Earth Day, Cirque Running, and the beginning of my return to blogging. lol

First of all, I have decided to add a badge here from Facebook, since that is where I am usually hanging out... so feel free to click on it over there -------------------------> and say hi to me over there. NOW. back to blogging. 

There has been SO MUCH going on. I realize I am about a month behind, so for the next couple weeks I will be posting some catch-up posts and things like that. :)

Before I start to catch you up, I wanted to wish everyone a happy Earth Day! We are celebrating by riding bikes today (I rode with the kids to and from school). Violet went around the house and made sure all non-essential things and lights are turned off and/or unplugged, and rather than running the a/c, I have opened the windows in the house and hoping for a nice breeze. It's supposed to be 95 degrees today. We'll see how that goes. lol

SO. First on my agenda with the Great Blog Return of 2009 is telling you about Violet and her run with Cirque du Soleil at the Springs Preserve! Mama Lali called last month and invited Violet to join her for this fun run, and of course Violet thought it would be fantastic! Violet spent that night at Mama Lali and Papa's house, and the two of them got up reeeeeeeally early to get to the race in time for warmups, which were led by the Cirque du Soleil acrobats! AWESOME!!

And what's a little fun run without a face painting done by an actual Cirque Makeup Artist??

After the race, Violet and Mama Lali visited Abu. She loved seeing Violet's face and hearing all about the race. 

And finally, the two racers themselves, after a wonderful day!! :)

Alright! One post down in the Great Blog Update of 2009! Thanks for sticking with me, and be sure to check me out on Facebook if you haven't already! More soon!!