It was on Saturday. Our sweet niece is expecting her first baby. The whole family is so excited. It’s my sister’s first grandchild, and that thrills me too. It was fun. Everybody was celebratory and relaxed. The food was great. Spring is in the air. Best wishes, Beautiful Girl. You and Jake will be wonderful […]
I drove out to Eau Claire this morning at 7:30 to pick him up. All the diet Pepsi on the patio was frozen, so I was forced to do this with zero caffeine. Sigh. But he’s easy company, kept me awake on the ride back. This cake was baked last night, frosted this night and
Monday, she set out to create a volcano. The baby was also interested, particularly in the chemicals. Baking soda, food coloring, and vinegar: They had fun. It was fun. It felt great to be outside in the sun. Later there were storms and tornadoes, and we woke up to a dusting of snow. Tonight was
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Saturday was the double party. First Pump It Up in the morning, lots of sweaty kids, I heard. Then in the afternoon, a family party at home, which was also awesome. It was a great time! These are you from six years ago, fabulous day you were born. We were all very excited to meet
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Eleven years ago you were born and made a whole bunch of people aunts and uncles, Grandpa and me grandparents, our parents into Great-Grandparents. It’s been a blast. You were full of energy, a fast-moving ball of muscle, booming voice, big ideas. You had us laughing and running to keep up. Now look at you:
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This was Sidney at 7am when I woke her up. She’s more of a 9:30 kind of waker, but she endured. Here’s Elin, the baby newf, watching an actual human child eat fruit snacks. Here the two Es are in the basement, the room under the family room where all the Barbies and Legos are.
Here we are! March 1st. A couple years ago at my old job it was snowing heavily on March 1st. I was not disheartened, though a few of my co-workers were. One Month. One Month, you guys, and it’ll be a whole different world. And it was. I talked to my mom today as they
