Spring Snow Storm

Snow angels and icicles, about six inches yesterday but warm and sunny today!!!

Look bunny tracks...could it be the Easter Bunny????

After warming up inside with some hot chocolate, we did some body tracing.....

The Black Eyed Susies Visit Namaste

Dani Diciaco (singing and playing guitar above) our Music teacher at NMS has been coordinating a visiting musician series for the children at our school. Local artists come in and share their music with the children, in a relaxed hands on experience. This week we were privileged to have a local folk trio, The Black Eyed Susies, come in and perform for us.

Easter 2008

Happy Easter! Grandma and Grandpa came to visit. Even though the girls were both not feeling well they managed to have some fun....Abby ran a 103 temp for over 4 days, Isabel's fever was not as high but she was more congested.

Safe Passage Project

These are the children we (as a school) are helping in a Montessori School in Guatemala. To learn more about this project check out SafePassage.org

New Classroom Site

Here are some pictures of the potential site of our new classroom at the Hospital. Stan and I stopped by last Friday and measured out the floor plan. The space will need some cleaning up but I think it will work. I still need to run the numbers to find out financially feasibility of expansion. More info to come....

Fun at School and at Home

Having fun at school....

Having fun at home...


Isabel wasn't feeling well this morning so we had an early morning tea party...

Then we spent a good part of the day resting and working on getting well. Mom found my old blanket in the basement last time we were down in Newburgh and Isabel has now claimed it for her own.

Happy Lunar New Year!!! Gung Hay Fat Choy!!!

Hi everyone and Happy New Year!
We went downtown today to celebrate the new lunar year at the Ithaca Commons. The first new moon of the year is the beginning of the Lunar Calender. This is the Year of the Rat. Lunar New Year's celebrations last for 15 days from the new moon to the full moon. It's a great time to clean your house, letting go of the old to make room for the new, welcoming in the new year.

There were lots of games and craft activities for kids. Abby, Brinley, and Isabel made paper dragons.
We met some of our school friends at the celebration ...Brinley, Riley, Jake, Liam, and DawsonWe watched dancers from Cornell preform traditional Chinese dances.

And the best part, we watched the Dragon Dance. The dragon dances to bring prosperity and luck for the new year.