It used to be difficult to get him in that tiny little window of awakeness and fullness and coax a smile. But not anymore. He was downright chatty yesterday. We discuss his hair a lot. love you, Grandma
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When you swim without a braid? Ei-yi-yi. We had to pour conditioner on that mop and comb it out in sections–took half an hour. But doesn’t it look here like a big scissors would be the only option? I love you Julia. love, MOM
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He wasn’t actually lost at all. We just thought he was–Lydia had followed along with him and taken him on a walk back to the field. We were all working–Alicia was nursing her baby. I was cleaning and packing inside. The men were putting the trailer away. The older kids were in the yard putting
John dragged us off the beaten track a little yesterday, first to go to my parents’ place in Wisconsin to pick up this old Power Wheels truck he and Dan gave to James for his third birthday. (James is 15 now, and the thing was stored in my parents’ barn.) Then he made us stop
Here are a few old pictures, John, from your 12th birthday, which you said was about the finest birthday celebration of your entire life. Do you see Ryan? He was so tiny. Anyway, looking at these feels like looking at someone else’s life almost, it was so long ago. I loved then, and I love
There they go. As soon as they decided to get all this tubing crap out, the clouds arrived. Okay there they are, specks across the lake. Sam paces. And the rope broke, so they had to tie that back together. And then we loaded up all this mess and made our way home. Thank goodness
It was both–quiet and sunny, and everything that’s June. Football? Is that what’s going on here? We launched the paddle boat. My mother bought this for us a few years ago and it has provided endless hours of entertainment for many, many kids, not just these guys. There they go to cruise past the tooth
Dannell took these on the ride home–three tired little boys. And now it’s Tuesday and the last week of May. Onward to June. We are ready. love, Val
And that water is SOO cold still. How warm could Wisconsin water ever be? Little Jay had to go around the lake so many times–including an extra time to take Julia. He must have been about frozen, but he didn’t complain. The end. love, Val
