Meet Planty

Doesn't bark. Doesn't shed. Doesn't poop! Thank you for picking a venus flytrap as your next pet! It is very charming. Fingers crossed that your seeds for other carnivorous plants grow well. And that you can catch enough fruit flies to feed them all.

Henry, you certainly keep things interesting.

Love,
Mama

Extra Crafty Birthday Party

Dearest Lucy,

When I let you plan your birthday party, I had no idea what I was getting into. Four art projects! Lunch! Presents! A movie!

We made bags, peacock shirts, hula hoops, AND lip gloss. FOUR projects with 16 girls = insanity.

The food was great. Thank you Daddy. And thank you Costco.

We invented a dress-up-the-birthday-girl game that yielded a fabulous ensemble for opening presents. I think a new tradition is born.

All in all, a great time. But if you want to take two friends on an elephant ride to the moon next year, that would be much simpler.

Love you oodles,
Mama

$2 at the DI bought us...

...this learning chess set. As we pass the 100th game we've played, I can see how it ended up there.

Duct tape to the rescue

When I say that bandaging any wound with duct tape is an old Indian trick, I really mean it. This guy always had some around for first aid and a million other purposes.

Papa, I miss holding your hand and finding a random piece of duct tape covering a cut on your finger. I miss your laugh. And your grouchy harrumphs. I just miss YOU.

Sadly, duct tape can't fix everything. But it is one more thing that will forever remind me of you.