Okay, this is my favorite picture of Lydia during the last year or so and definitely a favorite even over her lifetime. Heather took this picture last spring and everything about it is perfect. Heather is intuitive and understated, and talented. And this little girl is going to school in two weeks. Grade 9 begins, […]
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tuesday game
This afternoon we made it to James’ basketball game. They won, and he played well, and it was great. Before we left I asked him to please play good because if you don’t, it’s not very inspiring. He stared at me. Apparently being inspirational isn’t one of his priorities. They charge us to watch the
getting ready, 2013
Okay, this year as they took over, rolling and cutting cookies adeptly, advising p.j. not to stamp out cookies in the middle, to go around the edges and get the most out of the dough, I realized this: They can do this all by themselves. Holy crap. Life skills. I know adults who have no
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christmas stockings
Okay, so this goes back a ways. The five oldest children all have lovely Christmas stockings. I painstakingly did counted cross for each of them. Kirsten’s stocking is trimmed in handmade lace my dad’s mom crocheted. Heidi’s has little pockets. John’s has a checkered back on it and I embroidered his whole name:
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grandparents day, 2013
We went. It was beautiful, wonderful, perfect. First was a church service, a Catholic mass. We are not Catholic, but it’s still lovely. Then the kids sang. This is the kid rolling around on his grandfather. It’s a little aching to be there, at a grandparent occasion, seeing how the kids light up when they
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going for a run
Okay, the camera got changed to fish-eye lens on me, probably tossing around in the purse. But here they are, ready to start their run around the park. Heidi runs, so p.j. knows what has to be done. She changed into a pair of Julia’s bike shorts, and told me she needed shoes. “I can’t
just life
It’s a quiet week, not much going on. The kids have been playing this weird, goofy game. It’s kind of like charades. You don’t know what the tag on your headband says, and the other person has to act it out. Life’s real lively in the back hallway: Sidney is doing okay with Maria being
who be messin’ with me? LYDIA? ahem
So tonight, it’s after 1am now, so very late, and I am in the bathtub and notice these dolls on the side. Cute. Great. Then I happened to glance up and saw this one: Okaaay. She’s cute, but obviously planted. I glanced around and saw this one: Oh yes, oh my goodness. There is Ariel
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zoo: september, 2013
These pictures were taken in the conservatory. Koi Did a fish touch your finger, p.j.? The wedding chapel always make me think of our niece. She was married here a few years ago. This is a group of kids similar to the header on this blog. The little one in the pink coat is now
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first day of school, 2013
So first of all, could not figure out why the pictures were red. What setting was inadvertently chosen that did THIS? Fixed it. Thank goodness. Here they’re working on writing. Getting Tim writing is a goal for this year. Last year it was getting him reading, which he now does, but writing takes
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