the girl
2021
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Wigilia Eve 2021
The girls did some baking — peppermint chocolate chip cookies, which are absolutely amazing.
The neighbors did some caroling.
And I did some Photoshopping.
Aunt D and Uncle M
One Picture Tells the Whole Story
15
And just like that, fifteen years have passed.
We have a daughter who's thinking about college, wondering what she wants to do with her life, realizing she just has a few more years at home.
We have a daughter who now possesses a learner's permit and a strong desire to learn how to drive.
Christmas Card
K wouldn’t let me publish it until we had sent out some of the cards.
15th Birthday Party
Friday Game Night
Final Game Night
We played Ticket to Ride tonight — a favorite game for all of us. L and K enjoy it because they actually play to win; E and I love it because we play to stop them from winning. Not to win ourselves — just to get in their way. It means there’s a lot of laughs, a bit of frustration from time to time, and lots of memories.
I’ve always associated games with the extended Thanksgiving break. When we went to Nashville to visit Nana’s brother for Thanksgiving, one of the highlights for me was digging through their game closet. They had everything — games we had of course like Scrabble but also games I’d always wanted to play but never owned like Life and Battleship. And of course Monopoly. I loved it as at E’s age just as much as he loves it, and I’m sure everyone else put up with it just like we put up with it.
