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I’m talking about flowers…pink ones. With no leaves on the stem. They are officially called amaryllis belladonna, which I suppose is fancy enough in its own right. But naked ladies is a much more fun name, don’t you think? This is what they looked like early in the spring…I thought they were going to be daffodils.
And now, in the heat of summer, this is what we have.
Love them. So much.
We spent a long weekend at Pine Creek last weekend and I wanted to share some photos. We arrived on Friday and it was hot and sticky. The creek was low and warm, the flies were kind of pesky and it was almost too hot for a fire & s’mores, but we still had a blast and made lots of wonderful memories. It was awesome seeing all of the kids (all 5 of my parents’ grandkids) together – Kassidy, Aaron and Megan do the big-kid stuff while Molly and Trevor have a blast playing together in their own little world. Enjoy the slideshow. If you want to see any of the images larger, here is a link to the entire set.
About six months ago, the dentist had pulled Megan’s two front teeth because the baby teeth got wiggly but never came out. The big teeth grew in and wedged the baby teeth into place, so we had to get them pulled by the dentist. Shortly after that, her incisors started to wiggle, and we kept encouraging her to work at them to get them out before it happened again. They were still there (probably 4 months later) when she had a dentist appointment on Tuesday of this week and the dentist found two small cavities – I think she got Scott’s teeth. The dentist also said they would pull out these loose teeth next month when she goes back to get the cavities filled if they were still hanging around. I guess that was all the motivation she needed. The next morning, she woke us up to tell us that she had lost one of them. This morning, the other one came out. Since her two adult teeth were already in when the dentist had to pull the last two baby teeth, she has never really had a toothless grin as a big kid. I think this is as close as we’re going to get. The girls put on a show with their hula hoops this evening, first demonstrating their technique. Megan’s turn first.
Then Molly.
Then they moved on to “horse” tricks, jumping through the hoops.
After the grand finale…
we walked to the playground. When we got back home, we sat out for a while longer, while the girls caught lightning bugs…
And made funny faces.
Summer fun at its best. on the move? They came downstairs all decked out in their fancy dresses, carrying all these bags. They were fancy ladies looking for a new place to live. Lucky for them, we have a room in our house that already has 2 beds in it – perfect for some homeless fancy ladies and their pets.
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