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dear little people,

this week…digging.  digging is your “hobby”…

digging…digging…digging…“to the center of the earth!”

you have a ways to go yet

very sincerely,
me (your broken record titled “quit trackin’ mud all over this house!” mama)

p.s.

this week…laundry.  laundry is my hobby…

– hannah’s image

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dear blog,

this?

just one…

one!

these girlies have a lengthy history of prior offenses…

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forget sockin’ away money for college…these poor little boys are gonna need their daddy to fund some serious counseling when they’re older!

i mean really…c’mon!

nobody in their right mind would accessorize
a camo print with another print!!!

obviously, in this case…basic black…or…maybe…a splash of
color…a complimentary shade of green, perhaps…would’ve
been a much more fashion-conscious choice!

but this?  this just isn’t right…

– october 11, 2007

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heaven help them…

very sincerely,
me

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dear mr. ken burns,

our family’s been enjoying your documentary, baseball

we’re in the top of the “6th inning – the national pastime”…and our 5-year-old, william, would like to know…

“why do people like this show…if all he does is tell stuff?”

very sincerely,
me

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dear birthday baby,

happy 9-months!

so…this means you’ve been out every bit as long as you were in

seriously?!? 

i give up…i simply cannot grasp this time thing!

goin’ too, too fast…

but even worse…to me…you’ve been lookin’ more and more like a 1-year-old…

growin’ too, too fast!

so i weighed and measured and checked…

and yep…

exactly the same as your “substantial” older brother was…at 1-year-old!

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22 pounds…12 ounces…29¼ inches tall…and every bit as cute!

but seriously, now…

stop!

very sincerely,
me (you know who)

p.s.

thanks for the unbirthday present!  leanin’ in…lookin’ right deep…and sayin’, “mmm…mom!”

– alex’s image

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the p-town theatre troupe

– presents –

MY LIFE

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 a one act play

– cast of characters –

honey……………………………..the provider of things………………………………jason
darc………………………………the washer of the things….………………………..darcie
i’ya………………………………………..the guitarist……………………………………….alex
emmie…………………………………….the knitter………………….………………….emma
hannah-girl………………………………the artist.……………………………………hannah
clairie…………………………………..the bookworm…………….……………………..claire
bits………………………………………….the giggler…………………………………elisabeth
jack……………………………………..the ear-bender…………………………………….john
will………………………………………the lisp-bearer………………………………..william
baby…………………………………………the chub…………………………………………eian

 shows daily!

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dear wee’um,

i came across this picture of you today…

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cutie you, when your “dathith” were still so new…and your little world was all of a sudden so very, very big…and all in focus!

for days and days you explored your world…justlikethis

made me melty then…

makes me melty now…

very sincerely,
me (your ever-melty mama)

– pumpkin hunting on sauvie island (october 22, 2009)

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the big fence

what a great day that was…when that pesky old fence blew over that one windy day last spring!

how wonderful when they begged and he said “yes”…leaving it down…that whole glorious summer…them and their next door buddies running back and forth at will!

how sad when those ominous clouds of fall and winter swept through…and with them…that new big fence!

how pathetic…them…the children of the east and west…having to play through…

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…and over that fence!

him…the unwitting ruiner of all their hopes and dreams for summer…

them crying out…“mr. jason…daddy…tear down this fence!”

– hannah’s image

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dear birthday boy,

last night, as your “ah’ma” tucked you in, she said, “goodbye, 4-year-old william.”

confused…you asked, “are you saying goodbye because i’m going outside?”

no…,” she replied, “i’m saying goodbye because tomorrow you won’t be 4-year-old william anymore…you’ll be 5-year-old william.”

“oh,” you said reflectively…and then

“will i still be cute tomorrow?”

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ohhh, yeahdefinitely!

you are the cutest little spectacle-wearing, lisp-bearing quipster of a sweet william there ever was!

happy birthday, 5-year-old william!  we love you much!

very sincerely,
me (your adoring birthday-buddy mama)

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“my life”

cast of characters: 

jason (“j.”, “j.j.”, “honey”) – the leader of the tribe; faithful, manly provider of things

darcie (“darc”) – his wife of 20 years; slightly older, much less wiser washer of the things

alexander (“alex”, “i’ya”) – his 19-year-old firstborn son; guitar player, dance party organizer and (overall) older brother extraordinaire

emma (“em”, “emmie”) – his 15-year-old daughter; expert knitter, crocheter and…God bless her…diaper changer

hannah (“hannah-girl”) – his 12-year-old daughter; lover of art, science, flora and fauna

claire (“clairie”, “clairie belle”) – his 10-year-old daughter; bookworm, cartoonist and bosom buddy to bits

elisabeth (“bits”, “bitsy”) – his 8-year-old daughter; infectious giggler, polly pocket lover and bosom buddy to claire

john (“jack”, “bubba”) – his 6-year-old son; tenderhearted back rubber and ear-bender

william (“will”, “wee’um”) – his 4-year-old son; spectacle wearer, lisp bearer and consistent provider of comic relief

eian (“baby”, “eian b’eian”) – his 7½-month-old son; smiley, squishy and utterly chubbalicious 

 

setting:

a 1950’s ranch-style home in the suburbs of p-town.

 

act 1
scene 1

(the dining room.  the children sit at the dining room table diligently working on their studies.  sunlight streams through the sliding glass door, bathing them in soft white light and creating a halo effect around each of their bowed heads.  the baby sits on a blanket on the floor entertaining himself with an assortment of sensory-stimulating toys.  we hear the buzzer of the drier sound from the adjoining laundry room.  darcie enters stage right.  she’s wearing a yellow and white check cotton dress, kitten heels and a ruffled apron tied snugly with a smart bow.  she passes through the kitchen as she makes her way to the laundry room, stopping momentarily to lift the lid of the crock pot and check on her pot roast.  jason enters from the garage stage left.)

jason: [stops abruptly and glances around in confusion; then with a smirk] okay…ha ha…very funny.  now, who are you people and what have you done with my real life?

(curtain)

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