Lily the dog who "changed my life."

Behold Lily the rescued Pomerian. The little dog with the big bark and the phenomenally bad breath. Lola's best friend and soul mate. We found her at a rescue organization called "Lucky Puppy" about three weeks ago and so far, she and Bunk and Omar have agreed to a temporary truce. She is a true lap dog. In. Every. Sense. Of. The. Word.

Year of the CandyCorn Witch

Fairies Are Real

Lola says, "Today I researched on fairies. Two little girls a long long time ago took some pictures that they said were real fairies. But then they admitted - 60 years later_ that all but ONE of the photos was fake. This very picture that I'm holding in my hand, they say it's real. I think it's real."

Peas in a Pod

Lola rang in her parents' 11th wedding anniversary with lots of good food and smiles.

Lola P. Howe, Second Grader

Three weeks ago, Lola entered second grade, full of vim and vigor. Her teacher Sara is young and newlywed and celebrating her first year as a full teacher. Lola adores her. So far, they've visited the L.A. Zoo, to take in the new orangutans exhibit, choreographed a dance inspired by orangutans (in this video, Lola appears at 18:15) swinging through trees. Just yesterday, Lola asked me whether her bag of potato chips had palm oil in them. "You know Mom, they're ruining the orangutans' forests by cutting down trees for the palm oil." No more palm oil for us!

Fairy Theater

After school each week, Lola and some friends wrote and choreographed their own production involving fairies and from the looks of this photo, lots of joy!