smiling in south carolina

yesterday, these bags were unloaded onto the street in front of my house. or more correctly, in front of the little store next to my house. so of course i had to check it out. can you guess what is in the bags?

boo! sorry it's been so long since the last post. the rain (15 solid days i think)has finally let up and we are starting to dry out a little. thank gawd! and god bless my clothes dryer for keeping our laundry system functioning. i did spent last sunday cleaning my living room walls with bleach to get the mold off! last week, robin had some exciting things happen. first, he participated in his school's science week. not that it was optional. his project of choice was to build a model of a volcano and simulate a lava eruption. did i call that one or what? so i got him set up with plaster, paint, cardboard, alka seltzer, dish soap, red food coloring. oh my, what a combination. incidentally, we did have a brief incident at the beginning with the red food coloring. it looks just too much like blood for a 9-year old to pass up a chance to dribble some on the arms and fake out mommy. in addition he made a large poster outlining the 6 terms of the features of volcano arenal, which BTW ...

today after school robin and i went to the new library in town. a group of lady expats who call themselves the Ladies of the Lake hooked up with some international library building program and it's been open for a few months. i love all kinds of libraries but this one is extra special because it's really the only "real" library in town! mostly it's for the kids with books of all kinds in english and spanish, art supplies, tables, chairs and soon- a big computer lab! BTW, robin is just pretending to use this computer. it's not even plugged in. even though it's a new library, they have a pretty good selection of books. today i read to him "today i feel silly" and "when i was little"-books written by jamie leigh curtis. really cute stories with hilarious illustrations. robin also read from a book on fishing and a magazine on last year's world soccer cup. also, i re-discovered amelia bedelia, remember her? the stories about...

not much happpening here in sabalito, but i thought i'd include this pic of robin, taken a year ago at the waterfall. notice he's sitting still....happy tuesday! love, steph