my little lydia, back in the day, helping dannell with her candles A couple people have asked about the recipe for this cake. It’s nothing I invented. I found it in a cookbook a long time ago–the Ideals Family Cookbook, from like 1974? I’m not that good at Roman Numerals in size 4 font. Anyway, […]
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Okay, way before the party on the patio, we met at the little pool for fun. We had supper, lots of hyper kids running around, dogs, racket…opened presents on the patio, but by time for cake, the mosquitoes drove us inside. l.c. is getting his eye teeth, so the nose runs. nevermind that. it’s the
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It’s her birthday. She’s six today. Six years ago she was born in the middle of a summer night after we’d spent the day at the beach. Jay ran upstairs to get Heidi and Kirsten, who were home from college for the summer. They came downstairs to say hi to Julia. In the morning, when
The weekend? Perfect. Little Jay brought Sumi and Larry along, and Maria had Heather, and they are all pleasant people, agreeable, nice kids. It was very peaceful. sidney loves larry s’more heather and maria perler beads We ate and swam. They rode the bikes all over. We went on a boat ride, watched movies in
okay, that’s a half a So-Big. lookin’ good, buddy. It was hot today, but no humidity, just a fresh breeze and lots of sun. We had b.g. here for the day, and here’s the main thing to know about him: He does all his own stunts. He could get a stunt double. We have lots
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It’s too hot today for anything, close to 100, humid as a jungle. We went to the pool again during the afternoon. It should be cooler tomorrow. After a while, I pitched a big lightweight plastic ball to them, and they took turns batting it with a kickboard. It’s a bit clunky, but still pretty
It’s been a good enough week, a few trips to the pool, a little time with friends, a little softball, lots of sunny days. Here we met up with b.g. and his other grandma at the pool again. He lights up when he sees the kids. It’s fun that he obviously recognizes them even in
We spent the weekend with my parents, had a great time. It rained a while and we watched these birds bring food to their babies. All day long, every five or ten minutes there they were, shoving bugs to the babies. My dad says those babies are ready to fly any day. the rain, the
maria helping b.g. with the toy mower Okay, this is both funny and disturbing. (Anybody ever known any teenage boys? God help us.) Well, Maria told me about this conversation she overheard between Jay and James. Little Jay was complaining, “I hate it when I take a shower and have to dry off with frickin’
Today at lunch we were talking about Heidi when she was little. She couldn’t say lunch, called it, “Hunch.” Dan was five, and he and I thought it was funny. We tried to help her practice: “Heidi say la-la-la-lunch.” She’d lift her chin up and down, carefully pronouncing, “La-la-la-Hunch.” Over and over we did this,
