Do we know who this boy is? Awww, yeah. We do. It’s Jay back when he was fifteen. I didn’t know him yet, not for a couple more years. See this guy? It’s James. He turned up in the family a while back, like fourteen years ago. I never really thought he resembled his dad […]
It was. Lydia came with me and b.g. and p.j. because we were babysitting those two babies, and we bought groceries in the morning, and brought back deli food for lunch. Then we headed over to the little pool. lydia and b.g. In the evening I showed a couple houses to some friends and her
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This is the island. And there’s the eagle–click on the picture to see it better. Here are two friends enjoying a boat ride. “Makes bumps, Daddy!” Yeah, so the bumps were great until she hit her tooth on the edge of the boat. Unh. It was okay in a little while, but still. And this
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Okay, James was the main thrower. He stood on the neighbor’s dock and tossed the football at the other dock, where the rest lined up for turns catching it in the air as they jumped off. Simple and silly, and could be the best way to have spent an afternoon when the heat was pushing
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Yeah, this babysitter is a little hairy. Sam is uncomfortable with things like this–a kid jumping off the paddle boat. See her swim out to check on them? Next she’ll spin around and offer the child her tail to bring her back in. The kids think the free rides are funny. But Sam’s actually a
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Tim and I walked over with them, so they could see it. (Yes, the boy is in stocking feet. And here I thought James was the only one who did this.) The little girl told me the tooth fairy opens up windows with a wand. Wow. I did not know this. “It’s an old fake
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These three cute people came with their parents to stay for the week: They caught toads. The heat was hazy and damp. There was a Katy Perry dance party in the kitchen. And more swimming: And dodging the rain: They teamed up for one-card poker, And were the most uncomplaining good sports ever on some
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There’s Tim, perched behind our friend Renee This is a pic of julia opening gifts. She’s over on the far right. What else is going on in the picture looks like those Where’s Waldo books. It’s so mind-bendingly hot here it could be Dallas-Fort Worth. And that’s just not right. We had a party last
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This is a pic of you and me Julia, from seven years ago. You were born at 1 am, after we’d spent the day at the beach. Labor started late in the afternoon and in the middle of the night, there you were, born in our dark, quiet bedroom. the next day The word that
