Love This Kid

Graham bounded into the kitchen just before supper time, "I smelled a rumbly tummy and it was in Mr. Graham."

Beautiful England

 All of these are just because.  I opened up my photo library and started uploading images that wow me.

Lyme Park

 Some time last spring, a group went to Lyme Park -- the Pemberley of BBC's Pride & Prejudice.  Just some random photos that I don't want to forget.

This is the pond that made Colin Firth famous.

A Good Morning Moment

Sitting on the sofa in the dark with Gracie & Graham this morning, Graham spontaneously sang a little song.

I'm a chilly bean
In a chilly pot.
I am cold,
I'm not hot.

When I asked where he learned it, he said that he had just made it up.  And it's made me smile as it runs through my mind all morning long (well, so far -- it's only 7:30).

"Gems from Rosie" (as quoted by Jason)

Jason:  Do you need to use the toilet?
Rosie: No, I don't think so.
Jason: Are you going to make a wet in your diaper before you fall asleep?
Rosie: Um, I got mixed up when I said I didn't need to use the toilet. I really do.

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Then, while walking to the bathroom, Rosie announced, "When there's a wet on the grass, that's okay, but if you need to make a stinky that has to be in the toilet."

Counting a Blessing

I spent the morning in Knaresborough, a beautiful village about 30 minutes north of my house, walking along the river and having a chat with a friend.  In the middle of our walk, I felt like I had misunderstood the instructions for the zone where I parked & I was going to get ticketed. 

A minute later, I saw a parking warden & stopped her to ask if I understood the instructions properly.  If she had said no, I would have walked back up a rather steep hill to move the car immediately.  But she indicated I was in the clear & not to worry.

Well, when our two hours were at the end, my friend and I headed back to the car, where we arrived just in time to see the same parking warden preparing a ticket for my car.  I rushed up to her & said that I was getting ready to leave. 

It turns out that in North Yorkshire, people put little paper clocks (known as "discs") on their dashboards so that the wardens know when they've arrived & if they have exceeded their allotted time in various parking zones.  Not having a disc in my car, I was due for a ticket.  But because I'd talked to her earlier that morning, she cancelled the ticket and gave me a disc instead.

So glad I listened to the prompting to worry about the car, that I talked to the warden when I saw her such a short time after, & that I was returning to my car before she completed the ticket she was writing.  Just a little miracle for today that I need to remember.

Quidditch, anyone?

Rosie just walked up to me & made an undistinguishable pronouncement.  I understood her second attempt, "I have caught the Snitch." 

When I laughed, she took a yellow marble out of her mouth.