29 April 2023

Rosebud and I went to help a friend of mine who is starting a "flower farm".  We planted about eighty plants together this afternoon.  It was a lot of work but I really enjoyed working with her! Turns out she knows a lot about how to transplant purchased plants into the ground.  Maybe we can go back sometime and help again.

27 April 2023

Bobo turned eleven!  Rose Pink made him a Minecraft grass block birthday cake. He was so happy all day!  Mr. Brown sent a birthday box for him, too, and he really enjoyed painting the dragon in it.

 

24 April 2023

Happy Earth Day!  Rosebud brought home this drawing of the earth and sun giving each other high five.  And Bobo is very proud of this rabbit drawing.

 

22 April 2023

Rose Pink arrived in Maryland! We closed on our house on Wednesday and she arrived on Thursday.  On Saturday we were at the DMV getting licenses and titles in order, and she put the license plates on her new car.

She is super happy to have her own car now!  She bought it from the lady who sold us her house.  It's a 2010 Chevy Malibu with 92K miles on it, with a sun roof and leather seats.  She's really enjoying the additional independence, although driving it has been a bit of an adjustment since it's bigger than our Hyundai.

21 April 2023

The elementary school PTA held a "Night At The Museum" science/history fair.  Rosebud really wanted to participate and she chose frogs.  We read a lot of books, and she chose facts to put on her board.  She and I worked on it together, and we played a recording of frog sounds at her display.

Her teacher came to see the exhibits her class had prepared, and she gave certificates to the participants.  Rosebud is very fond of her teacher.

It was also the night for student art displays.  Here are Bobo's ceramic snails:

and Rosebud's watercolor turtle:

It was really fun to work on this project with her, although it took longer than I thought and we were scrambling at the last minute.  Rosebud was happy to have completed the project.  And Bobo was so pleased at the pride of place his snails had.

16 April 2023

On our drive out to Maryland, Rosebud asked why there was a large space at the edge of the road that we didn't drive on.  I told her it was called the "shoulder" and why roads have shoulder.  She nodded understandingly and since then has continually referenced it as the "elbow of the road".  I've corrected her a couple times but it hasn't gotten fixed in her brain yet.

The other day we were talking about houses, since we have just bought a house here to live in.  I asked her what her dream house was like.  She said, "I don't know, Mom, I have pretty weird dreams for a kid.  ... oh, wait, did you mean what would be in my house if I could have anything I wanted?"

Love this little girl.

14 April 2023

Just back from a spring break visit to Texas to see Mr. Brown and Nut Brown and Rose Pink!  It coincided with Easter, and we had our friends the Weeks over to celebrate with confetti eggs.

   

Good times!

It was also the weekend of Rose Pink's last concert with MCO.  This time it was in a proper venue, and the performance was amazing.  I'm so sad to be leaving this behind in Austin.  I wish they had something in Baltimore.  The theme for the concert was "I'm So Blessed" and the music was phenomenal.