I picked up Annika at camp, after parents’ day. We got there just in time for the rodeo, and all of the kids were barrel racing, followed by barrel weaving. Annika did a brilliant job, especially in barrel racing. She looked like a natural on Wildfire, and had no qualms about urging her into a…

Annika wrote me a letter from camp with a poem – and I have had a smile all day!You ar like the flawors that rest in the growndYou ar like the birds that fly hi in the sky

Benjamin got to spend a day and a night at camp to check it out. From all reports, it went really well. He did low ropes, fishing (and caught a fish!), soccer… and I’m not sure what else. He did the ropes with Annika, and enjoyed seeing her. I especially love the pics of soccer…

Benjamin’s last day at dagis – and we baked and decorated sugar cookies for everyone. We will miss his dagis, and it is hard to leave a place where he has had so much security and outstanding care and attention.

Annika has now been at camp for almost two weeks, and tonight – at midnight – she called home. Seems she has been a bit confused about what country we are in, and it also seems as though she hasn’t received any of the mail we have sent. Can you imagine? Two weeks of –…

Yep, that’s our fish tank. Or lack thereof. And if you look closely, you can see a little wet patch on the floor. After our fiasco with too much food, we thought it best to move the tank and the eight hearty survivors to the living room. Seems two small boys together can get into…

I often wonder what life with an older Benjamin will be like. He is extremely creative, but not necessarily in traditional ways. What does it mean that he is creative? Well… He can look through an entire toy catalog, finding tons of stuff he wants, but all of which he plans to use for some…

Annika really wanted to go to summer camp in Colorado this year. She went last year for just under two weeks, and this year, she wanted to stay for the whole 3 1/2 week session. We were a little apprehensive, but since we know the family and the camp so well, and since it is…

Annika got to be a big girl and eat dinner with the grown-ups – Gail (my friend from Texas), Gina (Gail’s 18-year-old daughter) and Teresa (Gina’s best friend), me and David. Our visitors had heard about the Ice Bar, so we had to try it out. It was actually really fun, except my feet kept…