Mom's 40!!!

Hi. My mom celebrated her 40th birthday which was very exciting. When she got to work, her desk was decorated for the occasion. She got so much stuff and attention all day. Bagels and fruit bouquet and blooming tea/tea pot and birthday cookie and cookie bouquet, not to mention all the cards and cards and cards! It was quite a big deal. My mom wants to say thanks to everyone - you made her day super special! Some people might think 40 is old, but mom was reminded to think of it as: 4 touchdowns, 2 extra points, 4 field goals and a safety. I guess that makes it better (?) The football reference is okay, but just don't mention Superbowl "SUNDAY"; we all know how she feels about that.

Expressions in Monochrome Painting

My big sister Ellen is exploring the different styles and movements in art. Here she is developing her technique as a Monochromatic artist. The exploration of one color, the examination of values changing across a surface, the expressivity of texture and nuance, expressing a wide variety of emotions, intentions and meanings - is all captured here in this one Dora picture. Her friend, Cameryn, started coloring the hair (brown) and the flower on Dora's belt (yellow) but Ellen soon took it over - to make it her own. It is after all her coloring book. It took her almost 3 hours to complete with a red marker. (this time does include a lunch break and a bath break) Maybe someday we'll have an artist in the family.

2008 Year in Review

Okay, so this really won't be a "review" as you can just go back to previous posts and look at what's been going on. All-in-all a good year, no complaints. Since Halloween (yikes, we haven't posted in awhile) we've celebrated my birthday (Ellen's too), Thanksgiving and Christmas. A couple of good months for us Steer kids. However, mom and dad being lame, didn't take pics or something happened to them [possible culprit: BSE] so we don't have anything. No birthday fun at Happy Joe's in Burlington, no cowboy birthday fun in CB, no big turkeys, no Christmas, no nothing. Just a few videos that mom thought were funny enough to post. So, if you have pics of these events, please send them and I'll make sure they get posted. Thanks for your help.

I CAN WALK!!


DANCIN' QUEEN


LOOK WHO I FOUND!