Okay, James was the main thrower. He stood on the neighbor’s dock and tossed the football at the other dock, where the rest lined up for turns catching it in the air as they jumped off. Simple and silly, and could be the best way to have spent an afternoon when the heat was pushing […]
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Yeah, this babysitter is a little hairy. Sam is uncomfortable with things like this–a kid jumping off the paddle boat. See her swim out to check on them? Next she’ll spin around and offer the child her tail to bring her back in. The kids think the free rides are funny. But Sam’s actually a
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Tim and I walked over with them, so they could see it. (Yes, the boy is in stocking feet. And here I thought James was the only one who did this.) The little girl told me the tooth fairy opens up windows with a wand. Wow. I did not know this. “It’s an old fake
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It’s a bike ride with Grandpa and alot of rowdy bike riders. Here he comes with t.c. cheering. This is me and my dad in his garage. I didn’t see him today, only talked on the phone. Some animal called a fisher cat got into the chicken coop and killed most of the chickens. He
Becka sent photos of fairy houses and links to websites. I called Tim and Julia in here that night to show them, and they were intrigued. Yesterday, an elaborate fairy house took shape. This is also something I like about homeschool, that an eight, going on nine year old boy can make fairy houses without
This guy was there. We also now have LAUNDRY!! I was so excited I actually took l.c. inside and held him up to the side of the washer to watch the water pour in. He wasn’t sure why this was exciting exactly, but he humored me. It was warm enough for these people to swim.
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t.c., m.c., and john This trip extended only to the dock. Last year we didn’t even buy a fishing license. There was no fishing. But this year we got it done. Joe helped the guys fry fish for supper last night. He knows how to cook it just right, crisp, light, tender, delicious. Sam was
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We spent Memorial Day weekend together, the whole fam. This is about the time in a year we have a sleepover with everyone there, and I enjoy it, all their faces at breakfast, the goofing around and dumbness, the amazing mess, the things that go right and go wrong, the kids who act up, the
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It’s John. At the end of Saturday evening, there they were wanting wagon rides. Anything to stall baths, right? A few years ago, my dad gave John this little old tractor and a new trailer for use at the lake. The riders–t.c. is going to be driving. John’s trying to start the thing behind his
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Sophie hates thunder, thinks James is going to protect her. Gotta get a picture of the monkey pajamas. Here’s the usual crew at breakfast. The play-doh was mostly still good, even after the winter. Dannell and Tim are discussing one-card poker. Examining all the junk. Yep, it’s the same. So here we’ve got your video
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