snowy day
Love, Val
January 2022
the week
These two–the older one is back to college, semester off to a start this week. The younger is back on distance learning starting tomorrow, due to the pandemic. So many positive covid tests, though nobody we know is dangerously ill, it is just a lot. Probably this is a wise decision, but their anticipated return
basketball
Made it to some games this weekend, very fun. It’s also fun to see that youth basketball does not change. It’s the same as it was thirty years ago. Love you all, Grandma
kids
Monday I picked up a few kids to spend part of the day here, change of scenery for me and for them, let their parents work in peace the last day of winter break. All the toys in this house, this is what they spent hours doing–wrapping stuff. Every year there are a few extra
quiet january
After the snow it turned very, very cold, no surprises. We’ve got this going on, ice on the windows, ice under the edge of the back door. The kitchen floor is super cold, with just crawl space underneath and being on the north side of the house. The living room floor feels drafty. But this
a suspenseful game
It went frantically down to the last few seconds. Parents were screaming, kids kept getting flustered and making mistakes, and making baskets, back and forth it went. What a night. Buddy, you did good. That was stressful. Love, Grandma and Grandpa
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day after new year’s
Today we invited ourselves over to their house. They were gracious and kind and said okay. We brought Christmas cookies and cheese and crackers. John made taco dip and there were bars. We played pool on the new pool table, and Life, and One card poker. The kids are full of energy and so sweet
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new year’s day
On New Year’s Day we invited ourselves over to their house and spent a couple hours laughing. We brought little weenies and the kids were happy to see us. They took us out to the office and showed us the Sensory Swings. They put on music and did performances, twirling, kicking the walls, arguing. It
a guy turns ten
Today’s the day! This guy is ten! The puppy June is after the remote control dinosaur we gave him for Christmas. That purple haze is a bit of mist–it’s just water, but right in the face? She didn’t care. No idea what’s so funny, but I love his laugh. The tree is quite gorgeous. So
the end of 2021
Got the blankets back over the couch. Cheesy rice and broccoli in the crockpot: And then this was dropped with a big bang. It’s all right. If we really get ambitious we can make more. There are plenty of Christmas cookies left anyway. This guy is new this year: This Christmas tree is not