Challenge the lying "Deficit Weenies"

READ THIS ARTICLE NOW and spread the word each and every time you hear
that ridiculous argument about the deficit.

Why I Love Our School!

Last night we went to Emmett's 3rd grade classroom for the celebration of the kid's service projects. Each student had to somehow make the world a better place and there were so many great projects. Really wonderful. (Check out this video by Bidane !!!)
But then to top it all off they decided, with the inspirational direction of Merrill and Dmitry and help from Allison Bell, to make their "project completion party" into another service project.
For $10 each of us received a handmade pottery bowl made by the kids, classroom made vegetable soup and salad (lettuce, radishes and herbs picked that morning from the school garden) and fresh bread AND then delicious apple bars (made by Cindy, Dmitry's wife) with apples picked by the kids on the field trip they went on last week.
And all the proceeds go to Food Not Bombs.
Wow.
It was a delicious meal...and one the kids deserved more than any other as they grew it, nurtured it, and put thought and love into it.
There were over 100 people there!
It felt like thanksgiving to me.
It was just awesome.
These kids get the best here...they just do.

Time Out Kids New York!

Hurray, we made it to a top ten list for best family CD's of 2009.
Our awesome competition is Recess Monkey, Lunch Money and Billy Kelly-all really great!
So we are really proud.
Read about us here and, friends, if you like the CD too...don't forget to pass it along to other
families who you think would dig it!
Thanks everybody and Hurray!

The Goddess of the Hunt

Tally: 8 mice in 3 days!
Most definitely the Artemis we were looking for to
solve our rodent problem in a circle of life kind of way.
Zarina is bad ass.

pots, vegetable soup, kids, matt laughing really hard...

...things I love.