Okay. Today, Maria and I were on the patio with this little girl, and this little boy. She was chatting and mentioned something about Kari’s barbie guy, Bob the Nudist. Bob the Nudist? Who has a barbie named Bob the NUDIST?? Yeah, he was always naked so Kari named him Bob the Nudist. He was […]
The parade route goes right past her house, so she invited us all for snacks and parade viewing, pretty nice. The food was awesome–little bbq weenies, several kinds of dip, cheese and crackers, and fruit and strawberry shortcake. Kirsten knows how to cook. Her roommate, Nick, looked at the food and asked if she was
Yesterday the day started out with our cocoon having hatched into a gorgeous butterfly. We showed our next door neighbors who actually taught us about caterpillars in the first place. The kids spotted him at the picnic table and ran to show him, the went running to pound on the door with their glass with
t.c. = that character We had a party today, a big old kid party, though that wasn’t the plan starting out. John called late in the morning and asked if he could drop his kids off. Dannell has sick grandparents and had to go to the hospital. Absolutely. So there were freeze pops and the
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Aaaah. The little pool was perfect today, nice and warm, but not miserably hot. It was sunny, but not to the extent it hurt our eyes. I brought Maria along to help lifeguard b.g. One baby at the pool, I can manage. Two? No. But then she got tired. These two are enjoying a moment
We had movies before bed. Slept late in the morning. Art. We had a visit from my grandma. That’s her, holding my grandbaby. There was a kooky fashion show. Some of this, and some of that. And these chickens were pretty cool. The kids argued over naming them, but in the end, I saw a
Perfect quiet, and sunshine, and peace. love, Val
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This little peanut came with us today. Often we have the pool pretty much to ourselves. Not today. That water has warmed up nicely too. She liked it, but the sun was so bright on the cement and white enamel that it really was a little uncomfortable on the eyes. And now it’s Friday night,
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It was so darn hot today. It’s still hot now, and that only happens a few times a year, where it’s hot at night. But we have all our little air conditioners going, so we’re good. Today we met Julia’s friend from preschool and her mom at the splash pad. It’s kind of like a
The water is still pretty cold. A few hot days will warm it up though. Scuba guy This little girl liked it. I saw this at a red light and it made me laugh. Tim and Julia were goofing around back there, saying weird things and laughing, and he joined right in. And then before
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