Here we are, a great selfie of us. And on with the party–the usual crowd was there, celebrating: There you are, heading inside on your long legs. Here are a couple sweaty kids enjoying the doll house: Time for presents! They were all pretty helpful and giddy: Okay, here is the game where you take […]
Julia went to camp for the week. I was grateful for these photos–they show a kid who is happy, surrounded by friends, with lots of things to do–probably not feeling homesick. We will be happy to see her on Friday, and I mailed her a letter today, but wishing Sweet Jule nothing but fun.
This is a picture Alicia took at the birthday party on Saturday. That’s my sister and me talking, and Julia in a hug. As we were standing together, Jule tilted up her chin and told me, “I froze a latex glove full of water in the freezer.” Whaaat? Why are you telling me this?
Okay, Julia is fancy. See these fake fingernails she got at Target yesterday? I have never had my nails done. Not one single time. I might file and buff them, or put on nail polish once in a while, but stick on fingernails? Never. Never even thought of it. Jule has always
Here we have some party guests eating supper. It was quieter out here. While the person opens gifts, the little ones get closer and closer until they’re all right up touching. They raided the costume bins. That tiger one is really heavy and hot, but he liked it anyway. Joe gave haircuts on the
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She wanted a new bicycle. The old one is known to be a crappy bike. The kids even have a name for that bike. Let’s be done with it. This is the new one she and her dad picked up at Target. Then we ate pizza and went to the pool. It was a lovely evening.
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Okay, this was last night, Lydia working on math surrounded by gingerbread. She has a math tutor this year, well worth the money. This lovely woman, a real estate client, an engineer, agreed to tutor her, two 45 minute sessions a week. It’s helping tremendously. These were taken in church this morning. Lydia was the
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They went this week: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. They had to be there between 7:30 and 8:00 am and went until 5pm This was appalling to them. They sleep until 10 normally, never have to do anything for 9 solid hours! Well, they were up, teeth brushed, hair, shoes and socks, bathing suits packed.
And yes with the Justin Bieber cake again. We picked it up at the bakery and the baker seemed just as amused by his creation as he did last year. It was a different baker, but he brought it out and asked, “So who is Julia?” And then he peeped the lid open so she
It’s not her birthday yet, but next week it will be, and she’s turning nine. I’m chasing after mosquitoes right here in the bedroom like Jay was the night she was born, whacking them near the ceiling with a towel: “No mosquitoes are going to sting our newborn baby.” A couple days ago when we
