Little & Big

correction: catching the rain

Turns out our basement wasn't collecting rainwater.  All dry.  The flooded basement was pretend (and convincing!  I didn't know until I asked David this morning!).

in the rain

the stream along the back of our yard

                                                    boy-made bridge

There was some wonderful Waldorf person who said "There is no such thing as inclement weather; only underdressed children."  (my paraphrase.)   So 50 degrees and raining -- that's nothing.

 

catching the rain

We're going on our 3rd day of rain.  And like lots of other places, our area is managing floods.  Our basement has been dry, until today.  So boys jumped into action to catch and divert the rain.

Mother's Day Ride (sponsor us!)

                                    before yesterday's training ride

 

The boys and I are going to be riding in the Lund Family Center’s 3rd Annual Mother’s Day Bike Ride -- on Sunday!  The three of us are going to bike 3.5 miles (with pit stops for doughnuts) in support of the LUND mission. 

In the mood to give a little money to charity?  You can help me help LUND by sponsoring us.

 

(What is the LUND Family Center?  See below.*  Here's the link to the event: http://www.lundfamilycenter.org/bikeride)

 

I've spent a lot of time at the Lund Center through my work with Burlington Laboratories.  They work really hard to make sure families in the Burlington area get the support and care they need.  I want to lend all support I can.

 

Want to help?  Make a tax-deductible donation on my LUND RIDE PAGE:

http://lund.convio.net/site/TR/Events/General?px=1030726&pg=personal&fr_id=1080

 

Click on the "MAKE A GIFT" link, and it will take you to a page where you can set up a donation. Give  $5, $10, $25, $100 -- it all helps!!

And think of us Sunday at 10 a.m.  It's not a race, but with my boys, you know it will be!  (We biked just over 2 miles today as fast as we could -- and then came home and laid in the grass.)

 

Thanks everybody! 

*Lund Family Center helps children thrive by serving families with children; pregnant or parenting teens and young adults; and adoptive families. Lund has evolved into a comprehensive treatment program for pregnant or parenting young women with substance abuse and/or mental health issues and their children; Vermont’s oldest and largest private non-profit adoption agency; and a comprehensive family resource as a Parent/Child Center.

Happy May Day

We have at least half-dozen different varieties of daffodils growing around the yard.  We had no idea -- this is our first spring in the house.  Lovely lovely little surprise.  On Friday morning before school, little brother cut some for his teacher.  I thought it was the perfect photo to say

Happy May Day to you!