Reconciling with cabin fever

"So what do you do in the wintertime when all the world is gray, brown, cold, and unpleasant?" Okay, so maybe there is a reason why they opted for "summertime" when writing that Primary song. Here are our solutions to January cabin fever:

Davin
Make a rainbow loom bracelet. Or two. Or fifty! Davin is an avid rainbow loomer. He taught himself how to make several different patterns by watching videos on Youtube. He loves to make interesting color patterns, particularly if they correspond to a college or professional team. He even made a rainbow loom headband for Ellie!

Soda float experiments: While root beer and vanilla ice cream is the classic standard for an ice cream float, why stop there? We did a tasting experiment where the boys picked various soda and ice cream flavor combinations; we tried the combinations and made a chart to see the results. The winners were root beer with chocolate ice cream and cream soda with strawberry ice cream.

Rowan

Nothing helps the wiggles like a dance party! Rowan showed me his moves and they are pretty stunning!

Try as we might to avoid it, sometimes the winter crazies set in...

Ellie

Hibernate. The bears do it so why not us?!!

If hibernation isn't an option, embrace the fashion of the season with a stunning pair of boots!

Katie

Attack with scissors!

Chris

Beg your office to send you to a conference... :)

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