State Presentation

Today is the States Presentation Fair at the library. We prepared art and reports about the state of Arizona.

We made a cool map with sculptures.

The 5 Cs of Arizona: Climate, Cotton, Cattle, Citrus, and Copper

Now you know.

The Cause and the Cure

I have been feeling the effects of Post Traumatic Family Portrait Disorder. I won’t go into all the details, but I am unnerved. There were unfortunate choices made in our clothing and posture. The sun was in our eyes. We couldn’t find a decent new dress within 30 miles for Paige. A shortage of curlers, a mistake in the bangs/no bangs dilemma, a failed teeth-whitening attempt and sunburns just hours before the portrait. Oh, the ignominious defeat! I’ll blame the town, as usual. Shame on you, Sahuarita.

I’ll find consolation in the children’s portraits for a long time.

Monday

It’s the Monday after a big weekend. The laundry is going, school work is in progress, and the flowers in our backyard are beautiful.

What have we been up to?

ArtclassesDavisMonthanAirshowFamilyPortraitsSpeakinginchurchTeachingSunbeams(3-4yrolds)RestingWritingletterReadingRestingCryingand findingbeautyinthisdifficultplacetolive.

A Great Matter settled

It’s settled. It doesn’t take much to make my little boys happy.

A Big Event came and now it is over. I oversaw many things: chemistry, cinema, costumes, photography, tents, model building, cooking, advertising and bunting. I went overboard. Again.

Sticks, pine cones and friends provided the most entertainment today. It’s a wholesome and encouraging truth to be remembered Next Time.

Yard Improvement Day 2

Tio Seto (we’ve adopted him) came back today and finished this 60 foot wall. We’ll paint it after the stucco is dry.

The kids and I picked out some Mexican tiles. They are mismatched and so colorful. We placed them every 5 feet.

This makes for a long wall, perfect for sitting and enjoying the trampoline antics and waiting for a grilled hamburger. I couldn’t get a good shot of the whole wall because the yard is littered with a lot of tools and toys.

Seto liked all of our rubber lizards and toads. Every now and then he’d find another one in the dirt. We have a fun backyard.

Yard Improvement Day 1

We’re having a wall built around our garden and flower beds in the backyard. It will have some stucco and some Mexican tile when it’s finished.

The installer had a long day under the constant careful eyes of Boy #1, #2, #3 and Man #1.

We like our installer. He’s nice enough to be family. He makes hauling rock and cement look easy and he smiles a lot to compensate for our lack of Spanish skills.

Vendor Day

It was Vendor Day at the park. Daniel sold S’Mores and he let the kids roast their own marshmallows!. Timothy sold candy airplanes in custom-designed packaging. Paige also sold some treats. Her marketing strategy was to produce a commercial with her friend. Fun!