Aline is off on a girls only weekend leaving me alone with both kids for . . . for the first time. Wisely I kept Same up a little later Saturday night so that he slept in till 6:30 AM Sunday morning for me. I heard him begin to protest his jail cell then and Hazel went to investigate while I pulled the covers over my ears. She came back to tell me that Sam wants ‘Down’. After breakfast I told Hazel we would play hide and seek. I hid in bed. The kids found me. And sadly didn’t understand the game change to Let Sleeping Dogs Lie. Or Dead Jungle Gym. Or Don’t Poke A Dead Man.
Single parenting
- Those Darned Squirrels
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”?
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