May 15, 2013

Holland Tulip Trip


Here are just three photos from my trip to Holland to the Tulip Festival.
(Michigan not Netherlands)
The fields were smaller than I expected (about 20 acres.)
But they were just fabulous in variety and color.
Simply breath-taking!!


May 06, 2013

Isis & Nick- the facepainters

(news from Nick & Jasmine)
Isis is totally painting faces at the School Pot Luck for $5/face, $1 of which he gets to keep for himself and spend on legos!!! ($1 out of every $5 that is, not just $1 - the rest goes to the school to help raise funds) (Nick did Isis' face in these pics.) Isis is a real natural and tooooadally loves doing it, and you know, as a parent, about nothing could make me happier than him finding something he loves and proactively doing it because he wants to, not because I forced him :) He painted Phoenix and Nicks face about 4 times each that day.








Mabel turned 9 years old on April 24th

New Bikes-Freedom

Isis and Phoenix just got new bikes from an organization called the "Variety Club" 
They look so free and happy. I miss them terribly. I'll go for a visit in June.