September 27

We're still here.

I've been on a recuperative sabbatical, of sorts. Had some sort of Mama-ain't-happy funk for a couple of days.

Today was full of different things.

Some new, some old.

Card games. Reading and spelling (strictly the children's idea, of course.)

Star Wars. (Movie 1 and re-enactment)

New books.

Trev read me a story. Never mind that the story didn't match the letters, it matched the pictures. And a very interesting tale it was!

Madeleine braved the skateboard. On the carpet.Should I pass up low-rise skater-pants jokes?

Legos.

Magnets.

Mr. Potato Head.

Cleaning, jumping, playing in the sand, taking care of Harold (er... her name has been changed to Lucy since Trev is convinced that she's a girl - she likes the fancy shell.)

Mama's got the front half of the house clean, and some happy-family oils burning.

We're good.