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 Here he is, posing for me on the stump. Here they are, tying a guy to the basketball hoop, no idea why.  Water slide toy, filled with nice, warm water on the deck: Frisbee:  At one point, the outside-the-tub cousin dumped a big cup of water over the inside-the-tub cousin’s head. Bad idea. Never do […]

 May has arrived!  Thankful, yes: “for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue, true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes…” This is a line from my very favorite poem by ee cummings Oh my goodness. This child has been with me on errands this

Tonight I had to work, and I have to again in the morning, so Jay and a bunch of kids went to the lake without me.  I’ll catch up with them tomorrow after I am done showing houses. Tonight though?  Tonight was all mine.  I found this flowered oilcloth in a gift shop up at

Today was a fun cousin day. The little one took care of babies and plays puzzles.  The curly-haired one doesn’t totally get it, but she loves her cousin and tries to conform. After they ate, I announced it was now naptime, and they grabbed their blankies and bottles and came with me to Tim’s bed.

 Some kids slept over, had a great time.  One had to go home, sick. That was disappointing, but sleep over another night, no problem.  This is the start of the snowing.  Jody gave me a huge pot of pansies for my birthday, which were placed on the front steps.   I saw them in snow,

 We had a good weekend, opened up the cabin. Water is on.  These two made their peace and even snuggled on the couch together, and isn’t that couch a beauty.  The kids baked me a cake with blue frosting and five and five candles; And that is the end of that. Love forever, Val, aka

April has arrived, and hello, old friend. It’s gloomy, muddy, whatever. It’s progress out of winter.  Saturday night we went to Heidi and Joe’s for a bonfire.  It was cool, but not cold. We ate snacks and laughed a lot.  Sunday we invited everyone over for dinner to celebrate Little Jay’s birthday, Kari’s birthday, and

 These guys were here a bit.  We had a good time.  We walked to the playground, first time this spring.  On the walk home I asked him if he could see my house?  He scanned the horizon, not used to seeing it from this angle, but in a minute he picked it out and ran

 Okay, besides having killed an innocent rabbit, she also poops in the sandbox.  We remove it, but still. Gross. You’re not a cat, Elin.  Knock it off. However, spring has arrived:  There you go. Probably should spray this on my own self.  I have some bad habits that could use a fine spray, though I

Yeah. She grabbed that rabbit and shook it to death, then would not give it up. Ugh. Lord Have Mercy. This was an unexpected and disgusting turn of events. Good night. Love, Val