…will keep you laughing. First thing this morning, she asked me if she could wear her new green sundress: “I mean, it has pockets! How can you resist?” Later, before we headed to the pool, she was watching dreamy-eyed as Herb rubbed suntan lotion on my back. “I know, I know,” I said. “You love [...]
The girls were helping me weed the azalea bed this weekend, when Camille turned to Abby and said, “Would you be a dear and go get us some cold water to drink?” in perfect English tearoom parlance. I almost fell out in the crabgrass. Where does she get this stuff? Later the same day, she [...]
Alone for a few minutes before the girls and the dog got up, I was startled by a loud slam into our kitchen bay window. I knew it was a bird right away and I thought it was dead. When Abby brought Pippin downstairs, I took him out to work his morning magic. I peeked [...]
A couple of Camille-isms from the weekend: I survived a movie Sunday with five girls 10 and under. We paid our dues to help “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” become the No. 1 movie this weekend. During the climax of the film, Blart takes on a host of bad guys. He dispatches one with a helium [...]
At one point she wanted a diamond. Now, it’s just a star. A real star. “A real star?” Mom asked. “Yeah, you know, like from outer space. I really want one.” OK then. What else does she have on her list? Let’s see, there’s the magic book with real spells inside that really work. then [...]