Last weekend I sewed baby blankets, and this is the note Little Olive’s grandpa sent me today. I KNOW SHE THANKED YOU FOR THE HAND MADE BLANKETS. IT WAS SO NICE OF YOU TO PUT YOUR HEART AND SPIRIT INTO THAT. IT WILL COVER A LITTLE CHILD. THANKS FOR BEING OUR FRIENDS–YOU AN JAY ARE […]
our most excellent friend Okay, our friend was scheduled to come here tonight to hang out with us while his parents go out for dinner with Dan and Alicia, and John and Dannell. The kids were thrilled, haven’t seen him in about a month, much happiness. I used it as an excuse for them to
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Okay, so she had some fun stuff she was thinking about taking to Goodwill and called us first. Hot pink polka-dot comforter with shams. Fuchsia and orange quilt. Striped sheets. A crazy chandelier. A floor lamp. Trinkets. Yes, yes, and more yes. The girls were excited. She brought them by, and she’s a ball of
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a pic from yesterday when she was unbored Okay, so Julia’s bored. She’s told me this numerous times this afternoon. I deflected her with a few comments like this: “You got all those new things at Christmas. Why don’t you play with those?” And the old classic, “You could sort out your sock drawer.” She
A few pictures from the weekend: The countdown: The stroke of midnight–any excuse to go nuts: Today we had our New Year’s Day party with our old friends Dan and Denise. Oh, and this! That Knex kit finally worked. I had to buy another little kit for spare parts because we lost some connector pieces.
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Okay, Julia’s not going to bed. She’s been out a few times—stomach ache, feet itch, covers are tangled. This time Heidi ordered her back to bed. “But I have a question!” “No more questions today. Tomorrow. Go to bed.” But then in a minute Heidi relented and went to find out what the question was.
Oh my gosh. Tonight m.c. was here, along with t.c. and l.c. and they ran all over the house playing. John wanted to check out Heidi’s burned house, and he was on solo child care, and coming to the grandparents’ is a good outing. Plus he was delivering Little Jay home to us from college
This officially marks the beginning of winter here. We closed up the cabin for the year. You know, it was a good weekend, quiet. Maria had a couple friends along, and the boat and dock were put away a couple weeks ago. We had a fire, the shrimp, the one-card poker, watched The Great Outdoors
Yesterday in line at the second hand shop, Kari came running at the last minute with a little dalmatian puppy figurine, and as she rounded the corner it slipped out of her hands and hit the tile. She looked horrified. Two legs broke off, not quite shattered, but in a number of pieces. She gathered
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The week was kind of like this–a little giddy, a little silly. We had a really good time. Yesterday she and Kari made lasagna and the big kids came for supper, and also the little guys. t.c. was pretty impressed by the bowl with the green hand. Tonight at bedtime, she kissed all the kids
