ahh, pictures
I did not take pictures, but Kirby had the presence of mind to do so. Maria informs me her friend thinks our whole family might be crazy. I…I don’t disagree. love, Val
it’s april 19th…
apparently there were some fake tattoos a bit ago. i never saw these until they turned up in the photos…RIP Joey & Tickles Today is finally April 19, the day of the long-planned caterpillar funeral. I thought she’d forgotten all about it, but then I heard her talking about it over the weekend. Jay caught
this weekend
It’s been a good one. First we had my mom’s birthday party, warm spring evening, lovely party… This MAN present at the party is my nephew. He’s patiently helping my little kids and my grandson with their video game. Back when he was real small, he used to get so excited at video games he’d
a baby day
We’ve got this guy for the day. He went with me to the grocery store, rode around happily in the cart, so cute–big red cheeks and little soft moccasins. When we got home, he wore himself out playing with James. When he was pooped out, I wrapped him in a blanket and took him out
our own little cat burglar
dan and john with maria, james peeking in the back Last night we were on the patio and James and Maria spotted a big nail pounded in the siding up above the kitchen. It’s painted white, so it’s obviously been there a while. I told them John had done that back when he was in
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oh yeah, with the treasure hunt and all
oh yeah, the little treasure hunters all dressed up for the wedding last fall They went down into the storage area behind the office… and had an adventure. A treasure hunt, he called it. Aww, give me a break. They took out Christmas gift tags, mittens, an old iron, music tapes, the long tail from
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oh, sure.
Tonight before supper I took Maria out driving. She’s on her permit and needs the practice, and it was such a beautiful evening. Jay was painting windows on the second floor, so we had to take the little kids with us. It was a fine trip out. She didn’t run over anybody, crash the car,
once upon a time, i had a very fine lint roller…
I bought a pair of new black pants last week. They’re good. I like them, except lint and fuzz is attracted to them. They’re just some kind of cotton twill, but stuff sticks to them as bad as it would to velvet. My mom and I were discussing this today and she laughed, “You used
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and the caterpillar said….
Jay and I worked today. When I came home and asked the kids where he was, they said he was asleep on the patio. Really? Yeah. I found him, head on the metal arm of the swing, left leg twisted in a pretzel bend for balance, asleep on that little swing. When he woke up,
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ten years later
The thirty-eighth birthday was spent in bed in the sun with beautiful newborn Kari. Lori came with buns and sandwich meat, and we all had a picnic in the bedroom. The kids took silly video, bouncy, seasick video. Kari slept. The forty-eighth? Babysitting b.g. and dropping off our LAST tuition check at preschool. (The school