Peach Poem

written February 2010

Oh how I long for an August peach
The kind that are so ripe
You can cut it with a butter knife
and it smells like a sunset
and tastes like the Garden of Eden
So good that I think about it
even now
in February.

I will miss you, August.

The Perfect Ending

After three summers of trying to teach Sophie and Syrena to ride a bike,

and many tears, bruises, scratches and hunched backs,

yesterday SUCCESS was achieved by all.

Could there be a more perfect ending to a wonderful summer?

Disguise

Who are these mysterious people and why are they dressed like this? Find out HERE.

Planetarium Day

Yesterday we visited the Morehead Planetarium at UNC. They have a new digital projector and the shows are A-MA-ZING. The best one for kids is the

The show is based on the "Magic Treehouse Books" which my kids are CRAZY about. They are written by Mary Pope Osborn. Ms. Osborn is an alumnus of the University of North Carolina and she and her husband put together this show especially for the planetarium. It is really worth seeing. Even adults will enjoy it.

Here is the old projector in the middle of the room. They haven't converted all of their shows to the digital equipment yet, so that why it is still there.

This is what is written on the wall above the planetarium door:

I hope they leave those words there forever, because I love to read them. Could there be any better way to describe the heavens?

The giant sundial outside the planetarium:
Then we went to the Coker Gardens to eat lunch and play hide and seek.

Seven is Heaven

Yesterday we celebrated Sophie and Syrena's birthday (they turned 7 today) and we threw a cowgirl party for them.

As the cowgirls and cowboy arrived they each colored and cut out their own mustang--

--and added it to the stampede.

Then they all went looking for "horses in the hay." (I hid little horse figurines in the hay.)

Then it was time for cake!

We always have two cakes and sing the birthday song twice, of course. Since Sophie is ten minutes older we start with her.

Then Syrena:

(By the way, thanks, Metta, once again for the great cake recipe. We've done it three years now!)

I think everyone had a great time.

Thanks for celebrating with us, ya'll!