Heidi and Joe had us all for brunch. My parents came. Everyone pitched in with food until it was a feast. Jay was up early cooking sausage and bacon to take with. Kirsten made some blueberry-cream cheese pastry in her quesadilla maker. Joe made cinnamon rolls in the waffle iron. Who knew that […]
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These pictures are from a couple days ago. This is a game where the little kids jump off the bed onto Uncle Tim and Aunt Julia. Imagine the shrieking and screaming. This can only benefit our chiropractor. Yeah, I was scolding and hollering intermittently about people getting hurt. Nobody did, so it’s all good. This
Okay, I had never heard of this before, but no surprises there. They play a game called ninja, where they go from one place in the house, quietly as possible, without touching the floor. So what are they touching? All the furniture and railings. Is furniture meant to be walked upon? That would be no.
I saw this outside and it made me laugh. That big urn planter was found in the dumpster at the cabin last summer. People do this–they throw items in our dumpster when we’re not there. Anyway, there were two. The other one is still at the lake. I imagined repainting it and planting flowers in
My phone rang tonight at ten before midnight. I was just home from working and Jay wanted me to listen to a funny call on the business answering machine. While we were messing around with that, my cell phone rang. I glanced at the caller–of course it was John. Nobody else ever calls me
Yesterday this guy came by himself for a couple hours. He cried when his mom left. His cousin p.j. came over to pat him and climbed up too. After a minute she asked, “Where did his mommy go? I said to a class. She told the baby, “My mommy went to work.” Yes, she did.
We had a good weekend, including a sleepover. Maria went to prom with her friends. Heidi did her hair. He did not go to prom and did his own hair. People came for supper on Saturday night. He rode his bike down the stairs off the deck at his house. It was only two stairs,
Yeah, it snowed, and we forged on and ignored the whole thing. Lydia had band and we invited outselves over to my parents’ for lunch. They seemed happy to have us. These are the kids eating milkshakes, handmade by my father. There he is in the background, wielding a mean blender. Julia’s hair was never
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Okay the snazzy toenails sure made me happy today. I can see now the little girl is grown up enough to cooperate with a process like this–very nice. And then, a few minutes later, this child was in the room: She was looking all around and then carefully looked in the VCR player. ??? I
This is the beautiful puzzle Lydia put together last night apparently. When I asked to see it, she said she’d rolled it up and put it back in the box. Well, smart child, she took pictures first. This is impressive. And on my list for two weeks now is to sew some baby blankets. The
