Tuesday, April 21, 2009

After all of that preparation and rest,

I was late for work yesterday. Couldn't find my badge and couldn't find my stuff in my pocketbook. But, when I finally got there 4 minutes late, it was so nice to be back to work. I forgot my password and it took me a couple of minutes to get back into the swing of things.
Ezra had forgotten :) to do his homework all last week too. We just had too much fun! Ethan is the Wii Tennis champion of the family. Evelyn produced a beautiful Walker family tree powerpoint presentation. Do you know how much work that takes, just to put the cousins and aunts and uncles names down on paper can give you a cramp in your hand. She is so productive. Her Hebrew alephbet book was her Summer project and this was her Spring project. I love her enthusiasm. We also worked a whole day on a violin and flute duet. I didn't tape it but I did tape her fluting. She is getting very good. Emily and Elyse and Enoch have their artistic whims and made stuff for others and they don't even show me before they give them away, because I will take it. They make jewelry and dolls and give them as gifts to others, I see the finished products from the garage, as they are going out of the door wrapped up. We really did have a nice vacation, even though we were at home.
Ben is enjoying the job hunting season and getting to know the children much better.

2 comments:

Joanne Bodden said...

Wow ! How do you do it all, Jayne. Will we get to see the family tree and the other art work? I took Kamaal to the bronx zoo i was resisting but then had such fun He is taking me to the I mac movie The Earth and insisting the rest of the family go as well so we can have a tree planted for Earth Day. Jackie really gave me my son. It's remarkable. I am grateful to God! he reminds me to take things one day at a time. Love you keep us posted.

Jayne said...

That is sweet Jo, I know you must've enjoyed the day at the zoo!, Jayne

Title- The Studious One!

Title-  The Studious One!
artwork by Elyse

Of biscuits and syrup

Of biscuits and syrup
tasty treats

Happy Saturday!

Happy Saturday!
a day at the Raptor Center.

Widdle Emmie in outer space school

Emmie jumped on the bus and off it flew out into the atmosphere. There was a set of clouds with turbulence right above the house and it took a few minutes for my Emmie to buckle her seatbelt. They hit the bump hard and it knocked my Emmie out of her seat and she bumped her head. The video camera came on and the monitor looked through and stated, Ms. Emmie, where are you? You are not in your seat. Where are you? I am alright I fell because I hadn’t buckled correctly. Well jump up Emmie we have a long way to go and you have to be buckled there is entirely too much turbulence in the stratosphere for you to unbuckle now. As soon as we are through this weather system there will be straight sailing but right now you must buckle. Emmie scrambled into the seat with intensity and purpose now. She watched every cloud pass her window and her nose was pressed to the window trying to see the top of the house as it drifted slowly out of sight. Soon they were not only out of sight of the house, the sun came out brightly and just as quickly they were putting on the atmospherical breathing apparatus and the outerspherical lights. The ABA and the OL. These precautions were to make them appear to be satellites to the radar as they were out in the ionosphere. Emmie knew all about this now. She had gone to the orientation and had a good breakfast and it took them 20 minutes for her to get out past the atmospherical pull and to feel the zero gravity. It would be 15 minutes before the gravity simulators would take effect, a glitch in the system which was being worked on. Until then, they enjoyed the couple of minutes of floatation, while being connected to the seats by belt. The first thing they saw everyday was the strataflotsam. The items which had been dumped into the atmosphere by earlier generations. What would their generation do about this ecological waste area that remained floating above their heads? This was a question for the generations. For now it was the area that they had to guide through on the way to school.

Midnight at the OASIS

Midnight at the OASIS
Sunset in Huntersville

My little Emmie

ran to the bus on the first day of the last year of school. 2 buns on the side of her head. She kissed me and ran at dawn to the bus. She was starting the adventure of a lifetime. I would never see that little girl again, she was going to woman school!

My Father and I 1989

My Father and I 1989

to the tune of Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

A VISIT TO PAPA











Are you going to Mary Immaculate?

Apricots, Chocolate Cherries and Pie,



Remember me to the one who lived there,



He once was a true love of mine,



Tell him to buy me an acre of land,



Apricots, Chocolate Cherries and Pie,



Between the muddy Hudson in Jamaica Bay,



Then, He’ll be a true love of mine,

Tell him to sow in it seeds of pure cream,



Apricots, Chocolate Cherries and Pie,



And build Ice cream mountains and buildings of whipped cream,

Then, He’ll be a true love of mine,



Tell him to reap them with sickles of M&M’s,



Apricots, Chocolate Cherries and Pie,



And chew bubble gum and eat till we’re done,



Then, He’ll be a true love of mine.



Tell him to run it off down the motor parkway,



Apricots, Chocolate Cherries and Pie,



After your done 50 pushups



and jog down the West Side Highway,



Then he’ll be a true love of mine…

(Don’t wait for me today dad, The kids are sick again, My tummy’s bulging again, My heart is aching again, And now there’s no love there…)





He once was, a true love of mine….So, Girls, I do beg you don't miss your Daddy,Apricots, Chocolate cherries and Pie,You have one short chance to see him on this side, Go visit him and let your light shine.