(Yes, I realize I'm skipping around again. Yes, I realize I'm now over 2 months behind on the blogging of our East Coast Trip.)
July 11-13, 2010
July 11-13, 2010
Part of the fun in coming home to Pennsylvania is the chance to explore my mother's basement. I think we've all gone "shopping" in it at one time or another to stock and/or restock our various apartments and houses. It's like a personalized Goodwill, but better since almost everything is free for the taking. The Home Shopping Club at its finest! Since I live so far away now, I limited my take-home stash to some more 80's-era Tupperware cups, a pile of clothing my mother had preselected for Ally and Cora, and a large box of books. But that doesn't mean we didn't make use of all the other cool finds.
From the toy department: puzzles, a multitude of Legos, and bins of food sets (complete with a McDonald's kitchen and Happy Meals). I remember when Amy and I would play with these toys in the hallway between our bedrooms. I even found the menu and fake checks I had made using PrintShop and the first version of WordPerfect.
From the costume department: pioneer dresses, pirate outfits, ballerina skirts, Mickey Mouse gloves, fake spiders, and wigs for all occasions. I don't know who wears the hairdo best-- Little orphan Ally or China doll Cora?
From the preserved-for-posterity department:
an old blanket and a crib cover my grandmother made for my mom when she was tiny, and
a double wedding ring quilt my grandmother had also made before my mom was even born (that makes it REALLY, really old!). These intricate works of art put Ally's animal quilt and Cora's yet-to-be-finished Pooh Bear quilt to shame. Maybe someday I'll finally get to her skill level and do her proud.
From the childhood keepsakes department: a bound copy of the award-winning Young Authors essays at Charles H. Russell Elementary School. I happened to be snooping through Eric's bin (with the help of his wife) when we found this last treasure. I won't share Eric's prized piece entitled "Ask First", but here's my amazingly insightful "What I Want to Be". It's short and well worth reading, even if only for the last three lines. Chris is one lucky man to have tamed such a progressively-minded woman!
From the "thank you" department of my PA memories:
Thank you, Erin, for letting me steal the above picture of Ally.
Thank you, Amy, for dedicating a good chunk of your vacation to digitizing our family's picture slides. I guess I'll forgive you for being a slacker and only getting half of my childhood transfered. When's your next vacation?
Thank you, Chris, for putting together a slide show when know one else was willing to choose which memories would make the production cut.
Thank you, little cousins, for running around with Ally and keeping Cora entertained.
Thank you, Mom and Dad, for not charging us for the Bed and Breakfast.
Thank you, siblings, siblings-in-law, Dad, and Tyson, for staying up late and Banging the night away.
From the toy department: puzzles, a multitude of Legos, and bins of food sets (complete with a McDonald's kitchen and Happy Meals). I remember when Amy and I would play with these toys in the hallway between our bedrooms. I even found the menu and fake checks I had made using PrintShop and the first version of WordPerfect.
From the costume department: pioneer dresses, pirate outfits, ballerina skirts, Mickey Mouse gloves, fake spiders, and wigs for all occasions. I don't know who wears the hairdo best-- Little orphan Ally or China doll Cora?
From the preserved-for-posterity department:
an old blanket and a crib cover my grandmother made for my mom when she was tiny, and
a double wedding ring quilt my grandmother had also made before my mom was even born (that makes it REALLY, really old!). These intricate works of art put Ally's animal quilt and Cora's yet-to-be-finished Pooh Bear quilt to shame. Maybe someday I'll finally get to her skill level and do her proud.
From the childhood keepsakes department: a bound copy of the award-winning Young Authors essays at Charles H. Russell Elementary School. I happened to be snooping through Eric's bin (with the help of his wife) when we found this last treasure. I won't share Eric's prized piece entitled "Ask First", but here's my amazingly insightful "What I Want to Be". It's short and well worth reading, even if only for the last three lines. Chris is one lucky man to have tamed such a progressively-minded woman!
From the "thank you" department of my PA memories:
Thank you, Erin, for letting me steal the above picture of Ally.
Thank you, Amy, for dedicating a good chunk of your vacation to digitizing our family's picture slides. I guess I'll forgive you for being a slacker and only getting half of my childhood transfered. When's your next vacation?
Thank you, Chris, for putting together a slide show when know one else was willing to choose which memories would make the production cut.
Thank you, little cousins, for running around with Ally and keeping Cora entertained.
Thank you, Mom and Dad, for not charging us for the Bed and Breakfast.
Thank you, siblings, siblings-in-law, Dad, and Tyson, for staying up late and Banging the night away.
1 comment:
Karen, you are so funny! I love reading your blog. I read the entire essay you took a picture of. I am amazed that you properly understood and spelled the word "philantropist" in fifth grade. Pretty impressive!
The pictures of the girls in the wigs were hilarious. Cora does look like a little doll since her skin is so perfect.
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