Pumpkin Picking, Hill Farm 2011

Happy 7th Birthday, Miss A.!

Room with A View

Indian Summer

 We have had an unusually warm September, what the local English call an "Indian Summer".   The days have trickled now into October and this was the first day we wore long pants and felt like finally, Fall had arrived.

Cambridge, Punting and Aunt A.

I (HEART) London!

Beautiful Bath, England

the Ladybug Whisperer!

Determination

There are days when Miss S. pulls out her violin 2, 3 times a day to learn a new song.  I watch her and wish I had more of that determination. I'd love to just jar it up and use for myself!

Ladybug Magnet

Lucky Bite!

 Look where Miss S. lost her second tooth!

What a lucky girl, she lost her tooth in her favorite fruit, an English strawberry.

"What Debt of Gratitude is Mine...."

1. Sweetness like his:

 2.  Creativity like this:

3.  Obedience like hers:

4.  Peacemakers like her:

 5.  Obedience like:

 6.  Quiet evenings hearing this:  

7.  Fresh fruit like this: 

8.  New responsibility at church like this:

9.  Perseverance like this:

10.  Pure Faith to echo like this: