Author: Elsa

Lumpy chose to forgo his mid-morning nap to hunt treasure. Personally
he was hoping for toy mice stuffed with catnip in the geocache box.

Monti is taking her turn signing the log book for this geocache
treasure. Usually you can take an item left in the box . In return you
add something for the next treasure hunter. This box was full of
simple trinkets like hair clips, balloons, and pens.

We try to go out every once in a while for a girls’ night out. We went
to the wine bar Sip this time. We were expecting 9 women but only 4
showed up. That did not stop us from having a great time. These are my
friends Kathy and Marie. Marie was Monti's kindergarten teacher last
year. It is amazing how enjoyable political conversation is when
everyone is basically on the same page.

My friend Renee agreed to be the designated driver for the evening. I
guess 3 of the 4 people were designated drivers so maybe I should just
call myself the designated drinker. However I did not live up to my
title.

This picture confirms my nagging fear of the evening. The low couch
and dress combo was a dangerous one.

I introduced the girls to folding laundry this week. Monti did it with
full style of course. Dahlia helped in the only way she could figure
out – getting laughs. By the way she loves this picture.

They argued the whole time over who produced more dirty clothes.
Dahlia inherited all size 5 clothing to prove Monti's point that she
did not go through the most clothes. Monti , by far, produces the
highest quantity.

Each girl takes one of Knicole's feet to tackle. Monti is so focused
on the task at hand. They are masters at removing splinters because
they insist on going barefoot outside. Future surgeons perhaps?

Wish my mom was here for the tea party. We had plenty of goodies
including warm bread, butter, and jam, cookies, and fruit.

After the tea they took a jar of honey upstairs to feed the brownie in our house while also carrying ketchup and salsa to protect themselves from the goblins. The explanation for the strange behavior lies in the fact that Monti just finished reading and then watching Spiderwick Chronicles.

Some parents complained that kids changed too much during the school
year so they added an additional school picture in the spring to
supplement the one done in the fall. They call it their personality
shot.

They are currently casting for a young Fiona for the pre-
broadway run of the musical Shrek here in Seattle. They want the girl
to be between 8-10 so it is not for Monti. But if it was we figured
she already has the headshot for the part with the green dress and the
red hair.

We decided to try starting some of our flowers this year from seeds. We planted some zinnia, asters, cosmos, marigolds and coleus. The coleus seeds were about half the size of poppy seeds. Those went quickly as they were hard to only add 2-3 in a container.