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In science class, Gabrielle was supposed to build a model of an atom; she was assigned Helium.

Gabrielle and dad spent time on Friday, all of Saturday and a little time on Sunday working on the project.

Instead of making the regular foam model, Gabrielle thought it would be cooler to incorporate lights.  Dad got a controller card and other supplies at Radio Shack.

The end result is a model of helium that appears to have moving electrons.

Gabrielle did everything except soldering wires and programming the controller card.

In the end, Gabrielle ended up learning more about circuits, resistors and LEDs than Helium, but she has an awesome project and will never forget how many protons, neutrons and electrons are in a helium atom.

It should go without saying, but Gabrielle had a lot of fun.

Today the girls went out to Granite City for dinner.  We weren’t too optimistic, but it ended up being much better than we thought.

While at the restaurant, the girls saw their old Spanish teacher.

The girls had fun.

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This weekend the girls spent New Years at the Chula Vista resort in Wisconsin Dells, WI.  There we met up with the girls’ cousins, Marco and Leo.

In addition to chatting, playing games, shopping and water slides, our New Years eve was interrupted with a fire alarm sending us into the cold parking lot (for a few seconds).

The girls stayed busy and had a lot of fun.

Today grandpa finally took the girls to 98 Pounds Restaurant for dinner. It was a Chinese buffet place with tasty (and interesting) foods.

Dad tried chicken feet and frog legs for the first time ever!  The girls weren’t as adventurous but enjoyed the meal and had fun.

Today the girls received their belated Christmas and (for Gabrielle) birthday presents.

Both girls received some jewelry and games while Gabrielle’s birthday bedroom was finally delivered.

As you can imagine, the girls had tons of fun.

Note: Dad put the pictures through a filter to make them look old-fashioned. Do you like how the new pictures look?  Let us know…

This weekend both girls received upgraded phones and both went to birthday parties. Once the parties were over, time was spent chatting on Skype with cousins, eating at Doolitle’s, running errands and (of course) playing with phones.

In all, the girls stayed busy and had fun. 

Today the girls went to watch “The Muppets” movie at the movie theater. The girls ate lots of candy and popcorn; they had tons of fun.

Today Gabrielle turned 12 years old. She received some clothes, an Ugg purse and a Kindle.

We chatted with Gino and his family on Skype.

Next, we had lunch at Brunswick Zone XL and spent some time hunting for Black Friday deals. The girls had fun.

Great food with great people. While the turkey was cooking, the family spent some time chatting while the girls did some knitting and DSing.

The girls enjoyed filling  their faces with turkey, stuffing and potato casserole.  After the meal we watched the last Harry Potter movie. The girls had lots of fun.

Over the weekend, the girls spent a TON of time creating and delivering holiday baskets. We had a assembly line set up and had baskets all over the house!

The girls had a lot of fun!