IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS!

It seems forever since I have updated this blog. It's because of the rains, of course. As if there was any question about that! You see, February is the height of the rainy season here, and when it rains my painfully slow Internet connection simply peters out into nothingness. I had already made my peace with not having any Internet connection until after 6pm, but the rain factor is bringing this into cruel and unusual punishment levels. But alas, February will not last forever and who would of thought I'd be grateful to have my really slow, really expensive, late night Internet connection back.

Speaking of being grateful for the little things; see below photo of the kids opening a box containing individual cereal packages! Oh the joy (thanks Mary!!) They spent hours dividing, trading, swapping and hiding their booty. I received licorice, which was also promptly hidden. And or a minute I wondered where the kids got it from!

Moving on to Marge. Oh Marge. She is also grateful for the little things. Like sneaking up on the bed for a few short snoozes. If you think that the kids (or I) am responsible for her sharpie tattoo, you'd be dead wrong.

Margo is also grateful (she told me) for the miscellaneous trash she finds out in the yard. Not going to waste a perfectly good chicken foot. No sir'ee!
On a different note, we went camping again and thought you'd like to see our set-up. The first time we all crammed into the bigger tent and used the smaller for our food and clothes. This time around we did it right and had a girls tent and a boys tent. Everyone slept much better! Once again, no one got eaten by a crocodile (my worst nightmare, for real!) But, we did have several run In's with scorpions. We were camping on sand and those little buggers are HARD to see. They blend right in, as you can see from the (albeit poorly lit) photo below.

This sign is not from where we went camping, but it doesn't fit anywhere else in the blog. Don't mess with the crocodiles. Not a bad policy.

Finally, here are some of William's latest Lego creations. He LOVES his Legos and spends hours creating and recreating his projects. He particularly liked this one.