All dressed up: I only took a couple pictures at church because it feels impolite, for some unknown reason. We were there early because the guys were ushers, so I sneaked a couple without flash. this is a friend’s son lighting candles. (he’s wearing his bell ringer gloves.) The service was gorgeous–beautiful music, formal, elegant, […]
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john dancing with his great-grandma Tim’s in vision therapy these days, has been for a bit now. I’m not normally around mainstream parents much. There’s no special reason for that. I’m not around alternative parents much either. Life evolves, I guess. So. Now I’m at vision therapy and in the waiting room a couple times
john and james, 2002 I heard it on the radio this morning, the little bubbling noises and the spooky voice. It always reminds me of James because when he was little he was terrified of this song. We didn’t know why, but he’d cover his ears and order me to change the radio station. If
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Today. And everyone teases her, “Sweet Sixteen and never been kissed.” (She’s had a marriage proposal, but never been kissed. Hunh?) Tonight Julia said, “Yes, you have too been kissed. Mom kisses you all the time.” Maria threw back her head and laughed. That’s not the kind of kissing we’re talking about. Sixteen years ago
click on this if you want. that speck in the sky is the eagle. We spent it in Wisconsin, doing a whole lot of nothing much. kids making collages–all you need is an idea–a theme (could be anything,) a scissors, a glue stick, and a pile of magazines… sidney relaxing while we watched roman holiday
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We made it through the weekend. It was fun, noisy, stressful, intense–special and weird and wonderful. I fried shrimp and we played cards, and it was hot and it stormed. Now we’re home again. Here are a few pictures. These are pics of the soccer game. They don’t include the swearing that occurred. Though there
So we keep cleaning. Jay trimmed trees today and mowed the lawn, fixed the screen door and the broken handle… Now he’s making spaghetti. I tackled that room below the family room. Oh, that room. Kirsten used to live down there when she was in college, but now it’s just another big room where Lincoln
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Okay, this meets the official definition of horseplay, I’m sure of it. These are lovely pictures, eh? When their FATHER got on the bike, that’s when I left. I had NO desire to witness or record his tragic demise. He’s bigger than these guys, and I saw the tire slip a bit when one of
Okay, this story is just too damned good not to share. It’s the Hula Hoop Story. This is the story: A mom and dad bought their four year old son a hula hoop. He probably can’t hula, but that’s okay. They’re being nice to the kid. In the car on the way home, the kid
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