a dance party i found on my camera
This was a surprise! love you kids, MOM
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January 2014
fifty four
Today was the birthday party. The kids were all happy to see each other. Here’s m.c. opening a few extra birthday gifts. This little guy is approaching two and he was such a mild baby, but now he’s a sassy little devil. Ach, blurry. Blurry! So annoying. Heather came by, which was sweet to come be
the end of saturday night
Today we baked a cake for Jay’s birthday tomorrow. Julia did the decorating. And it was the Winter Dance and these two went. Aww, look how cute you guys are. And then we went downtown to where my sales manager was playing jazz. The food was interesting and delicious and the music wonderful. And that
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a great friday
Friday is my favorite day of the week. It’s all that unspent weekend potential, best day of the week. So when Alicia emailed yesterday asking if I could watch these boys because she had a deadline, I texted back: “Yes.” Thank goodness for deadlines, maybe. See that picture above? They actually offered to pose for
tuesday game
This afternoon we made it to James’ basketball game. They won, and he played well, and it was great. Before we left I asked him to please play good because if you don’t, it’s not very inspiring. He stared at me. Apparently being inspirational isn’t one of his priorities. They charge us to watch the
quiet, quiet winter
Today we took down the Christmas Village, a good job done, packed it all in the boxes and stored it. Then we took all the little candles nightlights out of all the windows. I usually leave those two things up long after the Christmas tree is taken down, and now it’s time to put those
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you’re killin’ me, kid
This is the note My Sweetie handed me today. I thanked him, and then he said, “It’s supposed to say, I love you because you’re the best grandma in the whole world, but I don’t know how to spell all that yet.” Okay, I know I’m not, but I love that he wrote
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swimming lessons
Late this fall, the brochure arrived in the mail. I was in my big Getting Things Done mood, and was susceptible to their advertising: Learn to swim for safety, and it’s warm here–no blue-lipped, shivering kids waiting for their turn, small class sizes. Well, they have not disappointed. The teacher is enthusiastic and friendly. It’s
science museum
We haven’t been there for years, but James asked to go, so we did. He said some of the things he remembered, like the mummy, and the sneeze machine. There’s a lot to take in. I’d like to go back again with Lydia, Tim, and Julia and go slowly and do some of the experiments. Lydia wanted to