We do. It’s not easy, but we do. Do you see that picture of her above–in the kitchen? She has pilfered a bit of over-ripe watermelon and is stabbing it with a big scissors. I could hear the tapping from the family room and after she didn’t answer, I had to go check it out. […]
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Last time we were up at the lake, this child got up at 4:45 am. Heidi was a bit crisp about the whole situation. As the child made demands at breakfast, Heidi snapped, “Just stop it now. I’m not taking demands from terrorists.” A little while later, as she sucked down a cup of coffee,
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This baby girl turns two in a couple days. Last weekend was her Curious George birthday party. Many monkeys were there: They’re all looking at their phones here, but they haven’t seen each other in a few weeks, and the laughing went on and on: Her, little girl blasted out of her mother’s body in
Seventeen YEARS of YOU. (You.) Born on an April morning some time ago: Dan and you on the day you were born: You reading to Tim and Julia. Sam is kind of listening too. Anyone out there love sponge painting? I kind of loved how it turned out–very cloud-like. Notice upon the headboard? Two dancing
She slept over on Friday, but then also on Saturday because the Friday sleepover was so short. They attempted to concoct Slime, but had a variety of ingredients and no reliable recipe. It took a lot of experimentation. I kept sewing blankets while they worked. Julia did perfect the Slime recipe yesterday afternoon, so that’s
It was a rowdy Friday. This girl was here and she was full of energy and ideas. I had Kari get Curious George going on the TV before she left for school, so we were ready. As we watched George, the child kept bringing food from the kitchen–chips, bag of granola, gummy bears, so on
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Love you girls, Grandma
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Saturday was the double party. First Pump It Up in the morning, lots of sweaty kids, I heard. Then in the afternoon, a family party at home, which was also awesome. It was a great time! These are you from six years ago, fabulous day you were born. We were all very excited to meet
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This was Sidney at 7am when I woke her up. She’s more of a 9:30 kind of waker, but she endured. Here’s Elin, the baby newf, watching an actual human child eat fruit snacks. Here the two Es are in the basement, the room under the family room where all the Barbies and Legos are.
