Here you are over the weekend, playing lifeguard. This from 2002, you wrangling my wild baby, Lydia. This is the story of Heidi’s name: Before she was born, we picked out a pretty girl’s name–Jennifer Michelle. It was a perfect, pretty baby girl name. And then she was born and didn’t look at all like […]
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These are from Saturday before the heat arrived yesterday. The kids were here for lunch. Jay and Maria made pizzas and they were amazing. She has tricks from Dominos for making the crust crisper and lighter. We decided this summer that this little play yard fence could go away. We originally put up for
Today she’s two and Heidi took the day off and invited us to lunch to celebrate. The kids picked out a couple of her gifts for today–some are saved for the other party Saturday night. These are the Hello Kitty sandals. They are being worn with socks, yes–Santa socks, specifically She dresses herself in
Starting at the very beginning of the day, she wouldn’t let her mom change her diaper. Apparently the child planned to take care of it herself later because I found her in the family room, soggy overnight diaper tossed to the side and she was trying to get a new diaper fastened. She had the
This trio of dogs was on the kitchen cupboard when I came home late in the night. Early in the morning this girl arrived, and you can see how she feels about the dogs and their singing. After this, she and I went back to bed, mostly because I was cold. I put Curious George
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We drove to see my grandma, who is doing well. It was a fun visit, though I forgot to take a single picture. Back at the lake later, here’s Jimmy done digging in the fridge. And Little Jay, attacking the apple bread. She’s putting together the new coffee pot. The one that came with the
Here’s the cake, ready to go. Julia and Kari asked me if they could decorate it. I said sure. They asked if they could put toys on it. Again sure, just wash them first–soap and water and dry them off well. First they placed that old 80’s wrestler dude on there. Whaaaat? They had
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We went to the lake this weekend and took two cars. This meant some kids and Sam went with Little Jay and some went with US. We got Maria and Sidney who are very calm. And we got these two, who are not. On the ride, in his boredom, Tim drew himself a tiny little
Tonight, buying a birthday present for my baby. My baby is turning eight. That’s an old baby. It’s been so much fun having all these girls, all these little girls and all their foolishness and wild giggling, and storming pouty huffs, the barbie dolls and hair ribbons, the weddings, the bridesmaids. julia john and dannell’s
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