Bowling for NOAH

Interesting technique!

Flat Luke goes bowling

Saturday we attended a Bowl-a-thon for NOAH (National Organization for Albinism). They are held all over the country on the same weekend to raise money for albinism awareness, scholarships, outreach, etc. Our local chapter is new this year but still raised about $2500. Helen recently discovered bowling at a birthday party so this was her second chance to try her stuff. She really likes it except for all the waiting in between your turns, of course. It is also nice for her to get together with the other kids with albinism. She calls them "all the blonde-headed kids." I am really looking forward to going to the national conference in DC this summer too.

By the way, we haven't gotten any snow in case you were wondering.

Flat Luke

Heading to Florida

Eating seafood

Therapy

Flat Luke's arrival

Flat Luke arrived via US Mail a couple of weeks ago. This is the school project of the girls' cousin Luke. His class read the book Flat Stanley, about a boy who was squished flat like a pancake, and went on adventures. Each kid made their own Flat Stanley and sent them off to someone to have adventures. We take him with us everywhere and take pictures, then send him back and the real Luke will have to write a story for his class. Our Flat Luke has been to eat seafood dinner, Girl Scouts, occupational therapy, church Mardi Gras party, with Daron to Tampa and Miami, Mystery Reader in a 4-year-old preschool class and to kindergarten. Quite amazing that Flat Luke is still in one piece actually!

Zoo

Last month Daisy and I went to the zoo on an impromptu day out with most of her preschool classmates. It's hard now to believe the weather was so nice considering all that has happened since. No snow here but it's been plenty cold and rainy. (No comments from the Northerners please. It's all relative.) Daisy loves the petting zoo at the zoo. The goats just lay there while little toddlers fall all over them. We had a very nice mother/daughter day.