I'd say these went a *little* better than last year.

[Note: Nobody panic. The blog is not broken. As part of a personal journey/experiment, comments have been disabled. Come hang out if you feel like it, take what you will from the posts, and don't feel obligated to say a single word. I'll certainly post more on this journey later, but let's just say I've come to several realizations about myself...one of those being that I have developed an addiction to communication. Kind of funny coming from someone who majored in Communications, dontcha think? Wait. Don't answer that.]

Last year, I was blown away by the spring wildflowers. It was the best season I had ever seen in the 14 years I had lived in TX. It lasted from March all the way through OCTOBER!! The only reason I hesitate to post wildflower pics is because I know everyone wants them and the sad thing is, it's totally unpredictable when/where/if they'll even pop up again. But I have hope. And proof that it does happen...even in the fall.

We've had those alphabet cards since I think my 7-yr-old was a baby. Neither of the boys ever really did much with them but perhaps use them as weapons. But she LOVES them...she could do this all day by herself.

Something else both of these two could do all day is paint. Back when the weather first hit a warm spell (which I think was just a few days after it SNOWED), we dragged out her play table into the yard to let them paint. Gosh it was precious...