A Birthday Workout

Hike across green Ireland;

Bike the USA;

Backpack through New Zealand,

But don’t call it a day…

Do yoga in lovely Paris;

Jump rope in Katmandu;

Avoid Italian pasta,

(Well, maybe taste, but don’t you chew!)

Climb atop Mt. Everest;

Do aerobics on China’s Wall;

Lift weights on Mexican Beaches;

And honey, that’s not all…

Shake your booty with native dances

In Fiji and Bora Bora;

Move your body and exercise

Like you’ve never done befora.

Okay; that’s good; you’re finished;

Now you can take a break;

You’ve finally burned enough calories

To have your birthday cake!

By Joanna Fuchs

Happy Birthday to my amazing love, friend and husband.

With our history, I can't imagine what is in store for the next year...

but as long as we're together, I'm game.

I love you, Mr. Brown!!! XOXO

A Little Ditty

featuring three little cousins, Anders, Ryan and Ella. Hard to believe they are so big now and two will be graduating from kindergarten this year.

I actually ran across this today while looking for photos for my graduating 6th grader, which reminded me of my graduating senior. Gasp. Kind of makes you think of the book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, huh? Including our kindergartener, that's three boys, all 6 years apart and all celebrating milestone graduations the same year.

Tear. Joy. Sniff. Laugh. Calltherealtorwe'removingtohawaii!!!

Sorry, got a little ahead of myself.

Raising 'em Right

According to Viktor Lowenfeld, our 6 year old is right on target artistically. By this age Lowenfeld suggests that during the schematic stage, "The child arrives at a 'schema,' a definite way of portraying an object, although it will be modified when he needs to portray something important. A blue line and sun at the top of the page and a green line at the bottom become symbolic representations of the sky and ground. Landscapes are compose carefully, giving the impression that removing any single form would throw off the balance of the whole picture."

Please note the single item sitting proudly in the middle of the piece of artwork.

On target once again, I might add.

This takes me back to my first grade year with favorite teacher ever, Mrs. Hammert. She was recognized for many things but probably most admired for her brilliance in pioneering the back up lesson plan. One day, when my mom ( a teacher herself) and Mrs. Hammert were exchanging war stories, she graciously shared her morsel of all teaching goodness. But behold, this is intelligent and quite scholarly...

"Class, please find your seats and take out your supply box. Now, shut up and color."


God bless teachers and God bless Texas.
I can only assume Dr. Lowenfeld would agree.