Spring fever

M4 and I can't resist the sun and warm weather (45 degrees!! Woo hoo!). So we're braving the mud and going for a bike ride! This may mean muddy stripes up the backside (ahh...flashback to college). The snow is melting...not to make you guys in Maine jealous or anything. Of course, next week is spring break and that always means snow. Happy spring in Iowa!

An outing and another birthday

We spent last weekend in KC with Grandma and Grandpa, which is always so much fun! At the Gogol Bordello show, we realized that in our party there were four people celebrating milestone birthdays this year! Four people born in: '48, '58, '68 and '78. '78 is my sister, C, but I won't name any other names. The show was really fun, although we stayed out of the gypsy punk mosh pit.

An advantage of this blog is that it makes me think about taking photos. Over the past few years I've had a tendency to remember the camera only during big events, but the smaller moments are important to remember, too!

For example:

M3's bowling form.

Happy bowlers!

The cake the kiddoes decorated for Daddy's birthday.

Safety goggles!!

A very curious spider monkey at the zoo. Grandpa was clicking his teeth and the monkey copied.

So it's good to be reminded of these moments.

Snow alien, cute earthling & birthdays

Last Saturday, we built this on a lovely sunny day.

M3's birthday party at the local bead/fibers shop. Everyone had a great time making jewelry. M4 made me a necklace...isn't he sweet? M3 got to invite all the girls in her class...there are only 8 girls total, to about 14 or 15 boys. Every section of her grade is like that!! Almost two to one. Is there something in the water here?

Boy news

In the interest of clarity, I shall refer to the Ms in numerical order according to their birthday. Oldest to youngest, I guess.

So, this morning M4 and I discovered that he has grown an inch and a quarter since September! Holy cow! That seems like a lot. He's starting to look like a boy...sniff. This only underscores the fact that he will be going off to Kindergarten in the fall. On the one hand, hooray! On the other, waaaaahhhhhhhhh.....

I'm sure he wouldn't want me to mention it, but M1 did a Red Flannel 5-mile run recently at a 7:03 pace. I think he may pooh-pooh that, but I don't!! He mentioned that it was his last race in that age bracket. Movin' on up!

What would you do for your 40th birthday?

Go see Gogol Bordello, of course!!!

Here's a link to check them out: http://www.myspace.com/gogolbordello

Some photos M took with her Christmas camera

Help my brother win coffee for a year!

N, hope you don't mind if I post this link...of course, we are the only ones who know about this blog at the moment!! But I'll invite others and they can vote!

Click on the title of this post to watch N's video and vote so he can win some coffee...maybe he'll share the love!

Dunkin' Donuts Hazelnut iced coffee rules!