The Easter Egg Hunt

Michael Anne had a great time hunting for and collecting Easter Eggs. You can see her basket full of beautifully colored eggs.
This morning the Easter Bunny brought her a toy chicken that winds up and then walks along pooping gum balls. She loved it so much that she used up all of the gum balls pretty quickly. Next she decided to fill it with m&ms. They are much smaller so each time it defecated it dropped several m&ms. Michael said the chicken had diarrhea and it tasted like yummy chocolate! ooh gross!!!

Our New Home

Here is a photo of the home we are renting. It is a beautiful home and we were incredibly blessed to "stumble" upon it! It is in a nicely planned neighborhood with its own lake, elementary school, community center, community garden, and plenty of trails for biking, walking, and many playgrounds which we have enjoyed a lot so far. We are very happy here.

Our Little Monkey up a Tree

We had a nice family get together for Easter today. After a super fun egg hunt & a delicous BBQ we went to the park to fly kites. Michael ran up to this tree, gave it a great big hug (that's my girl) and then decided she just had to climb it. It was fun watching her up there. It reminded me of my childhood days back in Panama, climbing trees, reading books while up trees, and falling asleep in trees. It was a beautiful day to be up a tree!

My little monkey (last summer)

Nicolle's Trip

I'm going to put up a link to my friend's blog. She is a wonderful teacher and is currently on a trip to Saudi Arabia. She was one of who knows how many teachers to apply for this opportunity but because of her dedication to her profession, to her students, and to her community she was one of only 24 teachers chosen to participate in this amazing experience.
I know most of my friends would be very interested in what she is learning and experiencing. So have fun browsing through her blog. There are some really cool pictures...including one of her milking a camel!
www.fogofteaching.blogspot.com

Stary Night by Mom, directed by Michael

Michael loves to paint on paint shop. She is quite good at it, although this one is one she commissioned me to do. The next one is one she enhanced to make a night of "shooting stars, lightning, and thunder."

Here is one of her very own creations. I think it is quite pretty.

A visitor, how wonderful!

Twas the night before Friday, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring not even a mouse (our rats however were noisily nibbling away). The monkey was tucked all snugly in bed with a cough and a runny nose clogging her sweet head. With daddy at work and I at the computer, I opened my blog to see what was newer. When what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a message from a friend so dear.
Pardon the silly poetry but this is totally cool! I've had a visitor!