Go Ahead and Say It.



I know.  Everyone is tired of seeing the same clothes on Solon, so Jay and I finally made an effort to update his wardrobe.  I spent this morning boxing up all his clothes that are too small, and washing the new things we picked up this weekend.  I am excited because we got him some cool plaid pants!

Hey There...

Solon finally cornered Megan and got to pet her some.

Fun!



Solon saw all the animals minus the panda, hit the petting zoo, and then we all sat down for some hamburgers. 

All Aboard!





Well! We finally got a membership to the zoo, so we can go anytime we want.  So we went last Saturday and spent most of the day there playing.  The last things to do on our list were ride the train & carousel and explore the playground.  Solon would get so excited every time he saw the train go by that he would look at any stranger standing nearby..and say "Dinosaur Train coming!"  He got a bunch of strange looks.

A Family Trait?

I think all of us do it. My dad, mom, Sally, Janie and me. We will get a towel and use it for a hundred years. All of a sudden one day you look at the rag, and it is so tattered and ugly that you tell yourself that you MUST throw it away immediately. But you can't do it. None of us Sparkmans can.

I got this dishtowel from my mom when I was heading up to MSU as a freshman. I believe it came in a pack of 4. Two blue ones and two red ones. This is the one that I managed to keep up with since 1994. What is that? 17 years of use.

It is funny. I have found towels at Sally, Janie and my mom's houses that I recognize from when we were little. They are stained, torn and no longer in their prime, but there they sit all folded up..if you can fold something so worn out...in a closet or under the bathroom sink. When going through my dad's things last year, we came across an old oven mitt that had been burnt to pieces that Sally laid claim to and I am sure it now sits in one of her kitchen drawers.

I did throw this dishtowel away, but I promise I have 10 more in my drawer that are approaching this one's condition.

Yeah...Again

Our computer is in the shop AGAIN! I took it to a local person two times because I was tired of giving big bucks to Best Buy...and I should have realized there was a reason why BB deserves the dough. They know what they are doing. So I promise to be posting pics soon but in the meantime I wanted to report that my mom's surgery went great this past Monday. Her lungs held up well, and her pathology report post-surgery looked good. So, we are hoping that she won't have to go through any chemo or radiation. Talked to her today and she sounded great and is on the road to recovery.

Walk In The Park

Solon is my little climber. He has no fear and has taken to climbing up all the ladders and such at the park. He will get to the very top and look down at me and say "Look at me. So tall!"

We also took part in Solon's favorite past time. Throwing rocks in the creek.