Comments on Pens Fatales: The Way Summer Ought To Be

AH me, another post guaranteed to bring a HUGE wav...

2009-07-08T11:26:33.284-07:00

AH me, another post guaranteed to bring a HUGE wave of nostalgia in the best possible way. The picture of your niece reminds me of Harriet the Spy. :-)

Yeah, I'll be sure to let you know how that go...

2009-07-01T20:11:51.903-07:00

Yeah, I'll be sure to let you know how that goes! Why don't you let *me* be the canary in this case and THEN you can decide! LOL
~Stephanie

stephanie - you are a brave woman! I'll think...

2009-07-01T08:39:41.498-07:00

stephanie - you are a brave woman! I'll think about turning off the TV....wow, can't imagine what sort of demands the kids will make then! :)

Even tho my mom was home for most of my childhood,...

2009-07-01T07:56:36.587-07:00

Even tho my mom was home for most of my childhood, I also had to fend for myself.I never felt unloved or ignored, tho. Why do we now feel like we have to entertain our children 24/7?
This has inspired me to turn off the TV (starting next week!) and to see what my kids can come up with. :-)
~Stephanie

i just noticed that I think my niece is wearing he...

2009-06-29T19:30:42.009-07:00

i just noticed that I think my niece is wearing her mom's shoes (definitely her mom's raincoat) - - must chime in with an aunt-ly awwwwwww! (now that's the kind of BNP - blatant niece promotion - that I can handle! :)

Gigi--that is perfect! :) If only we could find ...

2009-06-29T17:53:31.860-07:00

Gigi--that is perfect! :)

If only we could find a balance between all that freedom and today's reality.... :)

I never built forts, but I constructed a detective...

2009-06-29T17:27:58.853-07:00

I never built forts, but I constructed a detective agency headquarters :)

We built forts and then pestered Mom into letting ...

2009-06-29T13:35:42.545-07:00

We built forts and then pestered Mom into letting us sleep in them at night. Now parents would be worried someone would kidnap us out of the backyard, and my nephew has a ready-made "fort" that pops up in ten seconds. Where's the fun in that?

I love this. We were all about building stilts as ...

2009-06-29T09:50:38.382-07:00

I love this. We were all about building stilts as kids, stilts to tromp up and down all the hillsides, under the trees on our way to our secret clubs. I can't believe sometimes that Mom would just shove us out the door and say "See you at dinner!" We'd ramble and she never knew where we were and we were always okay. That's so WEIRD now, isn't it?

Hey Julie, just imagine the fort we would have bui...

2009-06-29T08:04:32.793-07:00

Hey Julie, just imagine the fort we would have built if we'd met thirty years ago!!!

Great post, Sophie! We were always building forts...

2009-06-29T07:56:30.203-07:00

Great post, Sophie! We were always building forts, too, and I remember that once they were done and we ate our crackers and lemonade inside of them, it got boring. It was the construction that mattered, not having it completed. Sounds like a metaphor for life...love the idea of those mud bricks melting back into the Missouri soil, just as it should be.