Ninja Party

I'm now the mother of a big ol' 6 year old!  When did that happen??

Evan asked for a ninja party...and thanks to Google and some other creative Moms out there we had a party at a karate dojo complete with karate class.  Then Evan had to spar with every guest...that was a bit tough on the birthday boy but he pulled through. : ) So proud of him.

 
 Happy Birthday Evan!  We love you!

More photos here (hopefully)

It's been a good year!

Russ picked out these photos from the zillion we've taken this year and made me a collage that I'll enjoy in my office at school.  Thought I'd share them with you all as a slide show on the blog.  May the new year be good to everyone!

Catch Up: the flood

So I did manage to post about Evan's first day of school but here are some pictures of the flooding that delayed his first day by a day!



The police came knocking at our door at like 5 am to tell us the creek was about to crest over the edge so we went to see and wander around the neighborhood.  

Luckily we didn't get a drop in our basement and no one was hurt here in Ithaca. Binghamton is still trying to dry out and fix the damage so we are truly blessed to have just enough flooding to make life interesting.