Lula (14) came home from lifeguarding camp with two awards: “Best Lunches” and “Most Creative”. I don’t know how one manages to win “Most Creative” at a lifeguarding camp but somehow I’m not surprised Lula did it.
How I know I will never have a boyfriend:
My mother: That young man seems sweet and smart and attractive to boot!
Me: Yeah, but he has a really problematic understanding of colonialism.
My dad and brother, March 2012
Happy Father’s Day to my wonderful dad, who is doing an amazing job of raising five kids.
I found a book my 7-year-old brother started writing but never finished
Here’s a transcript, original grammar and spelling included:
the advencur
of Bee’s, Rolly Bugs,
& the Big spitr
by Moses, age 7
chaptr 1
Rotate & Roll
my first feeld trip
was why I writeD this Book. Sory
I Dont know
why I DiD (ed. note: he is referring to starting the book backwards so the layout is a little awkward)
+ eny way meet you ther (arrow pointing to next page)
told you I would
meet you here
So my first feeld trip was osum.
I am a Bee
I fogot to
Inrdus me
im cinduf
like a Rolly
Polly (continu)
P.S. that menas next chaptur
we went on a
Humun like Bus.
If only he’d finished. I was curious about when the “spitr” would come in.
