“Did you give p.j. the frosting bowl?” “Hunh? No, I gave her a little star cooky.” Yah. She helped herself. Oh gosh we laughed. Heidi was here helping frost cookies tonight, and that child had to go straight to the bathtub. Merry Christmas, p.j. You know how to live. love, Grandma
We are home. It was a great week, and it’s great to be back. Kirsten picked us up from the airport at 12:30 am, and we were in bed by two. But first we looked at pictures and heard their adventures of the week, and they heard ours. Tim and Julia were too tired to
Here are a few pictures in no particular order: The weather is gorgeous, the resort plush, the company easy-going. We are having a great week, just kind of MISS YOU GUYS. I’m looking forward to baking cookies on Saturday. We love you all so, Mom and Dad
Tonight was the kids’ band concert, and it was a really nice concert too. This was lunch. We did eventually get this disheveled house neatened up. A niece and an auntie: This was a gorgeous nap. I fell asleep before he did and he kept waking me up, “Gramma, milk all gone.” “Okay, fine. Just
trying out the new camera, and an uplifting little christmas story Read More »
It’s only about ten degrees out. We can feel it all through the house–the drafts when the doors aren’t shut tight, the cold floors in some of the rooms. Winter is nice for looking at–the way the snow and air turn that special periwinkle blue at dusk, the crystal sparkle of ice in the sunshine,
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Yeah, lots of shopping. I’m not a shopping person, so this is a challenge. The good part is, I’m used that and prepared for the whole scene, every little old inch of it. Then the wrapping. I sat on the floor in the office, a rug over cement, and I perch on my feet. It’s
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We have an unexpected, spontaneous sleepover here tonight. They took off with the camera, and that’s fine. Have fun. Okay, the picture below is very dark, but it’s mine own t.c. finally asleep. He and Tim watched a movie and t.c. used Julia’s DS and Tim his own, and they played video games for a
It’s been a fine week, quiet. These flowers are left over from Thanksgiving. Here we have b.g. assisting Tim with some project. And some bored people braved the cold and hit the swings. It looks bright, but I think it was less than 30 degrees here. They’re trying to get the shoe back on him.
Is how much fun it is to watch your kids be parents. They tend to be better at it than we were–their expectations are definitely more realistic. Maybe that’s a good thing about having little brothers and sisters? They came into parenthood already knowing kids are nuts? I don’t know. But the year is nearly
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Here’s a picture of my dad and John out on the patio last summer. My parents were good parents, very good–pleasant, safe, reliable, patient, completely decent people. But they are absolutely spectacular grandparents. I think it’s because as grandparents they cut loose in a way parents can not. They’re extravagant with these kids in every
