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Wesley observes Truggster and the tiny hedgehogs who have crashed the lovely tea time arranged by Elaine. (4/3/20)
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Sea lion, luck dragon, and grinning child. (4/7/20)
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Wesley alternates bugging me with working on writing a book to give their dad for his birthday. (4/7/20)
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Distance learning. (4/8/20)
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A scientific drawing of Sonic the Hedgehog, and a totally non-scientific tiger costume. (4/8/20)
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An antique Garfield birthday card from the 80s. Classic. (4/8/20)
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Wesley reads their
book, "The Crazy Moose," about a moose who thinks they're a human, and
then goes and asks a bunch of different animals what they are.
(4/8/20)
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Porg has a lot to say. (4/8/20)
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Singing "Happy Birthday" to their dad. (4/8/20)
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And so it begins... (4/11/20)
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Grand Janet sews bunny ears for Truggster while the kids dye eggs. (4/11/20)
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Solid colors and rainbows. (4/11/20)
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Patience and precision. (4/11/20)
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Thinking about which of the eggs are their favorites. (4/11/20)
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Setting up their
Easter baskets. Elaine carefully arranged their eggs; Wesley
piled in as many as would fit. (4/11/20)
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All ready for the
Easter bunny to come. Also, the Easter bunny better hurry, or
Wesley will eat all the eggs! (4/11/20)
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The treasures of
Easter morning. Wesley had already eaten a great deal of candy by
the time the rest of us got up. Elaine saved theirs.
(4/12/20)
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These funny little creatures -- half Furby, half slap-wrap -- sing together when near each other. (4/12/20)
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Would Aunt Porgy like to sing with them? (4/12/20)
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Trudy would not like to sing. (4/12/20)
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Let the egg hunts begin! (4/12/20)
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The searchers scattered to the winds, seeking the delectable, hidden treasures in every corner of the yard. (4/12/20)
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First, the adults
hid 40 eggs for the kids. Then Elaine hid 25 eggs for
Wesley. And finally Wesley hid 25 eggs for Elaine. Only two
were permanently lost. (4/12/20)
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Do you see the pink egg? Wesley hasn't yet, but they will soon. (4/12/20)
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Fred and George don't understand why they don't get any eggs. (4/12/20)
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It's an Easter robbery! (4/12/20)
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Elaine continues to carefully ration their candy. (4/12/20)
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Wesley eats it all. (4/12/20)
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Wesley draws their
favorite season of apple tree for school. They selected fall,
because that's when the apples are ripe. (4/13/20)
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Next, Wesley watches
a video of a book about a cat on her first day of school and has to
come up with similarities between the book and their own first day of
distance school. (4/13/20)
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Ah, why do school work when one can play VIDEO GAMES. Wesley plays Sonic; I play Candy Crush. (4/13/20)
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Grand Janet has been sewing us all masks. (4/16/20)
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Wesley strikes a pose. And then later, strikes a pose with a portrait of the original pose. (4/20/20)
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The kids don't sleep anymore. They just stay up late bugging Amy and claiming to work on homework. (4/21/20)
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Finding small bright points of beauty. (4/22/20)
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Hanging out in the office while I have my nightly Zoom chat with Alexis. (4/24/20)
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Daniel plays guitar; Elaine plays piano; Wesley sings and picks the songs. (4/24/20)
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The kids receive a
care package from Great Aunt Janell and Great Uncle Bill with ye old
timey newspaper, several books, and pen and pencil sets. (4/28/20)
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Wesley built a robot
and then filmed it with their school iPad, which is a treasure trove of
entertaining activities. (4/29/20)
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Photography is a highly diverting pastime. (4/29/20)
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The camera app has a comic book filter. (4/29/20)
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Cool cool photos. (4/29/20)
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Quarantine is a good time for video games. (4/30/20)
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