Birthday Bash Part 1

Tristan turned 10 this year! 10! What is happening to my babies? I wake up and they've grown. Did I miss something?

Anyway, I digress, he decided to read The Wizard of Oz and use it as his birthday theme (He told me the book is much much better than the movie). So we drew a few of his favorite life-size characters and hung them on the wall. This is what the witch really looks like by the way.

The children were asked to come as their favorite Oz personality and they really got into it!

Here representing the 'Lollipop Guild' is a most adorable munchkin!

Dorothy came with Toto in her basket.

We can't forget the charming Tin Man

or the Wizard behind the curtain.

Happy Birthday my son. Try not to grow too fast, it's hard to keep up.

Little Farmer

"Taxation is very much like dairy farming. The task is to extract the maximum amount of milk with the minimum amount of moo. And I'm afraid to say, that these days, all I'm getting is moo."

Terry Pratchett

Swan Lake Recital

Several Saturdays ago it snowed and for some reason I banned our computer (I was probably writing something and needed complete privacy and quiet). The children disappeared for a time to the far corners of the basement. There they let the seeds of imagination and invention sprout until they had choreographed their own rendition of Swan Lake.

I was invited and sold a ticket. Emma and I sat in the audience of dolls and stuffed animals.