I forgot

Angie wrote a note to a little friend and made a big deal about finding an envelope and sealing it. We walked to school today and she had it clutched in her little hand.
 Karianne asked her, "Who is the note for?"
"Aaron"
"What's it say?"
"Uh I forgot, I'll remember when he sees it."

Little Girl

There was a little girl
Who had no little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead.
And when she was good
She was very, very good

But when she was bad
She was horrid!

I not tired.

We go together like...

Brent got a new used car. A Cadillac. Doesn't quite match the conversion van in our driveway but oh well. Kinda looks like a congressman married a hippie.

Update on orphan Alert

Little Xavier has a family! It is not us, but I am so excited he will soon be tucked in at night by his own momma and daddy.

Resemblance?

There's a bit of resemblance there.

Karianne's cuter though.

Tea Party

Come one and come all.

Come great and come small.

Come winged and come wingless.

Bejeweled or ringless.

Come

walking or riding.

Come

gakking or gliding.

Come

soaring or sliding

Come all, come all

to the Fairies Ball.

The Artist

I love how Amy draws. Notice the hands in relation to the sleeves.

Trains!

There's a train enthusiast's place not far from our house that we finally got around to visiting today. Acres and acres of model trains, a museum, mock old west town and even free train rides on some of the larger scale trains. It was pretty amazing that these hobbiest had put all this together for  the enjoyment of the public. The trains we rode on had a very elaborate track. I think there were at least 4 tracks and the ride lasted for over a half hour. Great fun. prairie dogs scampered around our little train, and Karianne even spotted one in a tree! I had no idea they climbed trees.

Saturday fun

On Saturday, The local library was having a book fair/ festival. This is the 100th year since Arizona became a state, and so begins the celebrations. there was several booths recognizing Arizona's past. The kids got to pan for gold, meet some cowboys, and see and hear how life in the dessert used to be. There was also fun stuff like a bounce house, free ice cream and several shows and crafts. A very well done event by the Peoria Library. Bravo. Peaks give it 4 little sticky ice cream thumbs up.

That's the leader of the gang in the middle, watch out she's tough!