Archive for September, 2006

It’s all about the love

Friday, September 29th, 2006

Heard at our house yesterday after another discussion where Flash was right and Mommy was wrong (according to Flash).

Mommy:  Nothing I say is ever right with you.

Flash:  (patting my arm and with a sweet voice)  But I still love you.

Something I would never expect to hear

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006

Peanut: Nona, can I have goat milk?

And then? He drank it. lol Who knew?

It is September, right?

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

The high yesterday was 65 degrees.  That’s not too bad until you think of the low for the day.  I think it was in the 40’s.  Brrr.

You don’t say

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

According to Peanut, “If you don’t eat you will shrink into a skeleton.”

True. It just takes a very long time.  I just found out he heard it on a video he was watching.  I thought he had come up with it on his own.  It’s still cute.

Party at Michael’s

Saturday, September 16th, 2006

Michael’s the store, that is. Flash attended a birthday party today and it was held at Michael’s. I was surprised but realized it was a pretty neat idea. They made a craft and had cake. They made a gumball machine look-alike. The kids painted a ceramic flower pot including a [...]

Safe arrival

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

I received a phone call from Pinwheels at lunchtime today. He has made it safely to his final destination. He arrived yesterday to find his boss (and friend) waiting for him. He already had a tent assigned where he sleeps and the food at the chow hall is very good. He [...]

And now we wait, and pray

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

Pinwheels left for his deployment on Monday morning. The kids enjoyed the ride on the train to the airport and they had fun looking at the airplanes but they don’t understand the complexity or dangers or what their dad is going to do. They just know he’s going to the desert to go [...]

Together

Friday, September 8th, 2006

Well, I survived my cold last week just in time to finish cleaning up the house for our big weekend.  Last Saturday we had a We wish you well party for Pinwheels and on Sunday we had a small family reunion lunch and Bocci ball playing.  On Monday most of our family returned home.  My [...]