holidays

Happy 4th of July!!

July 4, 2012

My favorite American poet is Carl Sandburg.  Enjoy! “Fourth of July Night” The little boat at anchor in black water sat murmuring to the tall black sky A white sky bomb fizzed on a black line. A rocket hissed it’s red signature into the west. Now a shower of Chinese fire alphabets, A cry of flower [...]

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How to host a Leap Day Party!

February 29, 2012

To celebrate our leap of faith in to the world of adoption we decided to have a Leap Day Play Date/ Adoption Finalization Celebration!  What animal comes to mind when you think of Leap Day?  A frog!  Just me?  Whatever.  I went with the frog theme. First, I decided to make a frog out of a watermelon. [...]

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My Christmas Letter 2011

December 19, 2011

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Growing up I loved Christmas.  My mom had a way of making it magical.  One year I was concerned because we didn’t have a chimney so my mom donned boots and tromped snowy boot prints in through the porch and to the tree.  She dropped presents all along the [...]

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Flying High

August 19, 2010

Two holidays in a row!  What am I thinking?  I’m thinking I have company and I’m married to an aeronautical engineer.    Today is National Aviation Day!  Whoot!  Whoot!  Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed it so in 1939.  It happens to be the birthday of Orville Wright, who piloted the Wright Flyer – in case you have [...]

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