Our young author

Claire, Eirann, and Lucy -- best kindergarten friends.
Just a wild and crazy guy!
Look, my suit still fits!
Lucy standing with Ty, another classmate. Very, very proud.


Lucy participated in Young Author's night, where volunteers from each class read something they wrote to the audience with a microphone. She was thrilled to hear her own voice on the microphone and didn't get nervous at all, surprisingly. It was funny because she is so much smaller even than the other kindergarteners. She was very proud of herself.

Eamon, on the other hand, was a three-year-old handful. I dressed him up, but I sure couldn't take him anywhere! (sorry for the sideways pictures!)


I've tried several times to post the video of her reading with no luck. Check back later!

the blizzard of '08

Finally, if we're going to have cold and snow, might as well be a worthy snow! Although we did not have a blizzard in technical terms, it was one in practical terms (at least that's what the newscasters said... not really sure what a 'practical blizzard' is.)

I haven't been out to measure, but I'd say we got between 12-14". The kids had a blast for about a minute per inch. And Lucy's been taking roller skating lessons at a local roller rink, so she had to miss it today, unfortunately.

UPDATE: According to CNN, we go 20.4 inches here.

And I finally got a new battery for my camera. Apparently the old battery shorted out after only 4 months (according to Batteries Plus). So I bought a replacement, and hopefully, Casio will do its job and back up its warrenty without too much trouble.