Okay, this is my sweetie, eating cake. Just a moment before this, he and I were goofing around. He had a long skinny block in his hand, waving it around like a wand. I took it from him and tapped him on the head and said, “I give you a magic wish.” He gave me […]
It was my mom’s birthday party tonight–happy, easy going crowd. Okay, this is Tim apologizing to his cousin for throwing a poker chip that hit her in the head. No she was not injured, just deeply offended. No idea what the back story is on this. Here’s my mom with a pile of grand
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Yes, it was her birthday yesterday, and Jay bought these tremendously festive cupcakes to celebrate. See how the bakery even packaged them in diagonal rows of juicy, bright colors? Here are some kids having lunch on the patio. Mom and I made the mac and cheese she brought. Usually some sister/auntie mixes it up, so
Awww, here they are–all the kids plus one friend who slept over last night. This is Dan and Alicia helping b.g. at the Easter egg hunt before church. Here’s p.j. in her fancy dress. I found this at Baby Gap and gave it to her for her birthday. Those are little Eiffel towers and so
Twelve years old, she is. Here she was like six years old. Here she is just born–that’s going back a ways. She was born round and sweet on an April morning. We were pretty glad to see her. But today, twelve. We had the big party last night, so today we had a small party–colored
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We have worked a lot and also cleaned and cooked a lot. Not that the house didn’t need cleaning. It did. I told Kirsten the last time I took a bucket (not just some little sponge mop) and crawled around and washed the kitchen floor–going under the radiators and between the stove and cupboards and
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Okay, this is the geezer’s little brother James in a truly great shirt. And here’s the geezer himself, lighting the birthday candles. This is the geezer’s big sister and little brother, happily smiling for a picture. He told us this on the patio: “I’t’s my birthday today.” “First I went to church.” “Then I came
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Here’s where I asked him how it is being twenty. He said, “Well, actually I’m not twenty for a day and a half, so I don’t know yet.” Here’s the lovely cake, decorated by young squirrels. Okay, Here are Maria and Heather, laughing at something inappropriate James said. No idea what it was, and that’s
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Here’s a cozy guy with Aunt Maria. He he is enjoying a fine nap in the swing. We all tiptoed around, and he slept for almost an hour. Julia asked Maria and me about something mysterious: “Those stick things–from real estate, could I have them?” We listened and asked questions and had NO IDEA what
Cousins above, and Auntie Kirby and p.j. below: Here’s Heidi with Dan and Alicia’s little guy. Me and her: And a picture taken after the blowing out of the candles. She looked from face to face while we sang, pretty sweet. There we go, with a cupcake of her own to munch on: Present time:
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