Catch it

Ben: "Wouldn't it be cool if dreamcatchers actually caught dreams and popped out these little white marbles that you could throw into the air to make all of the characters from your dream come to life?"

Me: "Yes."

Ben: "And then you could be transported back into another world like in your dream. Like going to an empty WalMart that has boxes all over the place? And that skateboard that flies and has rockets attached? And bikes like that too?"

Me: "Yes. Was that your dream?"

Ben: "Yes."

On Carrotcake

I haven't been posting in a while because of a lack of great, coherent stories. Because I really liked this post, here is a blondish-inspired-top-four-things on my mind list:

1. This morning I had a piece of carrotcake with creamcheese frosting on it for breakfast. It was delicious.


2. I have been enjoying The Year of Magical Thinking


3. I led a climb this weekend with my old friend, Jeep. It was a beautiful day at Table Rock (the photo on the bottom of my blog is from TR)


4. The climb was named Jim Dandy and I think I want a dog named Jim Dandy. Or Fred Dandy.

Part 2. Maybe more?

Ben loved coconuts. Charlie was sick, sunburned, and bug-bitten the whole week. We visited two very nice pharmacies. An iguana almost fell on Ben's head when we were "visiting" a pool. Katie had moments of irritability.

Andy kept everyone happy and made friends with the neighbors up the street when our rental car was "vandalized." (The bumper was smashed in before we got it, but we didn't notice until after he hired the neighbors up the street to fix it... then we had a flat tire... they shared some good times and cold beers while Katie and the kids played Curious George Scrabble.) We drove with the top down.

Breakfast on the deck.

Ben made up elaborate games such as Guess how much money is under this? During those games he would say things like, "I put the dolphin on the Mexican girl's picture because I know that they love dolphins."

We saw many striped and swizzled fish. Sass would have freaked out because they swam so close to our legs. Some saw stingrays and turtles.

Many sandcastles. Many articles and chapters in books. Many beach running races and "jump before the waves get you" races.

The boys watched many classic cartoons such as Bettie Boop and Popeye while we grilled dinner and danced. We woke up to sound of the mosquitoes and waves.