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We began our day with artwork. I sketched with ink pencils. |
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Julia painted the sketches with water. |
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This was fun for both of us. |
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Julia asked me to draw a newt, a first for me, for sure. We were going for colorful and fanciful, otherwise the newt would have been brown. |
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Julia tried her hand at drawing her own picture. I declared this a success! |
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Her last request was for a flying unicorn, which I learned is called an alicorn. |
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Across the table, Carolyn painted scenes from a recent trip. |
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This was a fun morning while Nate and Jacob slept in. |
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Pool waits until about 11 am, when I'm done being quiet. |
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Before I took my camera downstairs, I checked on the puzzle people. |
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Julia and I challenged Nate. However, there was a bit of sibling rivalry. I made them stand side by side and smile for the camera. Trust me, both of these beautiful smiles are completely fake. |
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Nate gets very creative in his shots. |
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Dave and Mel joined us. I asked Dave what he thought about my new cue. He replied, "It helps that it's straight." |
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Most of the time, everyone in the game shares the new stick. |
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Well, not Julia. She prefers a short stick. |
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I went up to make lunch and found Jacob violating the number one rule: Never play Blink with Melanie! |
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No surprise to me, he lost. |
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Everyone helped with lunch and it was delicious. Grilled red onion is underneath the cheese. Papa bought, shucked and cooked the corn -- the first of the season. |
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I've been meaning to ask Mel about something I noticed at lunch. She heated up leftover artichoke dip. Notice the bag of chips in her lap. |
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There was so much going on I didn't follow up with why they moved to the bench behind her. I actually can't explain this. |
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While I brushed my teeth, Jacob took my camera down the stairs. Ha, little surprise for me tonight as I went through today's pictures. I came close to beating him twice, and I've picked up some new techniques which I think are helpful. I am very thoughtful about each shot. Exact. No hurrying. No carelessness. It's helping. |
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We went back upstairs for Fat Boys. Jacob challenged Mel again in Blink. I was stunned -- it looked like he was going to win! |
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He did! |
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Some victories are very sweet. |
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We agreed to one more game. I loved watching Dave coach Julia, who was on my team. Frankly, what will help Julia the most is about six more inches, but even still, she's still a formidable player. |
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Then we walked to the pool. |
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Matt was about three hours late for lunch, but Carolyn can do wonders with a microwave oven. Apparently she found the chips. |
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The entire time we were at the pool, Jacob, Nate and Julia challenged Mel in frisbee toss. |
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This was hilarious. |
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We all had a good time. |
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I loved seeing the kids all get along, especially since a counselor in our bishopric was also at the pool. |
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They played frisbee for an hour. |
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The grandkids all behaved perfectly, but my own child? I need to have a chat with him. |