Poor kid. As the second-born he gets less photos, less video clips and less blog updates. Time to right that wrong a little: Joe is now a little over 15 lbs. He smiles a lot. If you laugh at him, he’ll laugh back at you. He can grasp things in …
We had a power outage this morning and it ruined Hazel’s day. No watching Peep and the great big world on the TV upstairs at 6:30. Smart kid marched downstairs and couldn’t get it to turn on there either. Crying ensued. By midmorning the power was back and Aline suggested …
Aline shared the following today: With the really nice weather Hazel and I are starting to putter in the garden. Today I showed her a grub. Her reaction – “ooohhh look at him”… after two minutes of observation… “He’s kind of yucky”. She kept asking me to pick up worms. …
Old Man Fookwire is a grump who only likes to paint pictures of birds that visit his backyard. The problem is, they fly south every winter, leaving him sad and lonely. So he decides to get them to stay by putting up beautiful birdfeeders filled with seeds and berries. Unfortunately, the squirrels like the treats, too, and make a daring raid on the feeders. The conflict escalates-until the birds depart (as usual), and the squirrels come up with a plan that charms the old grump.
My take: How can you not like a book where you get to say Googlie Mooglie, raise your fist and yell “Those darned squirrels”?
