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Cross-posted from Cherry Blossoms The Blog. How did anyone plan parties without pinterest? Seriously. While the internet has been a major boon to party planning, pinterest has helped us all up our game, and in my case doing so at the very last minute. Blue turned six last week, and he insisted on a […]
Read More Party Time: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(I wrote this a long time ago and never got around to posting it…) When we left Virginia we knew that California was only a stop before we returned to the South. Paul said, “if this thing works out, you’ll have to make sure you never badmouth the following three things: beef, oil, and football. […]
Read More Lone StarToday we played Dump-and-Sort. Red picked up Blue and carried him to the “keep” pile. Blue has asked us to buy a house with a football field in the backyard; nothing smaller will do. *** Don’t forget to enter the Music With Sara Giveaway here and here!
Read More Red’s Head and Blue’s Clues 2.25.1212/04/11 How was primary? “Great. I drew this picture. When I grow up I’m going to be a gorilla. And I saved my cookies for Red.” 12/16/11 “When I grow up I’m not going to be a gorilla. I’m going to be a bear.” 12/30/11 “Mummy, is my tummy this whole squishy thing?” 1/1/12 Primary […]
Read More Blue’s Clues“Ella, look at the little Orangutan. Oh, he’s a good climber. Look at him climb that pole. Oh my goodness, he got out!” And thats the story of when we were evacuated from the L.A. Zoo (I am very sad to report that while we were with these friends at the zoo, we were looking […]
Read More Today, in the words of my friendBlue: Mummy, can we get a pet gorilla? Me: No, sorry. Gorillas don’t make very good pets. Blue: Maybe we can buy a house that has a yard. Then we can keep the gorilla in the backyard! Problem solved
Read More Blue’s CluesToday I reread my blogs from the days when Boy Blue was born. I’m glad I was as honest as I was, chronicling the good and the difficult. I was so touched at what a sweet brother Red was to Blue. Tonight they stayed up an hour past bedtime, with Blue in Red’s bed, while […]
Read More Best BudsFor Christmas both of the boys received a mini “shaving kit” from my Mum. It included a hairbrush, a comb, a tooth brush, toothpaste, and a plastic “razor.” They take their kits on vacation and camping, and sometimes even remember to brush their hair. This afternoon Blue came downstairs with a blue face. He had […]
Read More Just Like DadAfter so many dark nights and cloudy days, two nights ago the clouds parted, the heavens were revealed, and choruses of angels rang out on the world. I’ve said before that Boy Blue hasn’t had a good sleep since we went to Canada. (That was seven and a half months ago if you were stuck on […]
Read More A New EraWhen Mary Ann first told me, back in December, that what she wanted to do for her birthday was to take Grace and me to the Getty Villa and to lunch, I didn’t really know what to think. She said she figured that Grace and I looked like the most fun people in the ward […]
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