The New York Sun, September 21, 1897 We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of THE SUN:   “Dear Editor: I am 8 years old.“Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.“Papa says ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’“Please tell me the truth; Is there a Santa Claus?        “Virginia O’Hanlon.“115 West Ninety-Fifth Street.” Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do…

When I was sick and lay a-bed, I had two pillows at my head, And all my toys beside me lay, To keep me happy all the day. And sometimes for an hour or so I watched my leaden soldiers go, With different uniforms and drills, Among the bed-clothes, through the hills; And sometimes sent my ships in fleets All up and down among the sheets; Or brought my trees and houses out, And planted cities all about. I was the giant great and still That sits upon the pillow-hill, And sees before him, dale and plain, The pleasant land…

Okay here is something recent I found in my gmail!  Pics from my BlackBerry… these were taken late October when they wisely had a carnival in our town.  It was *freezing* and pretty much no one went!  But we did, and we had a (mostly, tantrums aside) good time.  We pigged out on fried dough, Bobo got a big old fair hotdog that he ate in 3 seconds flat, watched Bobo and Julie get stuck on the giant slide and then them close it down due to condensation, had Bobo go on the train ride all by himself, played whack-a-mole…

Since I’m apparently incapable of sitting down to update… here are some pics from JULY that my dad emailed me!  These are huge if you click on them.  Saved the best for last, love it!  I promise I will get around to putting up summer and fall, before Christmas I hope!  I have to order Snapfish prints anyway, I’d love to do some scrapbooking over the holidays… maybe after Nanowrimo (as if I’ll finish that anyway!).  Love!

Arin getting a ride through the wonderland of woodland trails behind my mom’s house.  After her yard ends there are wide trails that four wheelers make occasional use of, which eventually lead to the pipeline and a large river.  We used to explore the area all the time growing up, and it was fun to take Bobo out there for a walk and I hope to do it more often.  The only trouble is we have terrible ticks, but for enchanted moments like this it is worth it.

I have a confession…. I am super obsessed with this little adorable creature!  I honestly think he is the handsomest boy in the whole wide world and I’m so lucky I get to spend every day with him (even if he might also be the naughtiest)!  I have another confession…. Sometimes, I give in when he reasons with me, ‘but you can paint my nails too, mommy!’ and holds out his little teeny fingers.  Look, it’s brownish grey, that’s a manly color right??  Plus, rock stars wear nail polish.  He’s going to be a doctor, so he might as well…

I never have enough fruit around the house.  This kid loves bananas, they never last more than two days!

Arin has always been obsessed with the kitchen sink, he absolutely loves to ‘wash’ dishes.  I feel like this picture could have been from last year, instead of the beginning of this summer.  It looks like he hasn’t changed one bit, even though I know he’s gotten bigger.  I can pretend though!