This morning, trying to entice the kids into eating my home fries, I said, “These potatoes remind me of hash browns”. Fiona then launched into:“Hash browns remind me of Red Hut. Red Hut reminds me of America and America reminds me of my friends and my friends remind me of home. My home reminds me of my bed and my bed reminds me of my stuffed animals. My stuffed animals remind me of my toys and my toys remind me of Sam’s (Sam’s Beach House - another restaurant). Sam’s reminds me of my Webkins. Webkins remind me of my cousins. My cousins remind me of their parents and baby Alex. Their parents remind me of Grammie and Grampy, who remind me of Nana and Papa who remind me of their cats who remind me of Bodie and Scout. Bodie and Scout remind me of Scout and that she died and that we love her and that we still have some of her ashes.”
Yesterday as we were getting ready for school Fiona said, “I wish Brenna was my twin. Then we could go to school together and she could sit next to me.”
Brenna said yesterday, “I wish there was snow.”
As for me, I wish I had a carpool, or even a walk–pool (since we walk to school).
And Ryan wishes that he didn’t have to take exams in January. Otherwise he’d be really happy with his semester and be able to enjoy his five week break.
*This photo is from this fall when I took the girls on a paddleboat on the Serpentine, the big lake that bisects Hyde Park.
