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house connector.

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the aussies have moved back

and the family is reunited

little f

has decided that it would be a good idea

to  connect our houses

so that we will always be close by

and never lose our attachment

so he made up a master plan

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we’ll need the following stuff:

a couple packs of big nails
a couple of pieces of wood
1 new tree plus the tree that’s already there
2 microphones with tubes attached to the end
1 zip line
1 cubby tree house
1 new house and 1 house that’s already here
2 cans of green paint and 1 can of yellow paint (our favorite colors)

1 tube of silicone stuff
2 key rings (keep in the secret key hole)
2 glass squirrel doors for the holes so they don’t steal the keys
1 saw to cut the wood
1 box of bandaids
1 extra first aid kit
2 bags each of nuts and worms and seeds to feed the tree animals
a couple of packs of kit-kats and carmello bars and cadbury chocolates for us

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this is the secret hole where we’ll leave our keys

and always have open access to our houses and hearts.

“it’s better to die laughing than to live each moment in fear.” ― michael crichton

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after glancing over his shoulder

baby j is not sure

if he should

laugh, cry, scream or run.

what’s the difference?

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credits: pbs kids, mister rogers

magic.

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j proclaimed,

‘i’m going to swing into magic land.’

we’d been waiting forever

for a chance to play outside in the rain together

 there was a fence

 branch was weak

 chair was shaky

toes were tippy

b created a magic rain slide

“let’s make it soapy”

it was so slippy-flippy

 there were great leaps and a great slides

making for

a great afternoon

we got very wet

 fell down

 slid on the grass

 crashed into stuff

got pretty muddy

laughed so hard

 best of all

none of us were injured

and it was pure magic.

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roald dahl would understand completely.

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credits: roald dahl – george’s marvelous medicine

the jackson pollock of the cereal world.

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j: ‘i think i should eat outside, i’m kind of messy.’

b: ‘he is.’

me: ‘it’s unanimous then.’

‘yep, that food really is kind of messy.’

b: ‘that’s not food, that’s art.’

me: ‘it is.’

the earth, the air, the land and the water are not an inheritance from our forefathers but on loan from our children. so we have to hand it over to them at least as it was handed over to us. – mahatma gandhi

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i love z’s world view

mixed reviews.

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five witnesses to the same event

five different opinions.

believe in yourself and believe in magic. – theophilus london

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 sitting outside

waiting for her mom

for the last time this year

with

 my second grade friend

and

fellow writer

and

i realized

how just far

she had come

when she

signed her own shirt

with

three words

a mighty powerful message

filled with

unlimited magic and possibility

and

a hint at

her future.

“and all the colors i am inside have not been invented yet.” – shel silverstein

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as our year together

comes to an end

sharing

an oval rug

a room

a building

the great outdoors

the community around us

we venture into new territory

making the leap

across snake rock

something new

and not so scary

with big kids

to lead the way

and

teachers

standing by

quietly watching

as

they grow into

their next adventure

with little fear

 with great excitement

and

just a few tears.

“ listen to the mustn’ts, child,
listen to the don’ts.
listen to the shouldn’ts.
the impossibles, the won’ts.
listen to the never haves.
then listen close to me—
anything can happen, child,
anything can be.”

– shel silverstein

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how wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ~anne frank


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grandies j and b

get ready for the big race

their first 5k

as a family

following in the footsteps

of mom and dad

making me proud

all to raise money

and awareness

for the

hope water project

a human cause

that helps bring

clean water to africa

something so many of us

take for granted

each and every day.

checklist:

sweatbands

numbers

water

shorts

smiles

shoes

enthusiasm

hope

empathy

compassion

blanket

ready.

every cause produces more than one effect.
– herbert spencer

https://www.hopewaterproject.org