Here I Am

I was gone for a long weekend up near Seattle with four of my girlfriends. They come from all over the country and we all met on an AOL pregnancy board when we were pregnant with our now-seven-year olds.  I can't even put into words how much fun I had, how hard I laughed and how much better I feel from having that chance to re-charge my batteries.  I swear, at times I felt like a 13 year old girl at a slumber party.  I promise to post some picture from the trip as soon as I get the chance. 

In the meantime, I had a complaint (I'm looking at you, Jen) that there hadn't been any pics of the kids lately, so here you go.  Juliana had an open house at school today where the parents were invited to come view the first graders' animal research reports.  Here are a few pics from that.

Here she is standing next to her report and the hands-on model of her animal.


Her report was on rabbits.  Here's a close-up of the sock puppet rabbit in its habitat.



Isn't she a doll??  Her outfit went from Springy Cute to Ragamuffin once she added the hairscarf and ratty Converse All-Stars.



I have some pictures of David from his class production of Charlotte's Web, but he's standing right here and is threatening me with death if I post them.  Sweet child, that one...