Full costume!!

Yesterday we put on my wig with my new 'crowns'/headbands for my new solo dress. The top pic is of me in the black one that the mom of the last dancer who had it made, the second pic is the one that came with the dress. I like the pink one better, so does my mom & instructor-the pink color shows up better than the black. Which is your favorite??

PS-I'm standing in front of our new windows our neighbor put in the other day.

Trip to Grandma's

with Carina
with Elliot
"Black Beauty"
Dress-up
visiting the Bad Guy House



Hi all, we got back on Tues. from the graduation party trip down to Newburg (where my mom's parents live on the farm). Two of my cousins on my Mom's side were graduating from High School, Carina Schiltz and Elliot Evenson. (see pics) There was a really nice horse in the pasture by the house; he was black/white speckled. Hank & George--this was a real 'spot-donk'!! He was used to being with his friend, so he was very lonely and appreciated company. I called him "Black Beauty" since he looked like it (pretty much) and he had a white star on his forehead.
Also on the trip, we (of course) dressed up in Grandma's old clothes and things she made for my Mom & her sisters. Monday we went to the Bad Guy house with Grandma & Grandpa; it's just a little old shack but it got the name 'the bad guy house' because...
when Elliot and Carina were little they visited it. Elliot said that there was a bad guy in it to scare her, but then he said, "No, there's no bad guy." So she went up to it but just as she was about to go in he said, "There's the bad guy!"
(I know this since Grandma taped it with the video camera.)

Well, the Madison feis is in nine days. :) Yay!! I can't wait!! It'll be my 1st time performing in my solo dress. I'll force myself to post more often...

Waiting for summer...

I can't really think of anything important to blog about--sorry I haven't blogged for so long. This past week wasn't too exciting. We're just finishing up school.

I can't wait for summer! Swimming lessons, tank tops, watermelon, Broadwater Lodge, three feises, Irish fair, 80 degrees, air conditioning, walks after supper, camping, and bug bites. I love swimming lessons. And tank tops and watermelon and BROADWATER LODGE!! (We went there last year for my Granny & Grandpa's 50th anniversary.) and camping and feises and Irish fair!!!

All for now--I'm going to go and enjoy the weather!!

P.S. the pic is of me in 2000-when I was 3- camping at Beaver Creek with family.

Miesville Ravine Mother's day wild-flower walk

Me climbing the BIG hill
Mad about Matches
By the Woodland Rue

More pictures: Link to Mothers Day 2008 Wildflower Walk web album


Today we went on our annual Mother's day wild flower walk in Miesville. We've gone to this place three years in a row now, we saw lots of different kinds of plants, the big hills, and the river and streams that run through the park. I made an entry in my Nature Journal when we got home-about some of the plants we saw.
Here's what I wrote:

Purple Violet
Friendly Flower found in the back yard as well as in the wild.

Woodland Rue
A pretty little white flower that grows in large banks all over (the park)

Trout Lilly
We thought this 'upside down' flower looked like a fairy hat or a fairy shower

Pipe Weed
The wild, green tinker-toy that grows in the wild. If you pull them apart carefully you can stick the pieces back together.

High Phlox
Prolific Plant found in North Woodlands.

Buttercup
Found in low, swampy areas, the buttercup glows brilliantly in the warm spring sun.

Dutchman's britches
Found in quiet, shady nooks, a fairy woman has left the Dutchman's britches out to dry in the fresh spring air.

Fleabane
This green plant has a strange, sticky, velcro-like feel.

Side note: Dad helped me with the High Phlox, Buttercup, and Dutchman's britches describing parts.

Some Knitting

Here's a picture of some knitting I've been doing recently. I love knitting and crocheting! It's so fun! I've made lots of things for my dolls, family, and self. I plan to make it a 'pocket scarf', you fold over some of the end and sew it to make a pocket to put your hands in. You may think I'm strange, knitting scarves in the spring, but this might take a very long time since I am not very consistent (most of the time) at my projects, and it is going to be very long and these things take time anyway.
I will put a picture of me in it when I finish it!!

Happy Birthday Sese!!!

Happy Birthday Sese!!!
For more pics check out our album at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/munson.dancers/Sisters_Nine_and_Eleven












Checkout more pics at our album:

http://picasaweb.google.com/munson.dancers/Sisters_Nine_and_Eleven

Grasshopper Pie

Last night I REALLY turned 11...it was the first time we were able to make & eat my dessert- Grasshopper Pie! No, it doesn't have grasshoppers in it, it's just called that because of the green tint you give it with food coloring. I had this last year, and I think I'm going to have it next year too...it's SO delicious!!