"your nice!! very nice! and funny!"

We went to America's Thrift Store yesterday. The kids had a blast in the toy aisles. Everything is tossed on shelves and most of the electronic stuff is in working order. The wee one found a baby she liked and pushed her up and down in a sagging, squeaking broken doll stroller. Poor baby doll only had one shoe. After much digging, the wee one exclaimed, "Found it!" She had to come find me when the bitty Barbie shoe wouldn't fit on the standards size baby doll.

After two hours and plenty of my own digging, I found oodles of good books. For example, Classic Books-with-Holes. Six titles at .39 each, including my favorite from when I was a kid, There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly.



Even though nobody seemed to appreciate my last book treasure, I found this token of esteem from Richard, to Tracy.




We spent New Year's Eve day at the Discovery Center. I think my frugal shopping has rubbed off on the big kid. She came up with this all on her own.



We've decided to start homeschooling next year. I can go to the convention and pick a curriculum with more confidence. The big kid will have some stability in her life which is important with the Baron leaving for six months in February.

The Baron and I have been on a Boggle kick. We love Boggle. We've always loved Boggle. It's nice to have the big kid playing one of our games instead of the other way around. We bought a pocket dictionary but it sucks. It didn't have "mite" or "roe" which are the kinds or words one needs to back up when playing Boggle. Of course, the Baron and I know these are legitimate words but we're always trying to eke out one more 3-4 letter word the other wouldn't think of.