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 We had a sleepover Friday night.   They wanted curls so we put the sponge rollers in the little girl, and the bigger girl did lots of small braids. Then they went to the fluffy rug in the family room to work on cartwheels.  Well, James had not seen p.j. do cartwheels before, and especially […]

Snow arrived on schedule today at lunchtime, blowing and drifting, not all that cold, but slippery roads. Inside the house, as usual, 72 balmy degrees.  This is a picture from yesterday of two cousins playing.  She’s the leader, full of ideas.  He’s the willing follower.  She has elaborate story lines mapped out, which he seems

 A bunch of cousins were here today, going nuts. More would have even joined, but I couldn’t be sure they’d all be safe with just little old me in charge.  These are the baby sisters, the girl cousins, happily eating tater tots for lunch.  She wanted her picture taken too. She’s never been big on

Happy Birthday Beautiful Girl. You’re only been here one single year, and that’s kind of confusing to believe because it feels like you’ve always been one of us.  (These are pictures from the day you were born.) And your dad says the same thing too, how sometimes he looks at you and is completely blown

 These guys, this morning, watching Price is Right.  Alicia isn’t sure if they’ve ever seen the program before, but the oldest one immediately understood the concept and the show.  They liked it. They jumped up and down and cheered with the contestants  And a little Little Debbie is a lot of fun. Oh, and that

That’s what we’ve got tonight.  Jay cooked supper. We worked on taxes.  It’s dark and cold and quiet here. Here are some kids in the family room, also very quiet.  Racket galore here:  The storm door is all iced up.  Here’s a view of the hockey rink, obviously nobody is up there skating at -6

It’s so very cold these last few days, not even up to 0 F But inside the house it’s a balmy 72 degrees, and no problems.  The babies bounced and rolled in that pile of pillows while they ate crackers.  While they were in the high chairs, everything had to be shaken out and the

 I tried some different settings.  I couldn’t find the directions, but they’re online, so when I have time I can look them over for ideas.  The changes I made seemed to help a little. Love you kids, MOM

Okay, this is the back story. My old friend, Maureen, and we go back like thirty years, told me this story about her kid.  She and a friend or relative were carrying in a mattress into the house. She was hugely pregnant, so there was this belly in the way, and a mattress, and it

 We all congregate in here when we’re watching the babies. It’s a safe spot for them, new rug, nice and soft. They ate waffles and put up with it for a while.  But then they get on this barricade bench and just want to leave.  I either need to find the direction book for this