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Huh?!
The children play outside a lot. For the most part they play really well together. The other day I went outside to check on them and discovered this: Yes, that’s Indigo inside a rabbit cage (no there’s no rabbit in there). Now, I must clarify. When I went outside, what I initially found was Hewitt,…
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Hurricane Ike Damage
I thought I’d share with you a photo of our our Hurricane Ike damage. Most people in our area suffered heavy tree damage. All the trees on our property are young fruit trees that we’ve planted. Fortunately they all survived. Unfortunately our sliding glass door didn’t. But there was some good news. First, the door…
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Sunflowers
Remember my sunflowers in the garden? Well, Hurricane Ike finished them off. But that’s ok, they were mostly ready to be harvested anyway. So the children cut them all down. The good news? The children love them. I find them eating them all the time. The bad news? The children love them. They eat them all the…
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Pawpaws
Somebody gave us some pawpaws the other day. Never heard of a pawpaw? Remember Disney’s Jungle Book movie? Where Baloo is trying to teach Mowgli how to be a bear? Here I copied some of the lyrics for you: Look for the bare necessitiesThe simple bare necessitiesForget about your worries and your strifeI mean the bare…
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Self Serve
I was lying on my floor resting when Hewitt came in wanting to know if he and Indigo could have some peanut butter and jelly. I told him, “Sure.” A while later I was walking through the kitchen and discovered this: Further investigation found jelly all over Hewitt, Indigo, AND Jade. I had thought Hewitt…
