This cute little matching outfit set was bought in October as a Christmas gift for another little granddaughter, but it didn’t fit–too narrow in the shoulders, not the least bit of stretch in flannel, and she didn’t care much about the doll’s outfit, so they left it here. After Christmas I went online and ordered […]
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It sounds like it was a wonderful day, complete with fancy cupcakes. Having a birthday during the first week of school is a challenge, but that’s okay. We’re used to it now. I was trying today to remember what year it was you and John met, decided it might have been 1998? That sounds about
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We headed to the lake for John’s birthday today, and by the time we reached Shell Lake, the storms hit. The last fifteen minutes of the trip, sheets of rain blasted across the road, debris flew, visibility came and went. As we got to Spooner, Heidi texted that the lights were flickering and in a
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Kindergarten graduation above (p.j. with her teacher and us, with Julia and with my parents,) and graduation for t.c. from Elementary to Middle School below: Oh my goodness. Graduation from into MIDDLE SCHOOL?? How did this happen? One from the day you were born: What a great week. Love, Grandma, aka MOM, aka VAL
John and Dannell’s kids have all 4 birthdays within weeks of each other, so they held a quadruple party. Many characters were there. We had fun. I heard Julia and Tim were playing hide and seek and about took out the bounce house. Glad nothing bad happened. And a lovely Saturday afternoon ended in long
Eleven years ago you were born and made a whole bunch of people aunts and uncles, Grandpa and me grandparents, our parents into Great-Grandparents. It’s been a blast. You were full of energy, a fast-moving ball of muscle, booming voice, big ideas. You had us laughing and running to keep up. Now look at you:
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Today we went to the high school to register Tim. Julia was registered for school by mail last week. This morning we went in person to register him. I swear it was the same counselor Heidi had, sweet lady. Everyone was extremely nice to us. All good. Classes chosen, ready for fall. The last
She did great in the van, didn’t get sick, hung out quietly. It was the same as we left it. The weather is strange and warm. It was 60 degrees out or warmer. This is northern Wisconsin in February. Very weird. The neighbor’s cat came over and the kids were so happy to see her.
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Yes, indeed! Missing a tooth, and yup those are his real eyelashes! Here you are, Buddy, with your special cupcake and shark. This was from Saturday when we were at Dairy Queen: A picture Heidi took at Christmas, very handsome: This is one of my favorite pictures of you–just a big old cold in early
Here’s a picture from last year. You look a little concerned. Here’s a picture from now, understandably nervous. I remember being very nervous when it was time to talk to Santa too. But look at you! You turned from a baby into a little KID! This is my favorite picture of you and me
