The Great Outdoors

It's lovely weather for being outside, and we've done a lot of that lately!

I went to the kindergarten's tree-planting ceremony last week and caught a glimpse of what Leah does on the playground each day: play chase with the boys!

Recently, we've started letterboxing (http://www.letterboxing.org/) and found treasures at local parks. These pictures are from Percy Warner Park's "Grand Allee."

And finally, one of our most-freqented parks, Aspen Grove. What good little monkeys!

Happy Sixth Birthday, Leah!

I hope Leah felt like her birthday was a blissful week-long celebration, because for her mother, it was certainly a marathon! (Longer than giving birth to her, but not as painful.)

We got things started by having a "Bead It" party at Dippin' Dots with her good buddies.

They had their hair striped like rock stars, got wrapped in toilet paper...
Made beaded necklaces (noselaces?)...
And ate ice cream until they were silly. Okay, MORE silly than before.

Next was the family celebration with dinner, presents, and cupcakes.

Finally, on the big day, Elise and I took chocolate cupcakes to Leah's class during lunch. Needless to say, I couldn't manage a camera in addition to 20 cupcakes, Elise, two lunches, and 18 chocolate-smeared kindergarteners, so you'll just have to use your imagination!