A Special Day

I love you and miss you, Mom.

A little birthday present (see previous post)

Chicks! These were the little guys and gals that hatched in our kindergarten just last Monday! Peep! Peep! Peep!

To the Best Cousin EVER!!!

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday Dear BEEEEETTTTTTHHHHHHH!!!!!
Happy Birthday to YOUUUU!!!!

And many more!
And she lives down our alley!

New Celebrity Boyfriend

I am a big Errol Flynn as Robin Hood fan. I think he gave the definitive portrayal of the head Merry Man years ago. HOWEVER, check out BBC American and I think you will be hooked. It's very realistic, and they throw in very funny current references. The Sheriff is a bad man, of course, but also very subversively funny.

And Sir Guy is just so all dark and handsome and bad....oh my!

Today I had a very pleasant day. I spent most of it with Gus who was delightful company. First we went to Applebee's for lunch. Does it get any better than pizza and nachos? I think not (unless you count the Oreo sundae that he got for dessert!)!



We went back to the house for a bit where we played playstation (Spongebob Squarepants.) Then we wandered down to the kitchen where Gus pretended to be Spongebob working at the Krusty Krab. (Notice a theme happening?) And then we went to Barnes and Noble where I picked up a map of Baltimore and Gus picked out a comic book about..... you guessed it.... SpongeBob!

ELC, here is a little pick-me-up for you. Here are just some of the many daffodils that have bloomed in our yard. Each one that opens up makes me think of you and Mom. You are so thoughtful. We LOVE you!!!!!

What's new with me?

Charm City here I come! Yikes!!!

Movies, Movies, Movies

Since I have been soooooo productive today, in the spirit of Blocky and Wordo, I urge you to join me in the vortex that is Cinema Sequence. The time pressure on this actually had me gripping my hair (the other was clicking away frantically with the mouse!)! I think I placed as high as 3 millionth!

Release your inner movie buff - just don't do it in the buff!

My Favorite Red Sox Fan (and Future Player!)

He was showing me his pitching moves yesterday afternoon. He went inside to get something to "surprise" me and he came out wearing this cap. What a great kid!


Oh, uh, I reached #34 on Blocky. Sigh. I'll have to mention THAT at my job interview!

Join us....... Momogus and I have a new addiction.....

Its Just the 7th Planet From The Sun, Folks or Why Working In Kindergarten is EXCELLENT!

Today two of our students ran into the classroom, rushed up to Kathy and said, "Kathy! Kathy! Cole and Max are out in the hallway trying to hit Uranus!!!"

(Now say it to yourself without the correct spelling of the last word......)

WA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!! HAA HA HA HA HA!!!!

And of course, Kathy responded sternly, "Well tell them that is not allowed and to get back in the classroom."

I don't know how she gets through this space unit. My inner 12-year-old is just giddy with the Uranus jokes!

A Very Good Walk

Today I took a "nature walk" with my two favorite boys, who brought along brooms, of course.



They very purposefully swept various neighbors' sidewalks. Plus we also came back with a bag full of "scientific discoveries" (tiny pinecones, leaves, pine twigs, etc.) It was a very good walk!

This is for YOU, ELC! The lights are on but no one is home!

I LOVE when she says "I know, right? I didn't." after Nigel says that she didn't seem to understand.

The MOST HORRIBLE WOMAN IN THE WORLD!!!!! (don't play if children are in earshot!)

Wow. I believe she may in fact be the devil.

Welcome!

Here is Tony Soprano. He has joined Carmella at NaturalBlonde's house. I apologize in advance for your heads exploding with the cuteness!

My Saturday

Here's what I did today:



I'm pleased with how it turned out! Apparently the birthday boy is REALLY into golf. I hope he likes it!

In other news, Wednesday is the two-hour premier of the new season of America's Next Top Model! WOOHOOO!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Momogus, Little Sister, ELC, NaturalBlonde, if I don't tell you enough, let me take this day to tell you how important you are to me. I love each of you VERY MUCH!

In other news, congratulations to Ch Felicity's Diamond Jim," a.k.a. "James," an English Springer Spaniel for winning Best in Show last night at Westminster. Many treats for you James!



But here's MY Best in Show!



Isn't he the best????

SPROINGGGG!!!

Do the Danish have too much time on their hands? You decide.

When cats attack...

I know, I know, too many YouTube posts. But this is good.

Little Pandas
(just click again on the video -- it'll take you to YouTube to play)

According to legend.......

Long ago,a young and beautiful girl lived in the Wolong Valley with her family. She was a shepherdess, loved by all who knew her for her kindness and good nature. Whenever she took her sheep into the hills a young panda would come to join her flock, perhaps mistaking them for its own kind for in those days pandas were all white.

One day the panda arrived as usual, but it had not been playing with the flock for long when a leopard jumped from a tree and begun to savage the helpless cub. Careless of her own life, the girl picked up a stick and began to beat the leopard. The panda ran off, but the leopard turned on its attacker and killed her.

When the other pandas heard this, they were stricken with grief. All came to attend the girl's funeral, and as a mark of their respect they covered their arms with ashes as was the custom. At the funeral, they could not contain themselves. They wiped their eyes to dry their tears, and hugged themselves as the sobbed. The cries became so loud that they covered their ears with their paws to block out the noise. Wherever they touched themselves the ashes stained their fur black and since that day all pandas have carried these marks.

Overcome with sorrow, the girl's three sisters threw themselves into her grave, whereupon the earth shook and in place of the grave a huge mountain appeared. That mountain still stands, and is called Siguniang-the four sisters mountain. Each sister was transformed into one of it's peaks, and between the ridges that spread from it the sisters continue to protect the pandas to this day.


Thanks for the video by Dilhan Nicolas

Corgi Puppy!

Just a little something cute so we don't have to look at Orville anymore.