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The doctor is in
I had a check-up today, and all is as it should be. I know I’m getting old when I think that the doctors get younger every year.
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Sigh
He’s never met a washer he didn’t like.
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Jump!
On our last evening at the resort, Grant learned to jump in the pool, and then he further decided to take his floaty off. My baby is growing up!
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Don’t tell Grant
All the other kids knew when to run. No one told Grant.
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The birds
We took a walk on Treasure Island yesterday evening after dinner. It was pretty windy, and everyone was a little crabby after a long day. We all sort of noticed that a flock of sea birds was hovering overhead. Right overhead. About 4 feet over our heads. We were all looking up and admiring how […]
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🙃
This is what parenting feels like.
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Gulf
The beach!
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Stormy weather
We left for vacation yesterday, leaving the house around 3:30pm. I spend the entire day doing laundry, cleaning, and packing us all up, and we all know how I feel about cleaning and laundry (bad). But! Vacation! It took us about an hour and fifteen minutes to get to the airport, which is just about […]
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5th year lessons
I learn from all my kids – quite often things about myself (some things fairly unflattering), and other times things about life. The Ringlets are all the same and all different, in the way of people raised together, and Grant (5) in particular is by nature a political animal. He wants to meet people, and […]
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Hair day
I really love hair day. Eleanor went with me for her appointment, and I heard nothing but solid gold from her. Two stand outs: I overheard her ask the salon dog, “did I disrespect you in some way?” And while we were all chatting later about the dog, she described playing tug of war with […]