It was Stephen's final evening away on business, and my little brother, Adam, came to rescue me. The week had been more stressful than usual with the added responsibility of schooling and caring (around the clock) for 3 kids who desperately missed their daddy. On Wednesday, we decided to invite Uncle Adam over for chocolate chip pancakes and root beer floats. He spent some fun time with each of the kids and boosted our moods immensely. Sis told him that she was "SUPPOSED to find a famous person to interview for school" but that she guessed he would be okay. After dinner, the kids told him that they were going to watch an episode of "Little House on the Prairie." Without missing a beat, Adam started in on his side-splitting impersonations of all the characters from that show. Buddy especially was amazed by his ability to perfectly capture their personalities and voices.
Later that week, Adam told Buddy that he had a little surprise for him. It was a recording of him having a conversation with Mr. Edwards, Doc. Baker and Reverend Alden from "Little House." I popped the tape in the car for the kids and almost had to pull over I was laughing so hard. Buddy's reactions ranged from hysterical laughter to awed silence. It was so good it was almost freaky... We all agreed that the best part was when they locked out Reverend Alden so he wouldn't start in on his favorite tune, "Bringing In the Sheaves."
Tonight we're taking full advantage of Daddy's presence. I have begun our Bean and Corn study in Science, and Stephen and the kids are busily creating a makeshift balance for weighing the various seeds and sprouts. I told him that I could handle the rest of the experiments, but was not in the frame of mind to tackle this one after an 8 hour school day. Daddies are just plain more fun anyway.
We'll keep you posted on the progress of our little greenhouse and will plan to share some pictures along the way...
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