The story of Lemon

I have told you about one Lemon before. But we have had other Lemons in our life. Molly had a friend Lemon who also lived down the road and we would hear about the wonderful things she could do as well. Most recently Lars has had a friend Lemon come play with him.
 His friend is a boy and has spent many nights at our house sleeping on the chair in Lars' room. There have also been times that I stepped on him because I did not see him in the hallway. He and Lars often play with swards and take turns being the bad guy. He eats meals with us a lot. He always brings his own dishes and his own food though he eats the same thing we are having, unless it is something Lars does not like and then Lemon will have what Lars wishes he was having.
 Well, now we have a puppy and we feel that since we have always had  a Lemon around anyway now we can see her. Heidi wasn't sure it was a romantic enough name for her but the rest of us are very comfortable with it.
 This Lemon has been very sweet all except at 3:30 this morning she felt the need to cry loudly about her lonely little bed.
 I'm really finding it hard to believe I have invited a dog to live IN my house, shedding hair and all that comes with being a puppy. I have never been found of animal hair in a house.
 I probably will survive and even enjoy her company. My kids are loving her so much which is one big reason we wanted a dog. I hope she can open the door to animals for them. I really pitied their fear.  

Beautiful Days

Last week end we went for a walk by a pond. When we came to a stream with a bridge we thought we probably should play a game of Pooh sticks.
Whenever we happened to find a nice stick we would get it and take it back to the bridge to throw into the water. I thought some of the kids' choices of stick were a little large. especially when we had so far to walk before we got back to the bridge. Molly's did make the biggest splash...

See, we were all there. :)
Who's stick is going to win the race?

I digress

And we got totally stuck.
tonight at dinner the topic of conversation began with talking about where we lived. The question then was, is that in America? yes, the USA.
This moved on to the US Army and what they do. Heidi said that pirates shoot cannons too. And, I admit I was the one to digress, I said, and forks. This began a debate on things which one could shoot. After they got over the shock that I said something so random!
"socks!"
"Pineapples!"
"Alligators!"
"Candy! Yeah, that is the tip top, We can't get any better than that." ......Well, maybe there is something else floating around up there.
Pine cones!"
And on and on and ON. They did this back and forth for all of the rest of dinner. When they are talking they take a very long time with dinner. Nearly an hour.
Kids are awesome. Have fun and laugh.

Day 38
G day

Napping

One afternoon this week Lars fell to sleep on my lap. I laid him down on the couch and when I looked at him a little later he was sitting like this!

A Little about Molly

Molly has mastered the art of Bow knot tying. Last night she was wanting me to help her tie her apron string for her but then we decided I could coach and she could tie. She was getting it really good last night but then this morning she practiced some more and mastered it!

The other thing you might notice about these pictures, she is holding her purse. She takes her purse with her everywhere. Last night she even took it to bed. And then first thing this morning she shows up with her blanket and her purse. When we went to the grocery store this week she had it along and was able to buy herself some gum.

random moments

This picture is at Wilson park here in Bragg. We went there for a picnic. ^
Lars was enjoying watching all the hermit crabs. Somewhere along the coast. ^
Molly bought a sucker with her own money. It had some very lovely jewelry with it! ^
In the ocean at Myrtle Beach. ^

My friend Lemon

Molly has always had lots of imaginary friends. They have done many strange things, mostly the way they eat. as in strange combinations of food and they'll hold their silverware oddly. Molly will think of these things while we are eating our meal and tell us all about them. They all live at collage and she knows all of their names. and it is usually one of their birthdays that day.
Heidi has one friend. her name is lemon. she can do all the things Heidi can not do like have candy when Heidi can't or put her socks on by herself. And she lives up the hill from us. But, Heidi can't go to her house. nor can she see her. and I think Lemon has a birthday at least once a week. I think this is how Lemon dresses, if I remember right.