I watched Dances With Wolves a lot as a kid. And even though I haven’t seen it in years, some quotes from the movie remain in my head. Like this one:
[Dunbar (Kevin Costner) has found an old skeleton on the prairie, while travelling with the annoying, pickled-egg-eating, gross guide, Timmons.]
Timmons: I'll bet someone back east is going, "Now why don't he write?"
It’s crude, I know. But it’s in my memory!
So I figure that some people are wondering why I don’t write. Here’s your answer:
This is what happens when I don’t do laundry for 2 days. That’s at least 6 loads of laundry littering the floor!
And this morning, I had to dig through that pile to find Evelyn’s one and only pair of jeans. The jeans that needed to be clean for today’s Music Program at school. The jeans that we’ve been keeping clean (by her urgent request) for weeks, so that they’ll be ready when she needs them. Until now, when it really matters. At least they didn’t have any mud or dried food on them. I sprayed them with Febreeze, and handed them to her to get dressed. That is so disgusting! (Don’t you dare tell her they were dirty!!!)
Of course, that’s not my only reason for these long stretches of time between my blog posts. The kids and I have been going on great adventures of our imagination, reading books, playing outside, making crafts and messes all over the place.
Evelyn has learned to ride a bike without training wheels… I need a picture of that! John has graduated up from a tricycle to a bike with training wheels. I need a picture of that, too!
And our favorite recent event: last weekend, Brad’s parents came down from Michigan for a short visit. It’s always great to have them here! We love you, Grandma and Grandpa!!!
{John rarely has a normal expression in pictures! The boy cracks me up!!!}
