NEWS

Wow, no posts the ENTIRE summer- well we have been extremely busy, haven't we!
Rowan is now:
Talking- Mamma, Dadda, look, duck, up.. and some "baby " words to mean I want that, put me down etc...
Walking- running actually! that was a quick transition.
Eating- table food- although going through a picky eater phase at the moment.
I will have to catch up with some cute pictures.

Some new developments- I am going to be teaching art part time this year at Madison Central Montessori School- Yay!!! I already have way more projects in mind than we have time for. Can't wait to start!

Lambie puppet

I finally finished the lamb handpuppet on our trip. I think she is super cute. One leg is shorter than the other, I should have been paying more attention.
I'm currently working on a curtain for the front door using a technique called "broomstick crochet" that uses a gianourmous needle to hold stitches. The pattern looked fugly in the old book I saw it in, but I tried it anyway and I think it looks beautiful.

a few recent pictures...

Blogger had a glitch for a while that was preventing upload of pictures- so I have a backlog..

Here are a few from our trip to New Orleans: Rowan "driving" with dad, Rowan dining outdoors at a restaurant, and the little guy all exhausted from a long day at Jazz fest.

the Sultan's Elephant...

ok- so I am googling "elephanten", a brand of children's shoes, and I stumble across video of this incredible performance in London from 2006. It is a French puppetry group called "royal de luxe" operating a 2 story high realistic elephant puppet. There is also a little girl giant who looks unsettlingly real. For four days these giant puppets inhabited London and people followed them around. I can't imagine seeing this performance live- it must have been so exciting!
watch and be amazed...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQbTMEupTpk

2007 Bike Parade

Back from New Orleans Jazz Fest... a lot of profit, a lot of fun, and a hell of a lot of work! We're happy to be back home... just in time for:
The BIKE PARADE! Yay!
Here are more pictures of the art bikes:
http://madisonartbikes.blogspot.com/

The best money ever spent....

Was on this new bike trailer. I have never felt such joy about any other consumer product. We took it on the maiden voyage with Rowan on Saturday to the Cottage Grove bike path. He chilled out back there and didn't whine or fuss for 2 hours- it is a nice comfy ride. There is even room to bring a little friend along...for now he has a teddy co-pilot. Since spring is finally here, we'll be using it as much as possible.

Babyfriends!

Here is Rowan and his friend Gemma playing together. They are such good little pals...Gemma is teaching Rowan how to say "Hi!"

And here are the two new babies together in one room. What beautiful little guys they are! It seems like so long ago my Rowan was that tiny.
Left to right: Martin, Anna with Henry, Norm, Alicia with Dario.