Category: Ellery
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A perfect day
Well, other than Shep’s cold, which has left him sort of sad and sniffly, and made us have to cancel brunch plans with Duncan’s family. (That last part almost sent the whole day into a black hole of doom.) But Shep, ever the trooper, never complained once.
But other than that? Perfect.
Trip to the garden store. Vegetable seeds planted (better late than never). Overcame my OCD and let the kids pick out all the flowers for the window boxes on the swing set. They did a fantastic job, and it looks beautiful.
Neko spent hours (and I mean hours) chasing butterflies. Her crowning glory was this swallowtail.
Tom gave me a respite this afternoon, and I went to work on our own Secret Garden.
Now he’s off to a lecture, and all the kids were in bed by 7:45pm.
Perfect. (Or as perfect as it gets around these parts.)
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Tea party
Today we opened our house to 11 of Neko’s girlfriends to have a belated birthday celebration. It went off without a hitch and was downright dreamy. I think we attribute a good part of that to the glorious weather.
Each girl brought a doll or stuffed animal. They silkscreened shirts for themselves and their little friends. Then we gathered for tea, complete with cups and plates for the little friends.
So lovely. One of those days where the camera doesn’t do it justice. But it was—you’ll just have to trust me on that one.
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The next generation
I sort of didn’t realize we had no school today. Some in-service/conference/something-or-other day. Anyway, no school. So I quickly texted Marlo, when I remembered Vince was on spring break this week.
Nancy joined us with the triplets and we all headed to the zoo. (Griffin was in school and very much missed.)
I barely took any photos, but I did snap this one, which makes me smile. These three girls, holding hands, who weren’t even around when this friendship of families began.
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Kiki
After Neko’s loud protests that they don’t exist, we’ve been looking for movies and books that have girls as the main character. And Barbie or a princess that gets by on her looks? They don’t count.
Enter Kiki’s Delivery Service. Kiki is a young witch in training, who finds her powers when she learns to believe in herself. We like Kiki. Neko likes Kiki.
Here is Neko dressed as Kiki, but not being thrilled about being photographed as Kiki.
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More ducks in a row
Thank goodness all the stuffed animals are comfortable on a pillow. Wouldn’t want them to have a bad night’s sleep.
