Limes...

Mae loves limes...

Good Old Golden Rule Days...

First Day

The girls' first day of school was a bit different this year. First, it was an earlier start to the day but about an hour, yet a later start to the year, by about a week. Both girls are taking their lunches this year, so that was a new routine to get used to, and they are now bus riders, something they'd only had a taste of earlier in the summer during Summer Journey.

Still, both girls were excited and claimed to have had a wonderful day.

 

 

After Midnight...

After midnight at the Donut King on 210 Highway... Because sometimes, when you've been moving heavy stuff all day, you need a break!

Just a Little Creepy...

Mae drew this for me in the middle of the night the other night. I was awoke by a little girl standing by me telling me that she'd drawn this picture for me. Thrusting it in my face, she stated "See? He's a demon and all these guys are dancing around him... I gave you extra paper so you can make up the rest of the story yourself..." I was groggy with heavy sleep and, in that state, was totally creeped out by it.

Then, two days later, Mae did this creepy sleepwalk thing that totally had me convinced she was posessed for about 3 days, until I realized that she was just my silly, ill-temepered goober! :D

Still, kinda creepy... No?

~H

A Company Lunch

Friday was Jas' company picnic at Faulkner's Ranch here in Kansas City, MO. This was probably the most fun the girls had partaken of at one of these functions (they are usually held at the ball park) and the change of venue was a really good fit for family fun. The day was spent hanging out with family and enjoying the country with ponies to ride, bunnies to pet, food to eat, lines to zip down... it was a full day!

 

Mother's Day on the Farm

Mother's Day was really nice this year. The weather was nearly perfect and no real rain to ruin shoes and muddy clothes.

My little group met up with the rest of the family for lunch, then took a jaunt to the new property my aunt and grandparents are working over. There, we stumbled across a toad, an odd, underground chrysalis, and, after returning to my grandparents' farm, my grandfather working on his old tractor and a slew of sweet, yellow kittens!

Then we retired back to my mother's house where we picked strawberries, raided the pantry, and dined on the patio surrounded by bright, cheerful blooms!

What a great day!

~H

 

 

❣ My Daughter, The Dead Fish

My daughter being a "Dead Fish" last night at dinner.  Isn't she precious? ;D

Miranda Fish Series - Fish 1 - Variant 1

Miranda Fish Series - Fish 1 - Variant 2

Miranda Fish Series - Fish 1 - Variant 3