Mom is worried. I have been away from school for a long time. She thinks I will have a hard time going back.
But I surprise her.
I have so much to tell them, I say.
And I run to join my friends.
Later, when Mom picks me up, she asks: “What did you tell them?”
That I went to [...]
Archive for the ‘vacation’ Category
First day back
Posted in Miss Independent, Talking, Three years three months, Year Four: 2009-2010, imagination, logic, sense of humor, vacation on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last day
Posted in Pictures, Talking, Three years three months, Year Four: 2009-2010, compassion, logic, vacation on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is the last day of our trip.
I hug Grandma. I blow a kiss into my hand and smack Grandpa with it. He laughs. We all wave good-bye.
Then I crawl into my “princess seat” next to Aunt Kristen.
Dad points the car toward the airport and drives off.
Aunt Kristen gets on a plane and heads [...]
When I was a boy
Posted in Talking, Three years three months, Year Four: 2009-2010, haircut, logic, sense of humor, vacation on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dad points to a photo of me when I was a baby. It sits in a frame on Grandma’s mantel.
I stare at the photo. I do not believe it. I had very little hair. And I look like…
I was a boy? I gasp.
Angel baby
Posted in Getting dressed, Pictures, Talking, Three years three months, Year Four: 2009-2010, imagination, logic, vacation on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We see a new baby today. A girl baby, this time.
I get to hold her. Even before Mom and Dad do.
We give the baby girl a blankie. One with wings.
The wings hold her arms and legs in tight. It keeps her warm and snug.
Angel, I say later. We made her an angel.
Boy babies
Posted in Big kid, Pictures, Three years three months, Year Four: 2009-2010, friends, vacation on August 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I meet the new baby in the family. He is a boy baby. Just two weeks old. And very small. Too small to play with.
I was never that small. Was I?
But there is another boy at the house. He is two years old. He is bigger. Almost as big as me.
He is big enough for [...]
My day as a farm kid
Posted in Horses/ponies, Pictures, Swimming, Three years three months, Year Four: 2009-2010, vacation on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I brush Gigi. Greet her nose to nose. And then Aunt Jane puts me on Gigi’s back.
Later I feed Gigi a red and white ball of candy.
I also get to help Aunt Jane feed bread to the fish in the tank.
Aunt Jane and I walk into the water. My feet sink into the mud [...]
Hey, it’s a hay ride
Posted in Pictures, Three years three months, Year Four: 2009-2010, vacation, tagged grandparents, hay ride on August 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Popo loads some hay onto the back of his little blue tractor.
Mom and I hop aboard the hay bales. And wave to Grandma as Popo parades us down the gravel road.
The red dog trots right beside us the whole way.
