We were talking about James and Monster Mash, and then the conversation shifted to the weirdness of Maria when she was small. She had that imaginary friend, Nina, which was pretty weird. But there also was the incident with the ham. Time to make sandwiches, no ham in the fridge. Where the hell is the […]
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john and james, 2002 I heard it on the radio this morning, the little bubbling noises and the spooky voice. It always reminds me of James because when he was little he was terrified of this song. We didn’t know why, but he’d cover his ears and order me to change the radio station. If
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Tonight I was working, so I told Kari to take some pictures of them cleaning up the back yard, so I wouldn’t miss everything. She obliged. After this, their dad took them on a bike ride, so that was good. Last night they were at a wedding–here are a couple cute pictures from that. Here
It was awesome. It’s a private school, so there was a church service, which we enjoyed with Dannell’s mom and t.c. and m.c., very nice. After that the kids did a musical program, different grades took turns singing. We loved that, very fun. Then afterward lunch in the big, sunny dining room, also spectacular. the
She was here, hanging out tonight. We laughed about a lot of things including how I vacuumed my toe while cleaning last week. Oh my GAWD that hurt–Oh, oh, the hopping and the hollering. It’s bruised, but after about half an hour it quit hurting so much. I was grateful there were no witnesses to
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Tim’s in vision therapy this fall. It’s going well. He’s going to be up to speed at reading shortly, probably by spring he’ll be at grade level. This is why we started homeschooling in the first place–dyslexia. It’s a genetic thing–half the kids are dyslexic. They call things like this learning disabilities, but I don’t
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Not much to say, just a beautiful afternoon. They loved the animals and demonstrations, and complained the guy who ran the hayride told terrible jokes. I didn’t even know they knew what a terrible joke was, so I found that pretty funny. Oh well, a great day. love, Val
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We had a few kids here for the day, pretty fun. As soon as t.c. got here he ran to Tim’s room, “Tiiim! Get uuuup! I’m heeeere!” Tim was up late last night playing Zoo Tycoon in bed on that old laptop. He was not planning on getting up for a long time. t.c. had
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This was Dan’s last year of homeschool, and he spent it making Malt O Meal and carrying Maria around, hanging out, watching Northern Exposure at noon. I enjoyed his company very much. Just like now, at 14, he was sarcastically astute, generally quite kind, and easy to be around. The last year they spent in
Today. And everyone teases her, “Sweet Sixteen and never been kissed.” (She’s had a marriage proposal, but never been kissed. Hunh?) Tonight Julia said, “Yes, you have too been kissed. Mom kisses you all the time.” Maria threw back her head and laughed. That’s not the kind of kissing we’re talking about. Sixteen years ago
