Today the door bell rang. I looked through the peep hole but I didn’t see anybody so I asked, “Who is it?” I’m home alone and I am cautious. I hear a small male voice go “It’s me!” I knew immediately and I opened the door. “Can Amara come out and play?” The disappointment on [...]
Archive for the ‘Outdoors Fun’ Category
Bicycles and Ladybugs
I am so lucky to have Amara live close by so that I can be a part of the every day stuff. It is some of the best stuff ever. Jenna is still doing physical therapy for her shoulder from her fall and so the other day I went over to babysit Amara, who has [...]
Hunting for Aliens
Amara spent the night with us Saturday night and I really didn’t have anything special planned so we just had to kind of improvise! With her around there is never a dull moment. One things I actually had thought of was proposing to her the idea of becoming pen pals with Aunt Sandy’s granddaughter. She [...]
We have a ritual for that!
We really do have a lot of rituals that we go through with Amara. I’ve told you about when I leave her house and head home to Grampy, she always has to send him home hugskisspoketicklespiderbites. And when her parents drop her off at our house, well we have a ritual for that, too. Since [...]
Meet Emily
Just before Christmas Amara got the most wonderful, handmade doll from her Aunt Suzi who lives in Arizona. She named the doll Emily Suzi and they are now best friends! Emily is one of a kind, made with lots of special love, over-sized rag doll! Even Amara’s Daddy couldn’t get over how tall she is. [...]
Not your ordinary Christmas caroling
Amara spent the night with us last night. I was thinking that we hadn’t really done anything blog worthy until I sat here tonight with Grampy and looked at the pictures. I know I’ve said before that I love living in the digital age but it’s true. When Amara’s Mommy was little I would have [...]