Jo. Mo.

It’s a summer thing. And ALL his idea.

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Dinosaurs!

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This Is Westwood.

Beauty and wreckage.
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Together

Well, my family is reassembled.
Jonah, Naiah, and I came home Sunday, after a long weekend of stops and starts and plan changes.
Anna and Sarah were dropped off this evening by Grammie and Papa.
We ate pizza.
My house is completely unfamiliar to me right now.
I can’t find anything. I don’t know how to fix anything.
I feel very, [...]

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Jonah: Dude.

In the kitchen/living area of the Noah’s Ark Exhibit at Skirball Cultural Center. . .
Museum Worker: Okay, kids, it’s time to cook some food together! I have some peaches and some veggies and some grains over here. Who wants to make a peach pie?
Little Boy: Ooh, I’m making a peach pie!
Museum Worker: Oh, thank you! [...]

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Museum Day

Me: Well, Jonah, did you like visiting the museums today?
Jonah: Yeah!!
Me: Do you think we should have another museum day sometime, and see other museums?
Jonah: Yeah!!
Me: And maybe next time your sisters could come, too!
Jonah: Nah.

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The Brag List

These are the fun things Jonah has done since his sisters left him behind:
1. Watched Speed Racer
2. Hit Baskin Robbins for dinner
3. Swam in the “big pool” at Josiah’s house
4. Threw a kiddie pool party for friends
5. Watched way too many superhero and ninja cartoons
6. Spent a day at Knott’s Berry Farm (Roller coasters!)
7. Ate [...]

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So Not Blogging

It’s not the Windows. It’s my brain. Or lack thereof.
I haven’t really had a chance to recover from the twelve-hour trip last Friday. Saturday we ran all over Camarillo and Ventura finding last-minute list items for Anna and Sarah’s trip. They left with Grammie and Papa on Sunday afternoon, after the Mother’s Day breakfast at [...]

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Or Not

Okay, so I didn’t actually leave for Ojai today. This makes the second time I’ve put off the trip (the first being last Friday). But I had a few things to do that just couldn’t get done yesterday.
So instead of driving the length of California today, I spent an insane amount of time and energy [...]

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Rollin’

Today I’m running errands and laundering and packing and list-making in preparation for a run down to Ojai tomorrow. The girls will be leaving with Grammie and Papa on Sunday, to travel cross-country together for a few weeks. And I will be doing my darndest to show Jonah a good time so that he’ll have [...]

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