It’s Julia’s birthday and Kai was along for the weekend. Lovely how that roll of paper towels was not moved out of the way before taking the pic. Pssht. When Kari put a plastic container on her head and fake sneezed so it would fall off, the hilarity was supreme. Very sweet. They had […]
It is the end. It was a hot, intense weekend, and there’s still giggling down the hall, all connected between them and their aunt with tablets and cords across the bed and air mattress–a wall to wall sea of beds, pillows and quilts, fan in the doorway. An hour ago there was a weepy phone
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Back here again: That’s our neighbor skiing. Seems like he’s not actually wearing any water skis, just his bare feet. It’s kind of amazing to me that someone would decide this is what needs to happen on a random Thursday just before dark, but why not, I guess? It’s very quiet here, just the two
This text from my sister: “The child told me the other night that he wanted to ask me something. I followed him and he said it’s about the “taco princess” in the bathroom. Hmmm. It’s my antique planter! I tried to explain it is a basket she’s holding, but he’s convinced it is a taco.”
Joe cut up all that wood. Heavens to Bob that’s a lot of wood. We went on a lovely, squirrely boat ride with a restless puppy who paced, and kids who got bored and wanted to go fast and then wanted to go home, and something about this all makes me so happy. It’s the
The morning started where the evening left off, playing this game together, each on their own tablet. I don’t really understand it, but this is so interactive and animated–the conversation and the complexities of the game. It’s something. Here he is cooking breakfast. Honestly there’s nothing better than a fried egg sandwich. When we
The morning was gorgeous, lake like glass. And the lilies are back, blooming in the swamp like they do every July. I love them. They remind me of when we bought this cabin, another July a long time ago, lilies blooming then too. This picture reminds me of then also. Jay took this picture that
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Since the fourth is on Monday, had the fireworks the night before. Today was the boat parade, but it was pretty minimal. This guy participated! Our own guy! He’s making a movie with his tablet. They’re all participating and it is quite a dramatic feature, lots of running and screaming. Here they are, reviewing that
