Sunday, May 29, 2011

Happy Memorial Day!


Happy Memorial Day to you and yours!

Auntie Lorrie and Daddy left for PA after lunch.  There were tears shed, as there always is when our beloved Lorrie leaves.

I cheered up the kids with chalk, paint, sand and water.  Oh, and Popsicles!













My Gratitude List

I'm thankful for....

- every family who gave a beloved son, a beloved husband, for my freedom.

- my husband's kiss goodbye. 

- Lorrie bringing presents for the kids, including the game Trouble.  Finally, something we can all play together--including the two year old! 

- sand castles.

- family bike rides (Mommy jogging along with the jogging stroller).

- a couple days without rain (t-storm expected Sun. eve.,but then no rain for two days).

- new birds for Peter while hiking with Lorrie and Paul (cedar waxwing, yellow warbler, tree swallows, and a baby turtle).

- nighttime talks with my sister-in-law while husband was at work.

- chocolate turtle pie (I accidentally looked at the nutrition info--not pretty, 480 calories, 27 grams fat. The most fattening thing I've ever consumed!  No more of that........okay.........maybe on a holiday.).

- sidewalk chalk flowers. 

- two year olds on training wheel bikes.

- a blue-eyed boy; a brown-eyed boy.

- four-year-old girls singing Baa Baa Black Sheep.

- pink and purple flowers blooming all over.

- corn on the cob.

- mashed sweet potatoes.

- big rubber balls in purple; new sand toys.

- little girls painting with the easel.

- Jack the Black, our hamster, who still delights Peter.





Postcards for Memorial day found here:  http://www.usmemorialday.org/images/cards/index.html

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