One Bite at a Time

"I just felt embarrassed to have it on my body," he said.

All of the characters feel completely two dimensional and almost like caricatures. Calvin shows up literally out of nowhere with no explanation and suddenly he's an integral part of the team. Everyone's internal thoughts are broadcast in the most obvious ways. All of the science and magic concepts are so incredibly vague. And there are weird religious parts with no explanation? Like, is this a Christian book and I just don't remember it?

The first pears from our tree are so beautiful I had to do a photoshoot.

These are gluten free.

Made my darling mother-in-law a June Dress in this lovely Indian block printed cotton voile. I’m going to bring it to her in Michigan next week. It’s her favorite color. I lengthened the sleeves and added some ties on the back in case she doesn’t want to wear it loose like I do. It’s versatile!

He was charming and funny the whole time. He immediately welcomed her and asked what she would like to do, then gave her a formal house tour, lol. He offered her snacks and drinks about a dozen times. He complimented her several times about her piano skills, her basketball skills, her humor. Every time I walked into the room she was smiling at him. When it was time to go, she hugged him (!!!)

He is still riding a major high.

I went through his camera afterward and found this, perhaps the cutest thing I’ve seen in a while:

He can sometimes be a little bossy with the neighbor girls, and they let him because they are older and he’s basically their little brother. So I just tried to have a conversation with him about not being bossy with Harper.

Me: ok buddy, now remember to ask Harper what she feels like doing. Don’t just start playing your music or turning on your TV shows or whatever.

He has Spotify now too, and while quickly perusing the list of songs he’s been listening to, I found this playlist he created for the summer: