THIS

Odd

Ripper Street

Ripper Street is affecting my speech. "It is a difficult task, to be sure. But I would ask it of you all the same," I said to YaYa. 

She called me on it and laughed. "Stop talking like a Victorian. I like our language. Bae, hoe, thot . . ."

Pool Party!

Junie and Smiley attended a pool party, complete with DJ, bounce house, and fire truck, at their Grandma's apartment complex. (Smiley refused to consent to photos)

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Junie's Flowers

I bought Junie flowers this morning and she made them into this (her first ever) arrangement!

Sandee: 
Beautiful! It's so nice you buy your daughter flowers. It will be a wonderful memory for her one day, that her daddy bought her flowers!

Tax Money at Work

Just absolutely ridiculous.  What an overreaction and an insidious abuse of administrative power. 

Snooze at the Zoo

Earlier this month our friend JJ took LuLu and Junie to Snooze at the Zoo, an overnight campout at the Milwaukee County Zoo. 

They had a good time, despite the heat, and all hands reported rave reviews of the dinner spread LOL

A teen? Yeah. I can believe it.

Learn This

Having just left a post where the Crusades are being wrongfully touted as an act of Christian aggression, may I kindly remind you of *actual* history: