146: A sea of homeschoolers

Cincinnati Convention, March 31 - April 2.

Here's my booth, lost in the sea above.

145: The view from my shoes

First 20 miler on the bike trail.

144: Working dinner

Panera's new steak and bleu cheese salad is delicious. I spend the hour my kids get tutored eating a nice meal, next to the fire, working or reading. That's my red journal and my purple scarf in the background.

143: Through the cracks

Nothing can stop spring, thank goodness.

142: Poser

Finished this book yesterday. Forgot to take a photo, but had taken one last week. So, yay! Really well written memoir of west coast women our age. I related to a lot of it. She's got a great sense of humor!

141: Mall rat

Set the camera on macro accidentally and got this fuzzy yet warm photo of Jacob at the mall with me (spring wardrobe update before he headed back to OSU).  I like the blurry vibe.

140: 8 Shortbreads in one day

Friday was like that.

139: Aging

Yep, this is how I look when I'm just doing my ordinary make-up-less life.

138: By a thread

My kids are afraid of spiders, but I'm not. When they spotted this one, I grabbed the camera and saved it from certain death.

137: Loaded Questions

Curried lentils and games with the kids. So much laughing.

136: Daffodils popped!

Nice bouquet waiting for me in my front yard.

135: Home sweet apt. 9

I'm living out of my suitcase this month.

134: Yummy Dinner Downtown

We loved downtown Greenville. Had dinner at this wonderful restaurant and it was warm enough to eat outside. Beth took this photo too. After dinner we walked over the suspension bridge, shopped in artsy stores, drank coffee in a basement coffee house and then listened to live music at a bar (and were well entertained by the dancers!).

A great end to a fun convention! 

133: Blank Page, Blank Stare?

A moment of quiet browsing during what was otherwise a very busy convention. (See the cute tower of curricula with the pinata on top? That tower shrunk as he sold. Kids loved the colors!)

132: Shoppers

I love this photo. Beth gets photo credits (I hardly had time to think of photography, let alone take pictures). That's the "La Clase Divertida" booth behind her which was so colorful (as you'll see in another of our photos).

131: Greenville Convention Staff

Beth and Barb met for the first time at Stax Grill where we had dinner on Wednesday night before the convention begins.

130: She's sister-spring!

Rain, growing bulbs, greening grass and college sisters come home = spring.

129: Hep B Number 3

When you are a La Leche League leader, homeschooler, natural foods mama, skepticism about vaccines (and abstaining) comes with the territory. As a result, to enter school, my kids had to play catch up. This is Caitrin's last immunization of the year—all caught up!

128: 13.1 is NOTHING to 17.2

My longest run to date: 17.2. Only 9 miles short of marathon length. I ran 10 alone and then Patrice joined me for the last 7.2. Our feet pay homage to that short race—the half marathon (13.1)—as I blow by with longer and longer distances each week. So exhilarating! Ya gotta try it!

127: Superior Choir!

We're not allowed to take photographs at the regional competition for choir. Kids rode the busses and parents drove separately. Caitrin's choir got "Superior" ratings and were perfect on sight reading. They move on to nationals! This is our high school and she's heading toward my car for the happy ride home. :^)

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