It has been nice knowing you, computer...

Lily knows some letters and just started showing some interest in the computer. Who am I kidding? She has been wanting to get those grubby hands on it for ages.
Anyway, we decided to let her try www.starfall.com (which I highly recommend if you are brave (foolish?) enough to let your child play with your computer). Sam started playing on it when he was about her age and learned a lot. She really seemed to like it.





Lily gets her first computer lesson from our own resident Geek Squad.

Tybee Time

Carol and Hazen took us on a fun trip to Tybee Island with a brief stop in Savannah on the way home. We had a great time. The kids swam like fish the WHOLE time. Sam hung out in the ocean looking for the Big Kahuna and Lily liked jumping off the side of the pool and climbing up the ladder over and over (and over....) again. She has no fear of the water which is kind of scary.
We got to see some old Savannah friends who came out to spend time with us on the beach. Good times!
We missed you, Katie and Jay!

It's true

You reap what you sow...


I'm so proud!

When Daddies do hair

It's been a long time...

since I've read a book that I absolutely adored and dreaded the fact that it would end. Until I read Little Bee by Chris Cleave. I will not tell you anything else about it because you just have to read it yourself. Don't let anyone tell you about it- just read it. I hope you love it as much as I do. Let me know what you think!!

Memorial Day Getaway

The kids and I hit the beach last weekend while Andy represented the Tuck family at a friend's wedding in Athens. Lots of noise and confusion and fun.
Thankfully, there is no sign of oil yet on the Florida coast. I hope I can say the same in the coming months.



Playing a little Nintendo DS during a break from the beach



Becca burying Evan in the sand



Peanut playing with her bucket



Claire, Will, and Sam



Mom and Dad toasting to how lucky they are to have so many of their children and grandchildren taking over their house!

Cho cho

Santa brought Sam this cool kit that allows you to watch caterpillars grow into butterflies. You buy the "habitat" (a two foot mesh container) and send in a code to request your caterpillars. The caterpillars come in the mail in little cups in which the eat, grow, and change into chrysalsis(es, i?). Then you transfer them into the mesh container and wait for them to become butterflies. Amazing! I loved it more than Sam did. It was so cool to see what a chrysalis looks like and watch the change from caterpillar to butterfly. If your little one loves bugs, they will love this activity.
I think Santa got it at www.insectlore.com or maybe just at Costco :)



PS. Cho cho is the Korean word for butterfly. I learned it from watching PBS Kids with Sam and Lily.




Releasing the butterflies from their habitat



Beautiful butterfly