Avalon ~July 4th Celebration & Champagne Toast!

Have you ever had a dream you can fly, but perhaps it is only 10 feet up, like hovering over everything? I imagine that's what the zip line is like, I imagine because I am actually to chicken to try it. At least this time. This time, I will stick to the dreams where my feet are firmly planted on the ground and create a root. A new root on our new piece of paradise, the creation of Avalon! Now, let's have a toast and go play some paddle ball.....that's better....

"Ready MaMa?"

Iron Pour

As I get older, there are fewer and fewer things on the "never seen that before" list... This weekend I got the chance to take Cameron to an Iron Pour. "What is an Iron Pour?" you ask...just what is sounds like. The master metalworker has built a lawn version of an iron oven, pours a ton of scrap metal into the top and the melted metal is then tapped and poured into molds. We got to carve out our own molds too!

Pouring into the molds.

The iron oven sparks as the metal is heated.

Hot stuff!

Morning Garden

The last day of school before summer is generally very exciting for older kids, I really think the Morning Garden friends we have are truly going to miss each other and our time together. It seems we all have relatively busy summers ahead of us, and perhaps that will make the time pass quickly...

Capes and Crowns

Shawn made Finn a Birthday Crown to wear on his big day. Finn, however, was not a big fan and this is the only time we actually got him to wear it without screaming. Fortunately, it was made so he can wear it every year. Perhaps next year he'll enjoy it more.

Finn's friend, Evie, brought him a wonderful gift that included a silky scarf; a magic scarf, it can be anything you want it to be. His favorite incarnation is as a cape, running up and down the halls so it can fly out behind him. I wish I could wear nothing but my skivvies and a cape, run all over the place and have two people at my beck-and-call....what a life!

Finn's Birthday Cake! I have to admit, I was really surprised he got
BOTH candles out on his own! What a big boy!

Cameron takes Manhattan

Cameron at the John Lennon Memorial in Central Park...it was a beautiful day and there were lots of people. From an adjacent park bench, melodies of Imagine and Strawberry Fields were being played.

On the ice at Rockefeller Center.

Cool escalator shot on the way to the top of the Empire State Building.

WOW! What a view!

The coolest park ever....see video below...

Is that REALLY Samuel L. Jackson?

The Best Park in NYC

Spring Break in the Keys '10

Here's what what I was hoping would be a complete photo journal of our Spring Break. We fished, we swam, we played on the beach, swam with dolphins and ate tons of amazing food. Somewhere on my computer there are many more amazing photos, especially the swimming with dolphins part! Enjoy what we have here, more to follow....I hope!

Snow playtime!

We got almost 4 inches of snow Friday afternoon and perhaps more will come this Sunday! So far it's the most snow I have ever seen in Georgia. Finn and Cameron played for about an hour Saturday morning and Finn had the tantrum of a lifetime when we finally made him move inside. Poor thing, his mean ol' parents thawing him out and keeping him from his dream of becoming a popsicle!

Halloween and Dishes and Nibbles

So, ya think yer funny eh? Finn absolutely LOVES to do the dishes! Lucky, lucky me!

Cameron and Finn were the best Zombie-Dragon duo you have ever seen this Halloween!
Ooooooh, scary.....
I must say though that I am proud of the make-up....looks good!

Raven's Cliff's and twisted ankles...

The north Georgia mountains have so many beautiful trails and waterfalls to choose from. We were delighted to hike the 2.5 miles into Raven's Cliffs on one of the most pristine days of the summer with our friends Kirsten & Pete. Along the way, Cameron took a moment to chill on the rocks.

Shortly thereafter, Cameron sprained his ankle and was more that happy to be piggy-backed the 2.5 miles back out of the woods...miraculously, he was better at the end of the afternoon.