Is how much fun it is to watch your kids be parents. They tend to be better at it than we were–their expectations are definitely more realistic. Maybe that’s a good thing about having little brothers and sisters? They came into parenthood already knowing kids are nuts? I don’t know. But the year is nearly […]
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Here’s a picture of my dad and John out on the patio last summer. My parents were good parents, very good–pleasant, safe, reliable, patient, completely decent people. But they are absolutely spectacular grandparents. I think it’s because as grandparents they cut loose in a way parents can not. They’re extravagant with these kids in every
This was taken as we sat on the couch before chasing the kids to bed. The picture below was from earlier, at the tree farm. This was a new place and the drive there was a little hazardous with Heidi, Joe, p.j. and Kirsten following. U-turns, quick corners, yikes. No harm done though. Heidi phoned
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It was a fine Thanksgiving Day. Here they are assembling a new shop vac. Apparently the plumber used ours to suck some noxious substances out of somebody else’s drain. Oh, we got a guy home from college dusting. And the tables were finally set: The usual characters were here: The eating began: Everybody brought food,
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I told they kids they should work on Christmas lists because after Thanksgiving, you know, the time will go fast until Christmas. What Tim told me he wants? A jet pack and a chainsaw. Well. Sigh. He added, “If I had those, I could do a LOT of stuff.” No doubt that’s true. I love
We went up north to visit Jay’s parents. It was a nice day. We missed most of the snow, and enjoyed the wonderful cooking of my mother in law and her son–that dude I married. They played cards–500. This guy was there. This is what we came home to. Click to enlarge if you want-it’s
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They’re watching Tim get ready to fly it now. It was a gift from his birthday, and it’s a very cool little trinket, reminds me of a hummingbird. Can you see it? It’s a little blue thing in front of the middle window curtain. There it goes! Now it’s in the air in front of
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Oh my goodness. I cleaned the linen closet and our room, and the car trunk is full again for the Good Will. This however, is in the trash instead, but not before taking a picture. This heating pad was our aunt’s, still in the box. But look at this guy. Some friends and I had
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Okay, baths = good. We like kids clean. But does it need to take two hours? I finally yelled outside the door, “Get out! We have things to do today. It’s OVER!” Then the little voice, “Mom, I have a question.” Oh, gosh, seriously? I peeped my head in the door. There’s a little soaking
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This is what we have going on this morning–drilling ice, trying to get the Power Ranger guy out. We’ve got a lot of creative ways to use a drill around here. Yesterday they practiced writing their last name over and over all morning so they’d be ready when we went to the library in the
