Happy Birthday MUCH OLDER Sister of Mine!

Hope you have an awesome Birthday big Sis!!! We love you!!!

Almost a 1st Grader!

Last week, the Kindergarten kids did a little "Graduation" performance for the parents. I sobbed like a baby! I thought I was better prepared for this one...I knew the songs that were coming, but there was a poem read by the teachers...one of them being Rowan's teacher...and SHE got choked up...and I lost it! My baby is almost a 1st Grader! And my big kid is almost a 4th grader! Just two more years until middle school??? What? NO! 

Little Free Library Adventures!

 This weekend, we went on a Little Free Library adventure with a steward who was in MN for the LFL Festival on Saturday. I bought this Gnome to give to a steward in Washington state who has a Gnome theme for her LFL. We named him Hudson and he was her "guide" to the LFL festival, but we also took him on a 12-hour, 2-state LFL tour to surprise her! We went From Hudson, where LFL#1 and Headquarters are located, Spring Valley, WI to visit another steward, Evan, who is a 5th grader and a Super Steward, then to Pepin, WI to see a bit of Little House history. After that we hit Wabasha and Rochester, MN and then home. Here are some pics of our adventure!

 Hudson, in Hudson, taking in the view of the St. Croix!

 Hudson, at Headquarters where there are something like 7-8 on the grounds with more inside.

 Mobile LFL used in parades....

 Our welcome in Spring Valley...

 Our two "Lighthouse" stewards....

 Little House

 The Pickle Factory in Pepin...Fried pickles were pretty darn good.

 Above, the best LFL on the trip, in Rochester! Also met the steward here!

AHS Walk 2016!

Man was it a perfect day for a walk! I am bummed there weren't more exotic animals today, but the Tortise and the Chicken were pretty fun! Huge thanks to everyone who donated - we raised $1560 for the the critters this year!!!