Easter Cat

We have a beautiful bowl of alabaster eggs on our island. Their luscious, bright colors always put a smile on my face when I get out my Easter things every spring. Yesterday K let out a scream and I looked over to see Bert in the bowl walking in circles. My first thought was that he was getting ready to use the bowl as a liter box. Maybe he thought the Easter grass looked like liter? Was he mad at me about something? He has been known to use my suitcase as a liter box when we return home from a trip to pay me back for leaving him. One time I caught him trying to pee in my Goyard purse after we got in late one night from a trip. But no, he snuggled into the bowl. I wonder if he is trying to hatch the eggs. Is he planning to hatch some baby kitties? K would certainly like that!

Flip Flops to Uggs

Crazy weather around here. Last week K had a snow day-a rarity in Atlanta. This week we were basking in warm weather. K had a friend over from school one afternoon-I looked out the window and they had moved chairs and art supplies out into the driveway and were do an art project. How cute! Today I am back in my Uggs and freezing. I am so ready for spring break and some beach time. Three more weeks!

That Mouth, Those Eyes!

Oooops!

Perhaps I was a bit premature with my post yesterday about spring being on the way. Today it snowed all day. Unusual for Atlanta in March. One of those snowstorms with big, fat, wet flakes. The kind that are perfect for snowmen and snowballs. My little cold weather girl was over the moon happy!

Spring is coming

Spring is a glorious time of year in Atlanta. To me it looks like the entire city is getting ready for a wedding. The heleboris bloom right after the holidays and they always make me start getting excited about spring. I love their beautiful muted colors. The daffodils and forsythia are in bloom and the tulips have popped up out of the soil. But how do I know that spring is almost here? Because all of the kids in the neighborhood are wearing winter pants that are much too short! Another month and we will be in shorts.

In the Blink of an Eye

In the blink of an eye the little four year old who traveled half way around the world to spend the summer in Atlanta has turned nine. That summer that I hosted K seems so long ago but also seems like just yesterday.

K has worked so hard and learned so much. She is kind, thoughtful and generous. She has nice manners and always thinks of others. When she gets something new her first thought is always that she wants to share it with Ellie and Annie. She loves animals, Barbies and everything fairies. K and Ellie are self proclaimed tomboys but I think they just like the way it sounds. Though not really girlie girls they are terrified of bugs, werewolves and cobwebs. She loves arts and crafts and would much rather be inside in the summer when it is so hot. No more camps that involve riflery, archery and canoeing for her (what can I say we live in the south!)

K loves God and Jesus-always sayz God and Jesus, not just God or Jesus. She has given up apples (her favorite food) for lent this year.

Nine is a wonderful age. K is so independent. She gets up easily in the morning, makes her bed and is easy to get off to school. One Saturday morning I came down and she was making herself a waffle-it really hit me that she is growing up so quickly. She does her homework as soon as she gets home from school. What an easy child. She is a great traveller except that she wishes that we had our own plane (me too!)

She loves her pets and wants more. She loves Uncle Mark and calls him almost every day. Their conversations are so funny-she calls him Uncie Markie. Sometimes I hear her talking and think someone is here but she is on the phone with Uncle Mark. Thank goodnes I have the world's most patient brother.

I need to live in the moment and enjoy these times. In the blink of an eye she will be fourteen.

The Three Amigos

On K's actual birthday we had planned a dinner with Sheila and Elliot at a hibachi restaurant. It is so much fun to watch kids faces when they are cooking the food. Ellie was at our house when we were getting ready to go so we asked her to join us. A few minutes later Annie called and asked if she could come too. So it was off to dinner with the three amigos as we call them.

Love the look on Annie's face

Annie caught the piece of egg the chef threw at her-the rest of us missed