Happy Summer. (At least if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere!) We had our first play in the creek behind the library, and it’s the 21st, so summer must really be here at last. Here’s to late light and slow days!
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Happy Father’s Day!
Here’s to all the great dads out there. Thanks for all the stories you tell, the problems you fix, the performances you encourage, the time you make. This is what you call a soft-focus Father’s Day photo. We were walking through the outdoor mall after we saw a matinee (!) of Toy Story 3 (!!) …
It’s the Hap, Happiest Time of the Year
Or at least one of them! Last day of school yesterday. WAHOOOOO!!!! We’ve talked about teacher gifts here in the past. This summer we hit the same dilemma and ended up with the same solution – money into the general gift pool and sampler bags of our favorite types of cookies with thank you notes …
Tooth Fairy Found
Turns out she was catching up on the Netherlands/Denmark game and got so caught up in the Denmark own goal that she, well, she got a bit distracted. Stay on target, TF! Step away from the vuvuzela.
Has Anyone Seen the Tooth Fairy?
What a flake – she forgot to show up at our house last night. What is her prob? (doh)
Poor Socceroos!
What a game – Germany was on fire! My heart goes out to the Aussies, of course, but the German players sure were fun to watch. They often really looked like they were enjoying themselves and working beautifully together for a team that has had a bit of a tough road to the World Cup. …
World Cup!!!!!!
Nothing beats the World Cup for improving a bad week. We rounded this one out with Hot Wheels coming down with conjunctivitis on Thursday afternoon. Just because. In hindsight, we really should have welcomed Tom’s parents from Australia with a different greeting… “Welcome back to America! We have some terrific, highly contagious specials for you …
This is the Week
in which we went from this – to this. Now, I know what you’re thinking, but honestly, Vegemite isn’t that bad. No, it was something far more unsavory, but I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s start with the good stuff. Tom turned 40 at the end of last week, and we decided to take a …
Let’s Talk About Tuesday
Shall we? Here’s the thing – you’d think that a holiday weekend would provide us all with two terrific benefits: the beautiful addition of a weekend day and the crucial removal of Monday, the bottom-dweller of the work week. That’s the way it’s meant to be. Occasionally, though, the Tuesday of the holiday weekend decides …
Memorial Day
Just getting over our long weekend. It was very fun. Our town doesn’t have a 4th of July parade. We have a somewhat ramshackle Memorial Day Parade, without a single veteran in it. How is that right? How can you have a Memorial Day Parade with tons of activists and preschools and swim teams and …