The Rebuilding Center

For one of his field trips, Casey went to the Rebuilding Center.
The Center works by carefully deconstructing old building instead of
using the typical, more violent, forms of demolition.
All the salvageable parts, including wood, windows, door knobs, etc.
are then sold at a 50-90% discount.
For his class, Casey had to make something out of recycled materials
and decided, because he is such a wonderful husband,
to make me an herb box for my garden.
Now if only the weather will begin to agree
that it is almost time to plant...

Where's Orin?

Ladies-Only

Today Candace, Sarah Lee, and I ditched the boys

and headed to Eagle Creek for a lovely day of hiking.
It was spectacular:
beautiful views, okay weather, and excellent company.

A Song for Cosmos

Today we babysat for Cosmos.
He did what most normal 3-months olds do:
some sleeping, a lot of eating, some peeing,
a lot of throwing up, and some crying.
Orin found him mildly amusing
and helped me by singing to him whenever he got sad.
You have to turn the volume up on this one to catch the song
(it is one we learned at story time at the library).
Oh, and sorry about the bad video angle.

Hungry

What breakfast looks like when you're growing.

Asian New Year

Today we went to the Asian New Year celebration
at the Chinese Garden.
The garden was beautiful and
the whole place was lit up with 100 lanterns.
There was a spectacular dancing dragon
covered with multi-colored lights.
Because it was so beautiful, my standard rule applied:
the more picture-worthy the event,
the more likely I am to forget my camera.
So instead of the Chinese dragon,
you get to see Orin's dragon impression.
Maybe a slightly less pretty picture, but equally amusing.

The Troublemakers

They only look innocent...