March 19:
Somebody stole my shoes last night. Actually, we saw the guy; he came off the street into the dance
studio and pretended to be interested in something. Then he dropped a piece of
paper on the floor, and while down there (on the other side of a half-wall) he
stuck my athletic shoes in his jacket before leaving.
We tap-dancing ladies were so busy being polite! Sheesh. I had to walk to my car in tap shoes; it was both snowy and slippery but two classmates in real shoes offered a helping hand. I hope somebody out there is making good use of their sturdy new brown suede New Balance athletic shoes.
We tap-dancing ladies were so busy being polite! Sheesh. I had to walk to my car in tap shoes; it was both snowy and slippery but two classmates in real shoes offered a helping hand. I hope somebody out there is making good use of their sturdy new brown suede New Balance athletic shoes.
March 27:
The kids and grandkids do lots of
reading together, recently including Lord
of the Rings. Augie applied the story to what he was learning in science
class. "The red blood cells are like the Gondorians, defending their home.
The bacteria are like the orcs attacking Gondor. The medicine is like the
Riders of Rohan coming to the rescue."
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| A drawing by ViMae |
March 11:
At Christmastime, Peter Boehm ("Pa")
wears a Santa hat, grows out his white hair and beard, and wears red sweaters. Schoolmates
often ask our grandkids whether their grandfather is Santa. Today he handed Vi
his iPhone so she could see a photo he'd just taken. Ever curious, she wheeled
back through old photos. Suddenly she saw a shot of me holding a pink princess
dress...just like the one she got from Santa. She studied it, checking every
detail, and then said, "Hmm, I guess Pa really is Santa." Oops. Our
explanation: We sent the photo to Santa so he'd know what to bring.
April 7:
Grandkids came back Friday from
their spring break trip, and they are still bouncing with joy! They visited a
great-grandma and other relatives, climbed to the top of a lighthouse,
collected shells on an ocean beach, and discovered that New York has great pizza, bagels, and
Chinese food! As they tell us these things, they are jumping up and down and
interrupting one another to list more good stuff. And they ran smiling into
school this morning. Such fun to be part of their lives.
14 comments:
How great that your grandchildren would run smiling into school. They must be leading happy lives.
Glad to see a blog from you. Sounds like you have been keeping yourself busy. Your grandchildren remind me of mine back when they were young.
I love your grandkid's report. How fun is that.
As to tap shoes - I took tap a few years back. My mom would come visit and she was so much better than me. Hmm. My friend went on to Tap 2 and the teacher told me that perhaps I should redo Tap 1 or consider another venture. Hmm.
What a bum to steal shoes in the winter in Minnesota. I suppose he will sell them.
I keep imagining you busy working on the book, I hope it is going great!
Good to hear some tidbits from you! :)
That's unreal about your shoes. I'm happy to see you back on your blog. What is your book? xo Jenny
One of my hiking friends fell when she walked onto a regular floor in her tap shoes. Broke her wrist! So I'm glad to know you made it home all right. I love imagining your beautiful grands bouncing into school. And thanks for the post. I always love to see you pop up in my reader. :-)
Oh, yay- you're back! Missed you and I like what you did in sharing your FB posts. My granddaughter also figured out who Santa is this year and was very matter of fact about it. NYC is an amazing city and my grands also loved it on their visits. My jaw dropped at the comparison Augie came up with linking his science class with Lord of The Rings. Smart. Keep on dancing anyway and believe someone needed your shoes more than you.
p.s. Are you and the kids loving the new d'vale egg game?
I love every single one of these short items -- and it's so good to see you here. But how awful -- what a creep to steal people's shoes right from dance class! And adorable about Santa!
Such a nice catch up. Maybe I need to find you on FB?!
Thanks for the catch up. I've been wondering about you. This was a great idea for writing a quick post.
I can't believe some people. Stealing shoes! I'm glad you still have your dancing shoes. Keep it up. I hope the writing is progressing as you hoped it would.
Well that just makes me mad!! Someone came into a dance studio specifically because he knew there were shoes to steal!
I hope he needed them.
Might be time to move where the shoes are removed/stored. Now that this guy has a pair, he may be off telling his buddies...
Pearl
Hey Nancy! I love Augie's analogy! Indigo x
Great update. Thanks. Somewhere me and spouse have missed the Facebook phenomena but then in some ways I think were more 20th century people...:)
pretty nice blog, following :)
Seriously? Who steals shoes? That's hilariously pathetic.
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