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| Can tomato pies be far behind? |
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| Already enjoying mint in my tea |
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| Will we have watermelons by July Fourth? |
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| Who knew gardening could be so dangerous? Papa tripped on a board and the garden rose up to whack his arm and clock him in the chin! |
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| Papa's smiling because it could have been worse. No broken teeth or broken nose, thank goodness! |
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| Fox and I spent Monday after school at Mozart's. She chose to paint a chihuahua for her Mom. |
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| Getting the nose just right. |
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| I painted a flower vase. Fox took flowers from the vase on the table to try out in mine. |
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| Meet Rosie! We'll pick up the finished, glazed pieces in a week. They'll look much more shiny and the colors will be brighter. Stay tuned! |
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| While all three kids were in school, the grown ups sneaked away to explore downtown Asheville, including a stop at the gourmet chip shop. |
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| Homework time for Brandy, River, and Mya. Playtime for Ryder and Piper. |
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| Beautiful sunshiny day at Sierra Nevada Brewing |
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| Mya stopped Papa in mid-step. A caterpillar was crossing the path! |
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| Mya saved the little guy. |
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| She even let him crawl on her nose! Then, we found a nearby milkweed plant for him. Not sure if he's a monarch, but we've heard that butterflies-to-be like milkweed. And now he's off the sidewalk! |
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| Two sisters and a brother in the sunshine |
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| With birthdays just 6 days apart (April 29 and May 5), Piper and Mya had a joint birthday party at a local gymnastics studio. Piper's about to leap into the foam pit! |
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| Flexible Mya! |
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| River "No Fear" Lewis. Do you see Ryder, Piper, and Papa? |
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| Piper demonstrates her upper body strength. Do you see Papa? |
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| Close your eyes and make a wish! Do you see Mya? |
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| Happy Birthday, Mya! |
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| The birthday party crowd. Do you see Mya, River, Piper, Brandy, Ryder, Papa, and me? Brandy's Mom Mimi is flashing the peace sign. Can you find her? |
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| Papa's trying to figure out River's magic trick. |
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| Piper tried on one of the yard sale princess dresses over her clothes. Ready for drawing! |
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| Mya's art. I think you really, really like kitty cats, Mya. |
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| Silly Mylo! What are you looking for? |
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| We were on the lookout for other men's treasure at the annual yard sales held throughout the neighborhood. |
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| My find: favorite childhood cartoons on DVD. Yes, I still have a DVD player. |
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| Brandy scored with a beautiful knitted scarf to use during newborn photography sessions. |
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| Mya chose to celebrate with dinner at Asiana, a Chinese-food buffet. Friend Clara came along. |
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| Nothing like a flight of pies for birthday dessert! At Baked, you can order pie by the piece, the entire pie, or, if you can't decide, by six sample pieces: a flight. Do you see the tabletop design? Lovely! |
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| Papa Tom and I did our share on the flight. |
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| Piper can wink! |
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| Four-fifths of the Asheville Lewises. Where'd that River run off to? |
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| While Mya and River were at school, we attended the end-of-year picnic at Piper's preschool. |
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| Piper and Daddy are the champions! Hmm. Looks like I took a photo of two people taking photos. We'll be in each other's photos! |
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| Bashful Mya! |
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| In the Asheville Lewis's tradition: a birthday donut! Happy, happy birthday, sweet, brilliant, caring, creative Mya! |
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| A Cinco de Mayo girl MUST have a pinata for her birthday. Neighbors Clara and Evelyn joined the fun. Marley stood guard. |
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| The pinata was loaded with emoji key chains and candy from the kids's Halloween pumpkins. |
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| What's better than birthday cake? A flight of pies! |
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| We started the day with incredible vegan fare at Sunny Point Cafe. Mya was home from school due to pink eye and got to join us. |
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| Back at the ranch, kitten Mylo tried to escape May by scrambling up onto a mattress. Little did he know that Mya's a scrambler too! |
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| Brandy demonstrated how President Trump fixes his hair: he combs it from the back to the front. |
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| Thursday night was Science Night at Mya and River's school. Here, a robot has no problem solving the Rubik's Cube. Bonus: the guy behind the table graduated from my high school in 1979. Fun to compare notes about Benjamin Franklin. "Og Snoclaf!" |
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| One of the projects for kids was catapult construction. Mya turned hers into a "Cat-apult." |
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| Storytime |
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| River read his homework to me. |
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| Fox demonstrated "puppy eyes" for me when I didn't immediately acquiesce to her wishes. So hard to resist! |
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| Papa's former secret blackberry picking spot was paved over a couple of years ago. Luckily he has a backup spot that was loaded with blackberries this year. We have several bags full in our freezer. |
