There he is–first Christmas 1997. He used to be so little, and soooo cute. Oh gosh, the girls and I doted on him terribly. But we had to–he was so funny and adorable, a tiny little guy with the most fabulous gopher cheeks. Jimmy, Jimmy. One day the kids were painting in the dining room […]
Heidi took the day off today to spend her birthday with her. They came for lunch, and my mom did, and Jay made sure he was here for lunch too. Heidi baked a cake. What a sweet day. And this little child, Grandma’s Girl, is just a gift. Sweet darling, this whole family didn’t even
Every now and then I get in the mood for this. It started this weekend, doggedly shopping for fabric. Hmm. I should have taken the pictures against a plain background. The bedspread isn’t really working here. I love this. The panel is pre-made. It was a little expensive, like $18, just for the panel, but
These are pictures of him from back in the day. Yeah, he pretty much changed everything. We’d never been grandparents before. True, John and Dannell had never been parents before either. And whole ton of people became aunts and uncles, and all our parents became great grandparents. We love it. And we love YOU: energetic,
Okay, the baby steps therapy–this intrigued me. This morning on Anderson Cooper, which has turned out to be a surprisingly entertaining program, a counselor was talking about cognitive therapy for anxiety and OCD, and he referred to his method as, “baby steps therapy.” p.j. was bouncing around the room being her rambunctious, funny self and
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The first of March started out with me feeling real cranky. I get like that sometimes–like when anyone mentions taxes, even when our sweet accountant, Gladys, mentions them. (Big, loud sigh.) I love Gladys, but still. I get super touchy, and also want to bang my forehead on the desk. But soon the mood was
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It’s pouring icy rain tonight, rained all day. There’s been little snow to play in, and now mud. So we’re stuck in the house, trying not to crack up. Sometimes we do a few errands to break up the monotony. We watch The Price is Right and work on math. There’s been plenty of time
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The little brother has his birthday in February, and the older in March, so their parents threw a party in the middle. They host the party at John’s work in the big rec room. See James and Little Jay playing basketball in back? We have all wondered how anyone gets any work done at all
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Oh yeah, here she moves it. When she wasn’t after the crayons, Sidney was her second target. There go the crayons again. She’s working her own book, and doing a good job of it. Yeah, it’s all pretty funny. See how high up beside me Sidney has climbed? The dog’s smart. Crayons aren’t edible, as
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It wasn’t a lot, but it was a pretty night and the kids were happy in the morning, but especially Sam was. And I can see we have a playhouse window to fix and a back steps to paint, but those are future Val’s problems. Today? No problems at all. love, Val
