Okay, Tim’s room had to be cleaned. The closet was tumbled and strange. There were many issues. This guy loved bouncing on the bed, thinking up nefarious ideas. Oh my gosh, it was an ordeal. We did this room over last June. Why am I whining now, six months later because it requires attention again? […]
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The science kit came out tonight. He went nuts with it. It’s vinegar and baking soda in the little tube. The reaction is what launches the rocket. They assembled this funny mobile of the solar system too. I don’t think it’s to scale. They launched it numerous times, trying to get the balance of vinegar
Our niece has a beautiful new baby– A fun day, lots of cousin time. love always, Val
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This is our niece’s child. Oh my goodness. love, Val
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Kirsten was in charge, and she kept these kids busy. They went to the mall and saw Santa. They made gingerbread houses out of crackers, and NOT from kits: She took them around to places. Thursday she took them swimming at the indoor pool. They were crazy for the water slide. And on her
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Yeah, lots of shopping. I’m not a shopping person, so this is a challenge. The good part is, I’m used that and prepared for the whole scene, every little old inch of it. Then the wrapping. I sat on the floor in the office, a rug over cement, and I perch on my feet. It’s
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It’s been a fine week, quiet. These flowers are left over from Thanksgiving. Here we have b.g. assisting Tim with some project. And some bored people braved the cold and hit the swings. It looks bright, but I think it was less than 30 degrees here. They’re trying to get the shoe back on him.
Is how much fun it is to watch your kids be parents. They tend to be better at it than we were–their expectations are definitely more realistic. Maybe that’s a good thing about having little brothers and sisters? They came into parenthood already knowing kids are nuts? I don’t know. But the year is nearly
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It was a fine Thanksgiving Day. Here they are assembling a new shop vac. Apparently the plumber used ours to suck some noxious substances out of somebody else’s drain. Oh, we got a guy home from college dusting. And the tables were finally set: The usual characters were here: The eating began: Everybody brought food,
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They’re watching Tim get ready to fly it now. It was a gift from his birthday, and it’s a very cool little trinket, reminds me of a hummingbird. Can you see it? It’s a little blue thing in front of the middle window curtain. There it goes! Now it’s in the air in front of
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