a turtle and a fish

Easter is a perfect time

Easter is a perfect time for many things.

The best thing: Celebrating the Resurrection. Good article here.

A great thing: Cadbury chocolates that look like blue bird eggs.

And why not: A house for sale in demopolis: See it here.

Just spent the weekend helping cliff and becky (real names kathy and clay) lay new flooring in their home. Now that we're home, Kate fed Ella a bowl of beans and now their splashing in the tub. Should have some good pix of the kids tomorrow. Happy Easter, everyone!

Each picture, a thousand words

Warm, sunny, with small chance of rain

Butterflies

Some people have cats. Some have dogs.


We, on the other hand, raise butterflies.


Ella took a bath with her butterflies, rocked them to sleep, gave them a check-up, and named them (tina, buddy, grandma anne, grandpa dug, and cole). We let them loose in the house and Cole disappeared. When he returned, his new name was karin.

We even took them to Kyle's work. They were a hit.

Later in the day one of the butterflies flew away. Ella started crying and it was about the saddest thing in the whole world. I told her "Don't be sad. Now he's free." That was a new idea to her and it seemed to do the trick.

katie kate

She slices, she dices, she's almost ready to take on her sister.

Some use a chisel, kyle uses a weedwacker

Some fun highlights from Demopolis:

1. While working in the yard, a passing neighbor asked kyle if "his parents put him up to it?"

2. We've had 2 calls to "swap houses"

3. Ella had a hole in her pants. When I asked her about it, she said, "Well, at least everyone will know I'm a tree climber."

4. Kate can officially play duck, duck, goose. Or in our house, cacoon, cacoon, BUTTERFLY! (Dug, we know its a chrysalis, but they're just kids!)

5. Kyle used the weedwacker for approximately 3 hours today. All the flower beds, the edges, the low hedges . . . lookin' good.

6. kyle's put his volvo up for sale, for one day: "$3900 or partial trade for golf cart."