We play Horsey in the pool.
They sit on my back as I thrash up and down.
She calls out 海菜!
(seaweed)
He calls out 肉肉!
(meat, meat)
They found it endlessly amusing.
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the wild goose draws near the tree
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Where did these terms come from?
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Installing a dishwasher shouldn’t be this hard!
Another day, another obstacle.
Even if you pay others to do the work, you still have to put in the time.
Best to get it done right.
Should I have hired myself?䷋䷣
darkening of the light
injures him in the left thigh -
Geometric aquatic vertebrates floated in the air.
They went fishing.
She tied a magnet to the end of a pole.
They cast for hair bands that evening.
The next day, I scattered magnets on the ground.
They made a magnet fish.
The boy dragged it across the floor.䷛䷭
the ridgepole is braced
good fortune -
The Ikea kitchenette was the brick house.
She staged “The Three Little Pigs”.
Peppa wore a hat and a goatee.
Bear Bear acted in a pink pig costume.
Daddy Bear got boiled in the laundry bin.䷰䷽
fire in the lake
welcome unwanted visitors -
Giant white letters filled the 75 inch screen.
Grandma discovered Airplay screenshare between the iPad and the Roku.
The boy squealed with delight as he typed each letter in Wordle.AUDIO
SHORE
COMFY
BOGGY
BOBBY䷷䷎
it drops with the first arrow
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Will he keep sucking his shirt?
The full force of the law landed upon him.
He wailed pitifully.
Still no ice cream.䷳䷴
the wild goose gradually
draws near the summit
it’s all a phase -
He discovered the comedic gold of bodily functions.
Fart. <giggle>
Burp. <giggle>
Butt! <giggle>䷙䷣
one attains the way of heaven
poo poo -
The tree gives us too many apples.
Too much is a nice problem.
This year we tried making apple ice cream.
With caramel.
We were looking for a dehydrator but got sidetracked with this churning frozen machine.䷛
the ridgepole sags to the breaking point
laden with three months of fruit -
Giving up today, for what?
I’ve been obsessed with investing, trying to guess the future for our benefit.
Maybe it’s OK.
Or a giant waste of time.
More money tomorrow is a helluva addiction.䷍䷣
he makes a difference
dust more dust -
They’ve created a little world with each other.
I walked the boy to sleep in the wagon.
He tipped over and bumped his head.
Still asleep.
Even as I took him out of the cart.
Until we came inside.
Straight awake.
Off to play with his sister.䷤䷠
she is the treasure of the house
he is the treasure of the house