hole and the people who wanted to dig got 30 seconds to dig. When we were playing in the water I saw 6, 7, 8, or 9 shark copters and my 9 year old sister said that she saw some fins. So when I saw the shark copters and the episode of the fins I ran out of the water!

Hawkeyes Vs. Badgers

One fall afternoon me and my dad went to a football game, which was a hawkeyes vs. badgers game. Me and my dad got to train ride on the top layer! When we got to the football stadium there was free tootsie rools. Sadly to say I lived in Iowa and the Hawkeyes lost. Well, meanwhile at home, my grandma, the three sisters and my mom went to a movie theatre and saw the movie Free Birds. I was darned when I missed the movie. One of my dad's work friends gave my dad the tickets. My dad asked someone to take a picture of us. I wore my hawkeye joursey, a hat, a swechert and a coat. That's what I did at the Iowa Hawkeye Wisconsin Badgers game.

Peter's Goals for 2015

Written on February 2, 2015
-practice derby
-if lacking wisdom on a talk when you get home ask and pray to see what it means
-10 minutes of sports when dad gets home
-make a 2015 goals thumbs up chart
-practice my testimony
-practice the proclamation
-practice swimming (during the summer)
-build a kurby car

Primary Parts 2015

We just had the most lovely primary program! Our good friend Brittany McBride is the music leader and she had someone write a violin part to accompany the song "Come Unto Me." She also taught the kids sign language to the final song and that was so neat. The Primary presidency asked that everyone fill out comment card so that they could read positive feedback to the kids afterwards. Jillian and Peter's after school art teacher is also her primary teacher and she had each of her kids draw and color pictures of their own baptisms that they showed during their parts. It was SUCH a sweet and strong spirit from beginning to end. I know the Savior loves those kids and is proud of what they are learning. Primary really is where it's at!

Jillian: "Baptism leads me closer to Jesus Christ. When I was baptized, all my sins were washed away and I felt like a better person." (Not 100% sure that doctrinally correct since technically she didn't have any sins because she was baptized at age eight but there were a few weeks between her baptism and her birthday:) Also the presidency let the big kids write their parts, so I'm glad she was able to keep what she wrote herself.)

Peter:

Lucy: I follow Jesus' example by sharing my toys with my brother and sisters.

10 Reasons Why I Should Hold Molly

A little over a year ago, Jillian wrote me this list of reasons why she should hold Molly. I loved it and have kept it up on the fridge for that long as a sweet reminder. Having a large family can be hard...but so worth the hard work.

10 Reasons Why I Should Hold Molly

1- I need to practice being a beter mom.
2- So you can talk to Peter
3- What I have babys I need to know how to take care of them.
4- So you can help make dinner.
5- So you can talk to your friends.
6- So you can anser the door.
7- So you can help Lucy and Peter get ready for Gabby's baptism. (Apparently that's what we were doing later that day.
8- So you can pay atenten to the other children beter.
9- So you can talk and help dad.
10- I want to hold Molly becuse I love her and she's cute and fun to play with.

Father's Day Tribute

We love Dad because...
He reads stories to me. Lucy
He helps me swim. Lucy
He chooses good movies on Fridays. Peter
He helped me to build our Lego sets. Peter
He cheers for me at swim meets. Peter
He says I am beautiful. Molly
He helped me build the tree house. Peter
He initiates potty training. Mom
He puts me to bed. Molly
He sang me to sleep. Jillian
He helps with piano. Jillian
He is handsome. Lucy
He taught me how to dance. Jillian
He praises and encourages his kids often. Mom
He teaches me French. Jillian
He cheered for me at basketball. Jillian
He helped me when I had pink eye. Peter
We like to bike together. Jillian
He is kind. Mom
He makes dinner and does dishes. Mom
He taught me to ride a two wheeler when I was four. Lucy