SixSibs » July 2011

The Runge

Adam Heironimus — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 12:28:27 +0000

While we were driving to Jefferson city we had the privilege of stopping at the Runge Nature Center to stretch our legs and look around. We stayed there for about 1 1/2 hours and were able to enjoy a special dragonfly program that they were holding that night.

Ride em’ Isaac! Git along little… Turtles?

Rachel enjoyed looking a a few of the 80 species of dragonflies that are in Missouri.

Paul and Isaac really enjoyed the puppet area!

This conservation agent is showing John and Rachel dragonfly larvae- she even let them pick some up!

We all had a very good time at the Runge, but all good things have to end some time so we all packed up and headed for our hotel so we could get a good nights rest before we went to our final stop: the Missouri State Capitol building!
(I’ll post some pictures of that soon!)
Adam

Book Review: “Mustang, Wild Spirit of the West”

Rachel Heironimus — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 10:58:25 +0000

By Rachel M. Heironimus
Today I finished reading “Mustang, Wild Spirit of the West” Written by Marguerite Henry and Illustrated by Robert Loughweed. It was about a girl named Annie Bronn, and she really liked horses. But, when she was 18, men started killing the mustangs to be butchered and turned into pet food. So Annie is trying to stop them.
I liked this book very,very much and it was very good. I would award it 5 out of 5 stars.
I would highly recommend you buy it on Amazon.com or check it out at your local Library!

Book Review: “Along Came a Dog”

Rachel Heironimus — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:13:14 +0000

By Rachel M. Heironimus
Today I read “Along Came a Dog” written by Meindert Dejong and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. It was about a dog who protected a little red hen from various dangers. It was pretty good and I’d give it 3 out of 5 stars.

You can buy it on Amazon.com

Book Review: “Misty of Chincoteague “

Rachel Heironimus — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:06:24 +0000

By Rachel M. Heironimus
Today I finished reading “Misty of Chincoteague” written by Marguerite Henry and illustrated by Wesley Dennis. It was about two children named Paul and Maureen who want to buy a horse called “The Phantom” if it can be caught on pony penning day. Someone does succeed in catching it, but someone else buys it before Paul and Maureen!
I liked it very much and would award it 4 out of 5 stars
You can buy “Misty of Chincoteague” on Amazon.com

Dress up!

Adam Heironimus — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:06:12 +0000

While we were touring the capitol building, the 5 youngest of the 6 sibs were able to have a little fun, getting “dressed up” in 1850′s style clothing!

A “period” picture (complete with sandals and tennis shoes!)

John made a great “Federal”

Luke just wanted to be a peaceful farmer.

It was Rachel though, who was really “in her element”

We all had a very good time at the capitol building and I think I’ll be able to scrape together one more post from the pictures I have left.
Until then,
Adam

Book Review:”B is for Betsy”

Rachel Heironimus — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:56:11 +0000

By Rachel M. Heironimus
Today I Finished “B is for Betsy” written and illustrated by Carolyn Haywood
It was about a little girl named Betsy who went to school. At school they had a circus and they built farms and raised tadpoles. I liked it. I would give it 3 out of 5 stars

You can buy “B is for Betsy” on Amazon.com
(by the way most of these reviews are being posted about 4 or 5 months after they were written, so when Rachel says “Today I read…” it really means sometime in the near past she read the book she’s reviewing- she doesn’t quite read 3 or 4 150 page chapter books in one morning!)

Museums of Archaeology, Art and Anthropology Part 2

Adam Heironimus — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:45:34 +0000

Here are the last of our Columbia Pictures:
I hope you enjoy them!

A Hopi doll

A replica of an Inuit man in full hunting gear

As Isaac said, “you wouldn’t want to meet this guy in the dark!”

An “antenna-lope”

A Byzantine crucifix

A Byzantine statue of Mary and the baby Jesus

That pretty much exhausts my collection of interesting Columbia picture! Stay tuned for some pictures from Jefferson City!
Thanks,
Adam

Book Review: “The Last Little Cat”

Rachel Heironimus — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:56:43 +0000

By Rachel M. Heironimus
Today I read “The Last Little Cat” written by Meindert Dejong and illustrated by Jim McMullen. It was about a cat who ran away from the barn where it lived. I did not like it very much. I will only give it 2 out of 5 stars

If you really, really want to read it you can buy it at Amazon.com (just remember- I warned you!)

Museums of Archaeology, Art and Anthropology Part 1

Adam Heironimus — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:51:08 +0000

This is part 2 of 3 of our Columbia pictures (part 1 of our archaeology, art and anthropology pictures) I hope you enjoy seeing the pictures 1/4 as much as I enjoyed being there! (and taking them)

Plaster replica of a Roman statue from the early first millenium

An Egyptian statue of a seated scribe

I forgot the what, where and why on this one!

Lots of examples of Greek and Hellenistic art work and pottery

More Greek pottery

Even more Greek art!

I still have quite a few interesting pictures to show you, so stay tuned for part 3 of 3!

Book Review: “The Screwtape Letters”

Adam Heironimus — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:28:03 +0000

By Adam E. Heironimus
“The Screwtape Letters” by C.S. Lewis is a series of fictional letters sent to an inexperienced younger demon named Wormwood by his “Dear Uncle Screwtape”. In the letters Screwtape is instructing his young pupil how to keep his “patient” (a young christian) from staying on the straight and narrow path and instead tries to instruct Wormwood on ways of keeping his “patient” from church, christian fellowship and all other kinds of godly things, but Screwtape was always sure to tell Wormwood to never hurry his “patient” into anything evil, in fact he said “The safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.”- That’s so true! It’s very easy to slowly, slowly slip backwards without knowing it- and the devil can wait an entire lifetime for us to complete our slide! We need to be constantly be setting “signposts” on our paths and getting other Christians to help us by gauging where we are in our spiritual lives. Another section of the book that I really liked was the part in which Screwtape was instructing his pupil on his “patient’s” involvement in the church, He said “Surely you know that if a man can’t be cured of churchgoing, the next best thing is to send him all over the neighbourhood looking for the church that ‘suits’ him until he becomes a taster or connoisseur of churches… The search for a ‘suitable’ church makes the man a critic where the Enemy wants him to be a pupil.”- It’s often much, much easier to find a church’s, person’s or family’s troubles than to find all of their many good qualities- and anyway, if you find a perfect church, don’t join because you’ll mess it up!
I was really encouraged by reading “The Screwtape Letters”, as it gave me somewhat of a better idea of how the devil often tries to tempt and trick us into sin. I would highly recommend “The Screwtape Letters” to anyone who would like to learn more about resisting temptation, and would give it 5 out of 5 stars.
“The Screwtape Letters” is available at Amazon.com and at many other physical and online bookstores worldwide.