My Daddy Truck and Baking

Saturday was much too cold to do much of anything. It was only in the 20's so we opted not to do a whole lot. Caleb and I did decide to take Daddy's truck over to get it inspected. The tags expire this month and in order to get it licensed in CO we had to have it inspected. They just check it to make sure that the emissions are working properly.

We got to the place. There were two cars in front of us so we went into Booth #5 as instructed to wait. We watched the first two cars go through the testing. They hook up a couple of pipes to the car. They also run a tube inside the car. I guess this is to make sure that the car is not backing carbon monoxide into the seating area. That's just a guess. I don't really know. Once all the tubes are placed properly they get in the car and run it on a treadmill. They also have a fan in front of the car to simulate wind resistance.

Caleb thought this was all very cool. This is something that little boys really enjoy seeing. The cars were doing a little too much bouncing around for my taste but Caleb loved it. Until it was our turn. He saw the man get in the truck and immediately started screaming "No, my Daddy truck!!" He screamed it over and over for the entire 10 minutes of testing. He had huge tears rolling down his face. He was not at all pleased with the man taking his daddy's truck. What started out as a very cool boy trip turned into a very traumatic trip. Sometimes you just can't win.

Campbell's current unit for social studies is immigration. They are studying all the aspects of immigrating to the US. As part of this unit they get to choose an identity and pretend they are immigrating to the US. She has chosen to be 9 year old Annette from Norway. They have filled out their immigration paperwork to recieve their greencards. They have also created their passports. Tomorrow and Wednesday they get to dress as their persona would and go through "Ellis Island". Ellis Island is actually the teachers. They check the paperwork to make sure they have done everyting properly. I think this is the coolest way of grading papers. How much more fun could it be.

We found a dress and a sweater for Campbell that will make her look Norwegian. Lucky for her she is Norwegian so she has the blonde hair and blue eyes. That will be easy for her. To add to the authenticity of it she and I decided that we would make some Norwegian treats to send to school with her. Yesterday we spent the morning making Krumkakes and Yulekake. These are two things that my mom made every year for Christmas. Campbell will be taking these to school with her to share with the class. I love this unit and the nerd in me wants to participate too. Ahhh...to be 9 again.!