Give the People What They Want

Today, we delve even further back into the dark photo files of Ma.

As in, TWENTY YEARS.

And who are these winsome lassies of the loch?
Yes, none other than Ardith and Sharon, summer of '87, when they were 4 and 2.

See the french braids? And on the right, neat pony tails?

That was back in the days when I used to fix their hair every morning....when I was a good mom and wanted everyone to know it.

Speaking of bed hair....this is one of my favorites. It's got "monitor background" written all over it. Possibly fall, of '84? But those eyes....
'Tis Ardith :-) She had just woken up from her nap. This picture also dates us, since it was taken before they had those warnings about too many pillows or soft things in the baby's bed.

Towards the end of the kids, I tried to comply. I remember a newborn, probably Ethan, and meticulously laying him on his back beside me in our bed, one afternoon. (I know, I know...that's another law we transgressed)

ANY-way, I woke up an hour later, absolutely refreshed, having slept for that long a stretch....because the kid had rolled over to his stomach where he actually fell asleep for more than 5 minutes.

Another piece of pricelessness :-D
Notice the happenin' eye-wear on Sharon and Ardith? We were always on the cusp of fashion, or as far as the cast-offs and garage sale buys would allow us.

I've gotten more garbage bags full of clothes that someone was taking to Goodwill, over the years...

Again, summer of 1987. We have a similar picture in an album, only Loren has his eyes open. He looks almost old enough for high school, here...

Ma has OODLES more pictures. Enough to last for a very, very long time, depending on various blackmailing secenarios.

In the meantime, those of us who aren't sick will be attending the Weikert/Helmke wedding after lunch, so I may have pictures of a more current nature, a little later.
 

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