This party was my friend Jody’s idea, inspired by the hats. We made sandwiches, little fancy ones cut out with cooky cutters, no crusts. There were cucumber sandwiches, and egg salad, and we had a lot of fun doing it at Lorene’s the night before. She brought all her dozens of fancy antique tea cups. […]
And I’m going to bed, but this picture found on my camera tonight made me laugh right out loud. Look at that baby! Oh. Oh my gosh, he’s hilarious. Every other darn thing can wait until the morning, but not that face. love you, Grandma
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Okay tonight? Kirsten’s dog was up in James’ room and ate a rotten Easter egg she found. Hello! Easter was a MONTH AGO. Kirsten called the emergency vet and was told she should induce vomiting, and the method for doing so, of which we had nothing–no hydrogen peroxide, and no turkey baster. Heidi has both,
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That’s her. In the last weeks, homeschool has taken another turn, as it does, as life evolves. And yet the child desires an education, so she’s working on it. She’s been doing reports on things, looking up facts, printing out photos. She did a report on a creature called an Aye Aye, and on a
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This is Kirsten. This is Julia showing me how she can jump rope with her eyes shut. (Her dad jumped rope and almost jumped into a hole. Dang, don’t wreck your back on dumbness, Jay.) Tonight Kirsten and her little dog were here for supper, very nice. Out in the kitchen, Julia poked Kirsten in
These are chipmunks, which are somewhat like squirrels Just sayin’. Here’s my mother who came again today to help us wrangle babies. See little baldness, little mr. t.g.? He’s liking this walker thing. Look at this yard. It takes until July to heal the dog blight pee stains from the winter, and about then the
Here’s where I teased her about looking bored. “You can come with me to TJ Maxx tonight.” See the look on her face? I asked why she didn’t look more excited about it, and this is where she blurted out as if I were insane, “It’s TJ Maxx. Come on. How excited can anyone look?”
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At first it goes soooo slowly, it’s like it’s not happening at all. But then, all at once it is. Reading turns real, and stories are fun. Here he’s happily (happily!) reading those old Dick and Jane stories from 40 years ago. They’re as dated as can be, but he’s laughing. Keep going, buddy. We
Here he is, getting changed. And being charming, and irresistible. Today for the first time there was wild, right out loud laughter when I did crazy kissing on his cheeks, and that’s some kind of music. Happy Baby Tuesday, love, Grandma, and Great-Grandma, and Auntie Lydia, and Auntie Julie, and Uncle Tim too
