We celebrated Zia’s 6th birthday yesterday at the Carousel of Happiness. Seven kids came, with parents and presents in tow. We served pizza, lemonade, cake, and cupcakes. I applied Brave tattoos all around, and Zia handed out the treat bags. After they ate, the kids all played in the puppet theater and had a free […]
Zia and I jumped online to find some horsey crafts and activities this morning, and we ran across this tutorial. Once she saw it and realized it was big enough to ride in, there was no turning back. We had a big lettuce box left from Saturday’s Costco run, and we found another box to cut […]
She was so excited she said goodbye to both David and me at the front door of our house, before we got in the car to go. “So you’re driving yourself?” I asked. She giggled. Our local nature center offers summer camps, and this year she was old enough to be a “Nederbug”. It was […]
We have a girl here with a hole in her smile! The tooth came out this morning with the fateful bite of an apple. She’s very excited and keeps talking about a tooth fairy or something. We’ll just have to see about that… (BTW, that lovely scratch on the nose is from a close encounter […]
We’ve been waiting–and keeping busy these last days before he finally comes home. Zia wanted so much to plant a garden, but after last year’s short growing season and failed plants, I wasn’t so sure. We’ll start a tiny garden, at least. This boy has grown more hair, learned to eat more foods (turkey and salmon!) […]
