band concert
Maria took these lovely pictures. Apparently Kari is behind that music stand next to the other clarinet players. Tim’s obviously the tall guy in back. Love you all, MOM
more december
This girl took a fine, long, sweaty nap on the couch. She woke up in a good mood in her nest of old doll blankets. Those flowered ones are blankets I sewed out of my mom’s old kitchen curtains. That’s some kind of weird doll blanket history. I would not have taken the afternoon to
snow!
It started raining this afternoon and switched over to this sleety snow during the evening. I had to brush off Santa once–any weight knocks him down. I’ll turn off the electricity before bed, don’t want the weather to damage him overnight. They made their trip to see Santa tonight. I had to work and couldn’t
christmas village
We went this morning for singing, eating, games, and fun. It was the usual sweaty fun time, did not disappoint. Alicia’s parents were there too, haven’t seen them in weeks, since the cabins were closed up, so that was a lot of fun. My grandson is way over on the right, beautifully singing with his
the end of november
The big sister kept covering up the little sister more and more, telling me the tiny baby was cold. The tiny baby didn’t care. She finds her sister amusing. She’s also little and slouches quite a bit, so I tucked doll pillows behind her back and on the sides. She was cool with all this.
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the christmas village, 2017
Last night we left for Grace and Juan’s housewarming party and left Maria and Kari in charge. They set up the Christmas Village. Back in the day I chose the Alps one–the Scandinavian village. Most of it has been discontinued, and that’s okay. I love it, plus have no more space anyway. This huge, obnoxious palm
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christmas tree, 2017
The tree is up and looking fine. Decorations are all in place. The kids helped. They knew how they wanted things. These guys are back: We took her with us to pick out a tree. She was here picking up her big sister, and she was wild and kind of demanding. It seemed like a
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thanksgiving, 2017
Turkey Trot participants: This is my sister with her grandson. He’s turning into a real guy at this point, little baby no more. Nobody knows when Morgan was born, so her birthday is declared to be Thanksgiving. She likes it. This puppy was confused by why her kennel was moved (to make room for Thanksgiving
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ready!
We have cleaned. I made a list and we all got to work. I take the bathrooms–kids don’t want to clean those and I don’t mind. The stairways are vacuumed, the furniture dusted to the extent it is going to be. Martin came last week and took care of the leaves in the yard. We
anticipating the holiday
Maria made this guy, glittery, hilarious and gorgeous: Tomorrow we will dust everything and call this thing done. There was once the fine story of a friend with a messy house with company coming who announced she was taking a nap, and then after that they would make a miracle happen. Maria was incredulous. This
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