Wooo! Roger and Joe were named "Best Guerrilla Artists" by the Independent Weekly Best Of Issue. See:
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A33039
And in case you can't find it, it says:

Best Guerilla Artists

Joe McTaggert and Roger Ehrlich

When it comes to mixing politics and art, you can't beat the team of Garner's Joe McTaggert and Cary's Roger Ehrlich. The two have spent the last few years turning salvaged campaign yard signs into antiwar pop art by flipping them over and painting a new, more radical message on the other side. Ehrlich, founder of Public Assembly, has hit antiwar demos from NYC to D.C. to the School of the Americas, always driving his brightly painted Peace Truck, replete with a larger-than-life message. Despite breakdowns and constant hassles from police, the McTaggert-Ehrlich team has prevailed. Once at the peace action, they unload various art props and welcome excited kids (and adults) to paint peace messages on umbrellas, which Ehrlich calls "peace parasols." To learn more about Public Assembly, call 380-8380 or visit home.earthlink.net/~publicassembly.

Pretty cool!

Nonna's Birthday

Today is mamma's (Nonna's) birthday! Buon Compleanno!!!
I won't say how old, but it's more than 3/4 of a century, and less than 11 x 7. So Elena and Phillip will probably be able to figure it out.

Birthday wishes from:

Jacob - "Happy Birthday Nonna!" waving and smiling









Lia - "Happy birthday Nonna!" drawing a picture on a card that we will forget to get in the mail (SORRY!)










Elena - "Buon Compleanno Nonna!" she sings as she looks up from her book










Celina - "Come visit Nonna!" she twirls away in her princess dress.









And from all of us!

Today was also the award's ceremony at Ligon Middle School. Jacob and I went, but Jacob's tech teacher forgot to get his award, so he didn't get called up. Very disappointing. Well WE know you deserve the techie award!!! Lia also got an award (one of the very few 6th graders) for her entry at the art show. Very exciting.

And 2 more days of school until we have a kindergartener, 3rd grader, 7th grader and 9th grader! Wow - everyone is school from Kindergarten to High School. Truly amazing.