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Love, Grandma, aka MOM

 Julia said the game was a living hell. Well.  They were a little squirrely.  She wanted me to help her play, so I did.  I read her everything because she is only three, but she made all the decisions and she WON.  She won!   She made some very questionable choices and I wondered if she

 This is the kid who did NOT want to go on this stupid slide.  While we walked over to it, he was bitching mightily to Jay about how he wanted to go to the corn maze, but had to do THIS first and WHY? (He’s a talented ranter.) “They’ll probably want to go down it

 We took the tractor ride through the woods.   When the driver came to collect our payment tokens, we had none. We didn’t realize we had to pre-pay, or even pay at all.  Jay said we’d pay when we left, which we did, but he just waved us through.  It was flowing landscape of ripe pumpkins:

 We headed to the pumpkin patch in the afternoon.  This is only about two miles away, and it’s kind of awesome.  We never even knew about it until a couple years ago. This thing launches corn cobs  Kirsten got one through the tire–probably the only person I know who has.  They made a decent attempt

 After breakfast and getting everyone dressed, the technology was done.  Time to find something to do.  I pointed out the bookcase, the cabinet full of art supplies.  Boring. I mentioned the front closet, the bins of legos, the croquet set.  “Go look and see.” No. It’s all boring. Well.  I like making collages.  We have

 Dan and Alicia had something going on Saturday and asked us to babysit.  We were hoping to go to the lake, and they agreed we could taken them with us.  That little girl p.j. loves to party with her cousins, so she came too.  We had a great time.   They were up early, but their

It went by so quick.  It was a good week, lots of preschool, two successful real estate closings, a meeting with a flooring guy, and all good. We’re getting ready for our new little baby: This girl is about to become a big sister.  And this one is a new preschooler and loving it. See

Three months have flown by, and what a lovely summer it has been. Thanks for coming to stay with us, for the friendship you and James have always shared, of course, but also the friendship you extend to every single other person in this family. Here’s that card Kari made for you when you left

 Sixteen  years old–it’s you.  Gifts! A few from the past: Tim? We love you so incredibly much.  You have brought us so much fun, and so much happiness. I hope sixteen is a wonderful year. Happy Birthday, Buddy, Love, Mom and Dad and Everybody