Things you've already done: boldThings you want to do: italicizeThings you haven't done and don't want to - leave in plain font

1. started your own blog
2. slept under the stars
3. played in a band (saxaphone 6th grade)
4. visited hawaii
5. watched a meteor shower
6. given more than you can afford to charity
7. been to disneyland/world
8. climbed a mountain
9. held a praying mantis
10. sang a solo
11. bungee jumped
12. visited paris
13. watched a lightning storm at sea
14. taught yourself an art from scratch
15. adopted a child
16. had food poisoning
17. walked to the top of the statue of liberty
18. grown your own vegetables
19. seen the mona lisa in france
20. slept on an overnight train
21. had a pillow fight
22. hitch hiked
23. taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. built a snow fort
25. held a lamb
26. gone skinny dipping
27. run a marathon
28. ridden a gondola in venice (but i did in Switzerland:)
29. seen a total eclipse
30. watched a sunrise or sunset
31. hit a home run
32. been on a cruise
33. seen niagara falls in person
34. visited the birthplace of your ancestors (who?)
35. seen an amish community
36. taught yourself a new language
37. had enough money to be truly satisfied (this is very biblical:)
38. seen the leaning tower of pisa in person
39. gone rock climbing
40. seen michelangelo's david in person (it was closed the day we were there!)
41. sung karaoke
42. seen old faithful geyser erupt
43. bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant (this has happened to me twice this year though!)
44. visited africa
45. walked on a beach by moonlight
46. been transported in an ambulance
47. had your portrait painted
48. gone deep sea fishing
49. seen the sistene chapel in person
50. been to the top of the eiffel tower in paris (only been to the bottom:)
51. gone scuba diving or snorkelling
52. kissed in the rain
53. played in the mud
54. gone to a drive-in theatre
55. been in a movie
56. visited the great wall of china
57. started a business
58. taken a martial arts class
59. visited russia
60. served at a soup kitchen
61. sold girl scout cookies
62. gone whale watching
63. gotten flowers for no reason
64. donated blood (i want to but i don't want to)
65. gone sky diving
66. visited a nazi concentration camp
67. bounced a cheque
68. flown in a helicopter
69. saved a favorite childhood toy
70. visited the lincoln memorial
71. eaten caviar
72. pieced a quilt (i'm not really sure what this means, but i think so)
73. stood in times square
74. toured the everglades
75. been fired from a job
76. seen the changing of the guard in london (saw the guard but not the changing)
77. broken a bone
78. been on a speeding motorcycle
79. seen the grand canyon in person
80. published a book
81. visited the vatican
82. bought a brand new car
83. walked in jerusalem
84. had your picture in the newspaper
85. read the entire bible (maybe)
86. visited the white house
87. killed and prepared an animal for eating (if a fish counts)
88. had chickenpox
89. saved someone’s life
90. sat on a jury
91. met someone famous
92. joined a book club
93. lost a loved one
94. had a baby
95. seen the alamo in person.
96. swum in the great salt lake
97. been involved in a law suit
98. owned a cell phone
99. been stung by a bee

Batman and SuperKid.

Showing Tuesday and Thursday mornings between 9 and 11.

Fighting Crime. Sporting sweet outfits. Busting funky moves.

hello again!

i stopped for a while because i am so bad at technology and get frustrated that i can't make it look better - but i am back. i don't want to forget these days and the details.

clara - 5 years and 9 months.

future - you want to be a chef, but it will really just be a cover because you will truly be a spy.

(but i have to say that you spend most of your days in the kitchen cooking so you better start working on your sleuth skills).

favorites:

being in the middle of the action

creating the action

taking pictures

narnia

star wars

baking

mixing

measuring

inventing recipes

leaving messes in the kitchen

climbing

eating snow

playing with cousins

knowing as much as possible about anything and everything

grandparents

prayer:

"dear god, thank you for my family and everything in the world and everything you give us, amen."

style:

the 'fancy' is almost gone

hello kitty

jeans and t-shirts

blue (i never thought the day would come)

you are a constant blur of movement and energy. always ready for fun. when i can get you to slow down for a minute you will read me a book or two and you are learning fast! you help me around the house when you get inspired. last week you hid in the playroom for an hour and wouldn't let anyone in until you had the closet perfectly clean and organized. right before christmas you locked your door and surprised us with a spotless room with decorations set up for a family party. we set out a blanket and ate the brownies you had baked.

you are one of a kind.

Our biggest adventure of the summer.
A long visit to Jake's roots. Denver to
see the grandparents with (almost) the whole
Poetzl nation.

Some extreme picture taking.
Life a little bit boring? Take your
3 little ones and set them on
some rocks in a Colorado river for
a photo shoot. Quite a rush.

Hanging out in Aspen.


More adventures to come...

Henry Is One!

If this is what raising
little boys is like then give
me ten more! (Well maybe
one is good, your sisters
need a lot of attention so
I don't want to have to take
any more time away from you then i already have too)!

favorites:
words;
uh-oh
hi-ya
play:
dancing
pointing at pictures
pushing stools and chairs around the house
crawling on your sisters and kissing their heads (especially when they are watcfhing tv).
eating rocks and dirt
pushing cars and trucks

people:
mom, dad and sisters
(you love gus too, and he thinks he is a person)

when we rock you before bed you put your arms tight around
our neck and sing with us - we are puddles on the floor melted
by your sweetness - it is a miracle you ever get to bed (it probably has something to do with your sisters yelling for more stories and songs down the hall).

happy birthday bubbah-jones we love you!

happy birthday to mimi!!
(just about 4 weeks late!!)

3 years old!

favorites:

movie - curious george

princess - snow white

food - ketchup and barbeque sauce
(hence the constant hunger)

books - Bible (Jesus book),
Going on a Bear Hunt (hiking book)

clothes - tinker bell shoes,
"duck shirt" (a really ugly sweatshirt
from japan that says "what's speed:
it's my power source" - which makes
no sense and is ironic because you are
truly the slow poke of the family - and
possibly the county)

play - riding your "pink bike" (which is actually green), swinging,
painting (you are a great artist), dancing

comforts - sucking your thumb, your bed

saying - you use the word "pretty" in your own unique way
"i pretty love you mommy" "i pretty miss daddy"

prayer: every night and every meal for about 7 months
"dear jesus, please put a bandaide on nonny's
foot and make it feel better. amen."


note: you lost your tooth 3 days before
your birthday falling off of a stool onto
your face. you looked like you got hit
by a truck for a couple of days, but
you were in heaven with all of the
attention and thought going to the
dentist was the greatest thing ever.

4 years old
happy happy birthday
to
you you you!

favorites

polly pockets
dress up
bike rides
cousins
questions
daddy time
arm tickling
strawberry milk (stirred!)
stories
swinging
grandparents
movie night
meat and cheese


we all slept in the loft of our
favorite cabin the night before
your birthday (you would
have family sleepovers every
night if you could). in the morning
i rolled over and greeted you with
a "happy birthday - you are four
years old!" and you picked up your
covers and looked at yourself and
said "i'm not that age" with a look
of complete disbelief. you just thought
you would suddenly be much taller
and look different when you turned
4.

well, you can't see it, but you are
definitely so much older than a year
ago. you still love being fancy and
fairy tails, but now you know your
letters and you can breeze through
preschool workbooks. you still love
me to read you books and tickle your
arm before nap every day, but now you
can tell me how to get around town
and you can ride your bike to the
park that is a mile away. you are
still a little girl, but any hints of your
baby days are long gone.



happy birthday to my sweet girl
with the huge personality
and the enormous imagination!
i love you
oh-oh-oh the sweetest thing