Saturday, January 14, 2012
Cake and Ice Cream with Aunt Connie
Aunt Connie arrived with cake, ice cream, and more presents to celebrate Jan's 17th birthday. Uncle Ben was working the night shift at the papermill but sent his Happy Birthday greetings.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Happy Birthday, Jan!
We celebrated Jan's 17th birthday this morning with song and gifts. Sunday evening 13 of Jan's friends will come for a birthday party celebration. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAN! <--Click on this link for birthday photos.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Simon's Self Portrait with his Brother
Simon worked hard last night to take a picture with Bailey... after 6-8 attempted, he nailed it.
Thanking Marie for the loan of ski helmets
Our friend Marie Gauvin loaned the boys ski helmets for the season. On Saturday night we tried to send a thank you picture; after 10 minutes of weirdness, we got the picture!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Cooking... Truth is...
There's this phrase on Facebook that kids use readily, it is Truth is... In the spirit of "Truth is," here's mine:
I used to have fun cooking. What I've cooked has never been fancy, but usually steady, American fare that people generally like here. Sloppy Joes, Mac & Cheese, lasagna... But now, the fun is gone.
These days, I'm faced with my teenaged self: Like me, Simon is a picky eater. A small example is that I ate mayonnaise sandwiches for most of my young life. A big step when I was Simon's age was adding a smidget of tuna on the bread with my mayonnaise and called it a tuna fish sandwich... truth is, it was a mayonnaise sandwich with the faint smell of tuna. My sister-in-law Pam says she remembers the day I added tuna to a sandwich--she actually helped me make this major leap into the culinary world. She explains, "We passed the can of tuna over the bread, and that was enough for Richard."
Each evening when I begin cooking I over think or second guess what I'm doing. Jan is like the majority of the students and athletes who've lived here. They eat anything and lots of it. Not Simon.... and certainly not Richard Kent at 16 years old.
Truth is, I wish I had a cook, but I'll keep at it and hope that either Simon will make the quantum leap that I did with tuna or that I'll figure out how to burn chicken the way he likes it.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Last Day of Christmas Vacation (Yea!)
Today, our tree and decorations came down. We even remodeled the way furniture sits. Then, movies and Danish comedy while Bailey worked on a bone Soon, a hike in Weld because we can't just sit inside because we might just kill each other! :-)
News Years Eve... yahoo...........
A New Years Eve fight headlined life at 728 Prospect. No, we don't have fireworks for individuals on New Years Eve. Big cities and towns may explode fireworks, but in Maine, not individuals. We do, however, give 16 year olds the right to drive a car... and two of Jan's and Simon's friends have been in car accidents over the past two weeks. Neither was hurt severely, but the possibility was there. We're a smart country.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Off on a hike in the back woods...
The boys took Bailey for a hike in the back woods. Simon tested the ice in a little stream... and his foot went through. After he retrieved new shoes and dry socks, back into the woods.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
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