Thank you!

 

To all of you who have served, or are still serving, thank you!

he’s growing

 

Because I just KNOW you’ve (esp. you Lauri! ha ha!) been losing sleep over the status of Cooper- rest assured, he’s alive and kicking.  And ugly.

He’ survived the many many many miles to Florida and back while providing entertainment for 3 young ones~ did you know how thrilling it is to flick a tadpole’s cage and watch this creature (him?, her?, it?) jump?? 

As for the saying about some babies being only beautiful in their parent’s eyes….  let’s take it a step further… there is a reason some creatures eat their young.  Frog legs anyone?

Introducing… Cooper

 

Thanks to a nifty little Learning Express Store, Lydia fell in love.  With a frog.  But not just any frog- instead one that needs nurtured from the beginning frogish cellular level.  Oh goody!  And so arrived the Styrofoam box on my porch yesterday.  If I had been as excited as she was, I would have remembered to take a picture of that first container.  It was pretty cute… as far as stryfoam goes.

Meet Cooper~

And Cooper’s new home.  Now, this special frog can’t just survive in any water source, but MUST have SPRING bottled water.  But not just any spring water-  bottled spring water that IS NOT distilled.  Have you tried to find that lately?

Let’s keep our fingers crossed that this water will work just fine…

And so we have it.  Cooper’s new happy little home.  Now for the best part???  He, oops- (Lydia tells me he’s a she!) SHE has to travel 1000 miles to Florida.  Hee hee!  Can you imagine how much Daddy is loved by the Grandparents right now??  Do you remember Monty I AND Monty II, the praying mantis from a few years back? 

~Welcome home little frog~

Happy travels to Florida—snicker snicker…

 

Happy Easter!

Over the years, our family has been realizing what’s really important in life~ It’s not the stuff you strive for, but instead simplicity that counts most~

Sharing~ taking turns~

Working together as a family~

Not crushing one another’s eggs (ahem ahem….  I will not mention any names Daddy)

And creating memories~

or LOTS of egg salad sandwiches…. and deviled eggs…

Happy Easter!