Drumroll please!

Ender is thrilled and super excited to announce the loosing of his first tooth at 7:46 on Tuesday, February 25th, 2014...

of course it helps to hear his version of how it went down!

"I put my finger in my mouth, and I pushed on the tooth and it just broke off in my mouth and then it was in my hand....I broke my tooth out!"

For your enlightenment when he did this he screamed like an enthusiastic little boy who had just crushed the evil empire in a video game....I honestly thought he had defeated the Darth Vader pig until he came out and told me what had happened....

Z!

We made it!  Did you think we could?

Z is for the ZEAL  
with which we find ourselves living and looking forward to our everyday lives.  Everything is just a tad bit exciting and full of wonder.  You find yourself looking forward to what the day will bring and what you might find as you look around you.  Anything can happen.... Bald Eagles soaring majestically overhead....rain pouring on you for hours on end....an extremely cool looking shell you have never seen before....a new (to us) constellation of stars to look at...

It just is FUN and an enjoyable way to live life...


So we have Zeal or Zest for living...

And now you know OUR ABC's!

:)

What was your favorite?

Y Y Y Y Y....Y

YUM!

I hear this phrase from our kids a lot these days.  Before you would by cookies or treats from the store to have on hand....well since I don't buy those things anymore I find myself making a lot of goodies. 

Cookies, cupcakes, brownies, cakes, peanut butter fingers and fudge...you know the drill.

Well the kids are far from unhappy about mom making sure they still get to have things like that.  So yes, they are very happy to have a mom at home cooking more often....

XXXXXXX is

Xishuangbanna
(zee-shwang-bana)

'Nough said!...

W

Wet

It doesn't matter if it is raining, snowing, hailing, sleeting, blowing, or sun-shiny....the ground here is ALWAYS wet.  I guess moist might be a better word...but we are on W...

I think this place would be a gardeners dream come true....as long as you find a way to beat elements that might not allow you to grow certain plants you would never ever have to worry about the lack of water.


For those of you who think that WET is a cop-out I have another for you...

WAITE

You get very good at waiting around here.  Unless you plan ahead for things (supplies, trips, etc.)  you will not be doing anything too spur of the moment around here....so I guess it does pay to think ahead, and be prepared for anything....then yes...go for it...

Close call

We had a fun time with an eagle today...well not really...

We threw out the remains of a ham bone and the eagle came to show the seagulls who is boss.  Well they all overlooked the largest portion of the bone somehow, so I went and threw it farther on the beach for them to get.

Unbeknownst to us the eagle had been perched on our rooftop.  So when I threw the bone it went swooping right over my head to get the meat....Would have made a cool picture if we had got it...but it made us all jump at the same time.

V is

Vacation?  Nah!  Although at times it does feel like we are taking a break from life it isn't a vacation...

V is for Vehicle.

Not for the unusual or uncommon, but for the lack thereof.

The last vehicle we saw was the taxi we took from the hotel to the airport to get here.  Otherwise all you see are boats, kayaks, the occasional sea plane and sleds.  I guess I should throw in the four wheeler they use to plow the boardwalks when it snows.  It will be interesting to see how we handle the whole car thing when we come back to visit for the summer.  Who knows how it will turn out.