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Story time. A classic when dad reads and the girls “listen”… most of the time
We have worked our way through a number of classic books and continue to discover new and exciting stories - fiction and otherwise. Cammy gets her own selection of board books and songs including her current favorite where she sings about the hornet that stung her cheek several weeks back. Never sang a song like this one before.

Cammy has been sitting in with the big girls reading time more and more. When reach the end of the chapter invariably the chirping goes, “Read More DAD!!.. Please? Please??!!” At this point I usually announce the name and number of the next chapter with the tag line… “Which we will read tomorrow!”

The name of the next chapter… “Lost Letters”
Cammy steps up quickly and says to me, “No they not… they right here!” Finger pointing at the page in front of me. She’s right. Literally speaking there are no lost letters - they are all, a,b,c,d,e… still in the book

Join us tonight for the “Not Lost Letters”.

I not fall down!

I put a new pair of corduroy jeans on Cammy this morning and said, “Now you are all ready for Fall!”

“I not fall down!” She said indignantly.

I just chuckled, knowing from experience that she was not ready for an explanation of autumn.

She then ran out to the living room where I spied her running erratically and falling down on purpose.

“I not get hurt!” she exclaimed, patting her new turquoise wonders.

Maybe I should have tried to clarify myself.

When told not to play in a particular area she retorted:
“Mom, I not gunna die!”
Guess where she got that one

The numbers - 745 ready to run the 3k

The runner - 5min till lineup!

Making the moves - breath, pick up the feet, RUN!

Across the line - need more oxygen… hhuhh, huhh, hhhuuhhh

Landry keeps the crowds happy with fluids

Crunch - good stuff

Dad and Gab - feeling good (and a little sore too;-)

Next year - mom and HK and Cammy?
Lots of fun!

TG

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