looking for the tooth fairy
This is where the kids believe the tooth fairy lives. None of them have ever caught her at home… But that doesn’t stop them from checking. love, Val
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fun
finally friday
Oh well, this has been the quietest week ever, almost absurdly silent. Maria had a friend here for the evening, and they baked the sour dough starter, the friendship bread. The fragrance of vanilla and cinnamon filled the house and even the yard. Thursday we did make it to preschool with the 24 Amazing Princess
a quiet weekend
We finally made it to the lake last night about bedtime. t.c. was there waiting at the top of his lungs. Jay built a fire. I deep fried the shrimp. They played 500 while I read a magazine and the kids went nuts with the Polly Pockets and fighting guys. a toad they let go
a rainy wednesday
I was home from work today by lunchtime, and it was looking like another long, boring afternoon for the kids, stuck in the hoooouse…we’re cracking uuuup. (I am, anyway. They seem a little batty too.) The gloom, ugh. So I persuaded James that we should go to the university, to the museum of natural history–you
imaginary friends are cool
Yeah, they are. This weekend, Julia dragged me out to the very ancient, battered swing set at my in-laws. I stood in the sun in my black jacket, trying to stay warm. And she chattered and chattered and chippered, on and on and on. As she pushed the empty baby swing, she told me, “I
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mother’s day
In the morning we leave for my in laws, for the Mother’s Day/Birthday Celebration. It’s cold and gloomy and might even SNOW. (Awwww, noooo.) We hope not. She’s a fairly beautiful woman I dearly love… Tonight I baked and frosted a big, fat chocolate cake for her, and Julia helped me shop for a gift.
being five…or four, or six
two squirrels i once knew Okay, tonight Kirsten and Heidi were here together by coincidence. Heidi ran with her dog, all the way from her house a mile away. She does this for exercise, I guess, and to tire out the puppy. Kirsten drove. She lives further away. So we were trying to talk, but
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a fun weekend
It was a quiet weekend, cool and windy, a little sun, a few clouds… We had a party here last night, and Little Jay went to prom… Her dress is so beautiful. I do really like this kid. She is so funny and kind. The party was great. My aunt and uncle were in town,
bizarre lamps
I have a thing for them. James evidently inherited this because he asked me to buy him this lamp at a second hand store back when he was six. I looked at it for a long minute, thinking how very odd it was, and there HE was, with his incredibly cute face and I said