Okay, last night when I got home, there were Tim and Julia asleep in the bed in Tim’s room. Asleep! Since Heidi and Joe went back home, they’ve been camping in their room–that big room below the family room. I hear them at 1 am still laughing and building legos. They’re eating snacks, watching Nickelodeon, […]
“It was a January Saturday morning, cold and bright. Darkness would arrive before supper, but the morning was brilliant, reflected sunshine off snow. Basketball season had arrived, so to the gym we went. My son was given a ball and sent into the herd. I found a spot on the bleachers and sat down with
Tonight we went to the JUSTIN BIEBER MOVIE!!! SQUEEEEEAAL!! It was entertaining and very fun. We had a good time. After observing his wildly intense fans, apparently Julia isn’t that abnormal. The thought occurred though–Wynonna Judd talked about this, how it feels to be responsible for the income and lives of so many people. Concerts
This morning Julia was all chatty. Surprising, I know, right? Anyway, she asked if I was working today. “Yes, for a few hours and then I’ll be back.” “Are you working in the night” Nope. She cheered. So did I. Then she told me she has a lump. I could see no lumps, and teased
see that glimmer of light? She was mad. Angrrrry. Lydia and m.c. wanted time alone, Friday. They wanted time to themselves, without her, little outrageous, scrappy, squirrely her. She was pretty insulted. In her huff she stormed and stomped, received some sympathy and also some suggestions that she forget about it and find something else
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This morning when I picked up James from band, it was so January–the sky completely white, the snowbanks bright white. The trees all looked tan and gray, even the pines looked a funny charcoal color, rather than green. Every house had a perfect white roof, white tendrils curling from all the chimneys. Ugh. I was
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a pic from yesterday when she was unbored Okay, so Julia’s bored. She’s told me this numerous times this afternoon. I deflected her with a few comments like this: “You got all those new things at Christmas. Why don’t you play with those?” And the old classic, “You could sort out your sock drawer.” She
Here she is. And it’s no secret she has struggled with her nephews. One’s bigger than she is and has a LOT of ideas. When he was a tiny and super-adorable new baby, she was eighteen months old and she’d cling and cry whenever I held him. It was a bit pathetic. I even named
Yeah. It’s up. The whole living room is glowy and beautiful. Julia was frustrated by how slow the process is. First a girl must wait for her dad to come home from work. Then the trailer has to be hooked up. The drive is not short. The tree was cut, shaken in the shaker, shoved
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