My beautiful boy, you have brought us so much happiness, so much laughter, and fun. We are excited to see what the year ahead holds: You, our new Grand-ADULT! It’s going to be great. Happy Birthday, Darling. We could not love you more, Grandma and Grandpa and Everybody
That’s my bathrobe hanging on the door. It’s the magic bathrobe. It got this name because if anyone can’t sleep, you just put the magic bathrobe over them and they go straight to sleep. It’s very reliable. I told the child about this and while we three were resting on the bed watching TV, I
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It was a great birthday weekend! First the party yesterday and then the one today–so many friends and so much fun. That puppy was funny. In the basement she grabbed something we thought was a TV remote, but then we heard the people upstairs say, “June! Where did you get a harmonica?” The meal was
We’re on the brink of a major snowfall tomorrow. Today we nicked by, nothing. But everyone is braced for tomorrow. Some parts north are predicted fourteen inches. In Minneapolis they’re talking seven inches. This is going to snarl traffic like nothing else can. Last night, since today was Presidents Day and there was no school,
February arrived bright and blustery, wind rattling the windows of this old, drafty house. Yesterday was warm enough to have the family room windows open while the varnishing was finished. Today that would be impossible, but here they are all done and out of the way, fumes and all. Today I started working days,
While the guys were taking out docks and pontoon boats and winterizing a couple cabins, we took the kids to the Burch Barn and had a good time. It was warm in the sun and cold in the shade, a nearly perfect day for this. They wanted to do this, but they’re too little to
She loved her birthday and her sisters did too. The end of the day parents: So glad it is now, you big, sassy girl. This family is better because YOU are in it. Happy Birthday, with love forever, Grandma and Grandpa and Everybody
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Julia is babysitting for Dan and Alicia’s kids this summer, and she drove over to hang out for the day. That little one with the birthday had a bunch of new Barbies, so they had a good time. That Barbie house was a gift from Santa to Heidi and Kirsten in 1989. (That thing is
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Okay, so last Thursday at lunch, we were talking about Abraham Lincoln. The kid is six, and she said, “Aber-HAM Lincoln. Aber-HAM, and now all I can think about is ham. That’s such a weird name.” ???? I do love kids, and wacky things they say is one of the best parts of being
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