End of Sept, 2015

Hey girlies.

Today was a busy day.

• We slept in waaay late, but it was rainy and Saturday so that was a good thing.
• We got dressed to go and went out
• initially we tried troy McDonalds, but it was craaazy busy
• We checked out a cake-ish shop, but that looked really expensive, had nobody in it, and I wasn't sure if it was open.  

... so we went to Piqua.

They had this really cool hungarian bakery.  (link)   They had good doughnuts and other treats.  Then we walked around downtown Piqua.  We went to the library for a bit.

Later we went to get hair cuts.  It was Micro's first and she was so well behaved.  She looked great.  While strolling and waiting for mom we found this nice little nail salon place.  The kiddos loved it - and for a few dollars each they had nice new painted fingernails.  We got sodas at the Speedway, and spent a little time looking around at the video game store.  We didn't buy anything.

We had a busy, more cosmopolitan, but nice afternoon. 

Of notice: there were like 6 sireny blinky-light vehicles beetween noon and 3pm near the Walmart.  Either an ambulance, a fire, or police.  If it wasn't a bad day for accidents, then it was training day.  It was very out of place.  What surprises me is that in Phoenix, these sorts of things would happen at similar rates, and I would think nothing of it.  I think that it is so rare here that I did.  It says something about the peacefulness of the community... or that everyone in the midwest owns guns and so nobody goes knocking on doors looking for trouble.  I'm not sure which, but either option seems like not a bad thing.

Good night little girls, I hope you sleep well.  I hope that I sleep well too.  I should write these on Saturday evenings.  We do more on those days.\

Oh.  Dad lesson learned.  If your 3 year old daughter hands you a cup that is empty, and claims it has fluid, then she is playing tea-party.  Don't be a dolt.  Play with her.  You will not regret it.

In September 2015

Hello math girls how are you doing? You are big and smart and fun. Do you know you are my favorite littlest creatures?

We have three monarch chrysalis at home. We found the caterpillars. We fed them and protect them from predators and the environment. We gave them a good place to go through metamorphosis. The hope is that we would have an increased number of pollinators. We like butterflies here. 

Tomorrow is Saturday and we will have a very busy day. We will go to the farmers market we will prepare for afternoon activities and in the evening we are invited to a hog roast. I've never been to one of those we will see how it goes.

The farmers market here boors you kiddos. I don't think you understand its value to me. I like connection to things that endure. I like things of my local community. I'm like Tolkien's idea of a Hobbit in that. The habit and confirmation of seeing the familiar things is comforting to me. I make sure we get a yummy breakfast at the bakehouse where they have maple frosted cinnamon buns. Because of this you come with me but when you are grown-up you too may find comfort in the rituals and assurances of community and culture and things that indoor like Hobbits.

Last weekend we went to a swimming hole on the Stillwater river near Stillwater prairie reserve. You enjoyed finding rocks and splashing you knee-deep water and a cool during the warm of the day. We had a good time. We also went to Fort Rowdy. It is a event where people dress up like it's the 1750s and the campout intents and dressing buckskins and trade cars to work and for metalsmith works and similar period- appropriate sundries.

I love you and miss you.  This was written by speaking into Siri while walking on my lunch break.