Happy Birthday, Daddy!!

Pater familias (oooh, just looked that up...maybe not), professor, project master, Polish speaker, purveyor of fine baked goods and silly dancing...happy birthday! We love you!

Invention Convention

I love this age of M3's because she can proudly accomplish this: That's her at the regional Invention Convention with her heated monkey bars. I was a judge. I don't know why I was a judge. I'm sure I was a terrible judge. Then she can turn around and play whatever this story is with her brother (they were cats of some sort):
Blackmail pictures!! Then of course, she was all excited to have a "makeover" from the 16-year-old babysitter she had a couple weeks ago. This picture makes my eyes water. It also reminds me of what a 16-year-old thinks is good eye makeup. (Not all 16-year-olds, I'm sure!)

Mark and I saw Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra last night. They were amazing!! Wish we'd taken the kids as the first set included Old McDonald Had a Farm, Itsy Bitsy Spider, It's Not Easy Being Green and something by Mr. Rogers.

Here's the snaggle tooth...

I think he's got room for two teeth in there! And could someone do something about that kid's bowl cut?

M3's poem

Untitled as far as I know. She wrote it the other night when she was supposed to be in bed sleeping.

Nature sings,
Nature sings,
Hear it?
Wind blows,
Leaves shake,
Birds sing,
Dogs bark,
Green grass helter-skelter over the ground,
Water ripples,
Nature sings,
Hear it?

All I Want For Easter...

M4 lost one of his top front teeth today! The other one is loose, too. Three out and counting. I'll take a picture of his gap-toothed grin soon.

A couple spring-like days and back to the cold again. I hate those spring teasers!

New baby!

Carmelle and Matt had a baby girl early this morning! Yay!