Rosy Maple Moth

B found this moth this weekend at the cabin (in VA). He was very excited. Of course he knew I would like it cause it was PINK. Even though we had never seen one before, after a little research on the web, I think they are pretty common in the eastern states. As its name indicates it likes to live in Maple trees.

Have a great Monday!

How Cool Is This?

This is usually kept a big secret, but I am just so excited. The twins school celebrated Earth Day yesterday, and while I was there helping pop pop corn for 550 kids (do you know how long it takes to pop pop corn for that many kids?-oops sorry different story), I got to see the artwork for the cover of the yearbook. Each year we have a contest, every 5th grader is told the theme of the yearbook and asked to draw a picture. This year I choose "Wildcat Tales". Their school mascot is a wildcat and the school theme this year is SFA which is their reading curriculum.

Can you image what I thought when I saw it was pink and purple?

I am a little afraid that this will be the last year we get to have this because the daughter of the people who own the printing company is a 5th grader. Each year they donate all the labor, our only cost is the paper and ink.

Its beginning to look a lot like...

a very pink Christmas!

I know this looks very commercialized for Christmas but my Barbie’s needed a pink tree of their very own. And besides, Big Lots had them for a very cheep price!

I just love the fact that it even has a pink plug!

I know you can't see the dolls very well but notice the matching Barbies in the left photo. Those were given to me in 1998 (the year of the twins)!