Assignment: Choose one word from each column and write a creative sentence about Thanksgiving
Julie: The turkey sat on the table scared of what might happen next. The farmer sat at the table, ready to eat. The farmer yelled at the turkey, it’s time to eat you.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Recently Brittney helped plan a winter event at the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, a historical house nearby, on a cold snowy day. We had lots of fun there last summer at a vintage baseball game and First Friday celebrations with live music. We loved romping around the gorgeous gardens.
Lots of pretty paths to wander.
Max learned how to tell the age of a tree.
And Julie fell on the ground many times on purpose.
Seeing if anyone’s home at a structure we later found out is the carriage house.
We couldn’t figure out what this was, but we liked going under it.
We had a delicious picnic with Julie’s favorite – prosciutto.
Followed by a wrestling match.
A big upside of suburban living has been more time in nature. We became members and look forward to many more visits to this special place.
One day Julie kept asking to watch the ‘hot video’ on the computer. I couldn’t figure out what she was talking about, then she said ‘where I have band-aids on my knees. And I’m dancing.’ So here’s the video, along with the backstory:
Outside we discovered some break dancers. Julie joined in.
The group was on a hip hop tour of NYC that included dance lessons. Julie crashed.
But really she just wanted to jump.
Word.
Then we had a picnic in Central Park with some city friends and a cute puppy. Julie may act tough, but she threw the dog treats on the ground, too scared to get close.
But she’s not afraid of city dirt.
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