Fairy Hunting in Maine

Cara loves fairies, mermaids, and princesses. After hearing about Tracy Kane's Fairy House books, Cara and I decided we needed a little mother-daughter bonding time. We headed to Portland, Maine, to hunt for fairies and build fairy houses on little Mackworth Island.

Cara works on her first fairy house.

Cara's first fairy house: a leaf bead with shell pillow, a small leaf bedside rug, and an acorn table and chairs set.

Cara builds another fairy house in the rocks on the beach on Mackworth Island.

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Fairy houses we found that had been built by others there before us: ---

More sights around Portland, Maine:

October Pictures

Playing in the corn at the Corn Maze.

Fairy Princess for Trick-or-Treating in Downtown New Albany.

Spiderman at the trick-or-treating event.

Hugs!

The end of the night.

For the Reformation Celebration, the kids and I were Converts to Judaism from the deserts of northern Africa who were in Jerusalem at the time of the Passover when the Holy Spirit came. (It was for a Bible character contest! And although I did try, I don't think I ever was able to get the kids to understand all that!)

The outfits are authentic ones that I bought in the Republic of Niger. Mine I wore as 'everyday' clothes while I lived there.

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Skate Party 2007
Dressing the part for a friend's Pirate Party.

Yes, Cara was born liking makeup.

Super Rhodes!

The Southern Belle.

50s Day at Regents, 2007.

Rhodes' Pirate 4th Birthday

Rhodes and Cara are made to wait in the den while Mommy hides the treasure!

Cara helps Rhodes decipher the Treasure Map.

Following the map.

Rhodes and his treasure!

(Who knew there were so many Christian "pirates" out there in books & on CD!)

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Cara and Rhodes ride a pig near the market in downtown Seattle.

Cousins Cara, Rhodes, Emily, and Ben are silly during our weekend together at the lake.

The last swim party of the season at Uncle Stephen and Aunt Dianne's. Rhodes and Joshua with Cara and Ben behind them.

Cara's first day of Kindergarten! (August '07)

Rhodes and Cara in their Easter outfits. (Finally taken in August!)

Trip to the Northwest, July '07

We had a fantastic time visiting our good friends Gail and James and their kids Emma and Liam in Oregon. The kids are great friends: Emma is about 20 months older than Cara; and you would never believe it by looking at them, but Liam is almost a year younger than Rhodes.

At Camp 18 in Elsie, Oregon -- an old logging camp turned restaurant and tourist attraction.

At the beach -- the cold-even-in-July beach -- on the Pacific.

Eating ice cream in Seaside, Oregon.

In front of Multnomah Falls along the Columbia River Gorge.

Cara, Rhodes, Emma, and Liam proudly display their medals from the Kids Fun Run. They all did great, trying their best and finishing the race!

Watching the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field.

Having fun at the game.

Having fun on the rides at the base of the Seattle Space Needle.

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Cara chose to be the "Paper Bag Princess" when she had the chance to go to school as her favorite character from her favorite book. We were quite impressed as we expected her to want to dress more as a frilly, girly-girl princess! :)

Cara and Rhodes have fun at breakfast one morning.

The kids had a great time at Tennis Camp. Rhodes especially was hooked on the game!

Cara's favorite summer activity -- Ballet and Art Workshop. Here she is in character as a baby doll come-to-life, standing in front of her artwork from the week.

One of my new favorite places to be -- Chinatown in San Francisco.