Kale chips

Dave is gonna pass in the future, Jack didn't mind them, Cece and I liked them, Monica wouldn't touch them( but she was having a temper tantrum when they were ready)
Jack said "they tickle my tongue!"

Martial arts

Jack is very excited to start martial arts.

Classroom helper

Today was so nice to help in Jack classroom. We were in charge of snack and brought mango lemonade, go gurts and angry bird crackers.

Big girl bed

Monica has adjusted quite well to her toddler bed.

Piñata

Jack at a birthday party, using a taped up Captain America mask to hit a piñata.

Volunteers

This is what happens when pumpkins go into your compost. We had two pumpkins grow to maturity in our garden, mostly because we ignored them

cupcake tiers

The citrus cupcakes and red velvet

Family photos from Annie's wedding

Lego numbers

Jack does cool things with legos

wedding cake

A tasty confection of chocolate cake
 and vanilla buttercream
with purple fondant flowers

Wedding cupcakes

A huge hit! Mini Orange cupcakes with lemon buttercream sprinkled with lime zest and sugar.

Flower girls

Cece and Sarah, in their flower girl dresses for Annie's wedding.
Thanks to my brother Steve for the nice photo.

Sleepy

Monica got tired at her Aunt Annie's wedding, she found her blanket and curled up on a bench to take a nap...All on her own!

No more crib

Fun with baskets

Who needs toys when you have blankets and baskets to play and imagine with!

More from Jack's first day

Monica...

This was a quiet moment Monica
 and I had waiting to pick up Jack
 on his first day of junior kindergarten.

Jack's first day at junior kindergarten

Abbot Peter's 50th monk anniversary

First fondant flowers

Cece picked tomatoes

And gave them to me!.!.!

Jack with a caterpillar.

Makeup

Monica found my makeup...

Sharing

That's one way to share toys!

Second grade

First day of second grade for Cece.

Tree rope

We just installed a rope on the tree in the backyard. Cece andJack are learning to climb with it. Cece can make it up and play in the branches.

After camping

Three dirty and disheveled children love camping.