daily craft time and Mama's sunglass (thanks Auntie Claire)

watching the sheep get their wooly hairs cut!

here they come and there they go

We are out of school this week due to the pig flu you might have heard about! We are holing up with two other families and have worked out a marvelous swapping system where the six kids rotate houses. Today we visited the Bullock's Permaculture Farm for their Sunday potluck and then hung out at Kaj and Tashi's Farm. Dennis worked on the house which now has a second floor!!!!

beach castles for pirates

We currently live in a world of make believe and I never know when I wake up whether I will be greeted by cordial knights or gregarious pirates. Sometimes gnomes, sometimes animals, sometimes firefighters, sometimes it is a character still unnamed. We are off to enjoy the first day of the farmers market, a sustainable living fair and a variety of garage sales. My mom and I worked for 7 hours side by side building yesterday while Dennis took our kids plus one more to the May Day Celebration at school, swimming lessons and gawking for hours at Janet's house construction.