ice cream pals

emme's first love

Emme has her first crush - on Toby Tyler - aka Kevin Corcoran - child actor of the 60's. She discovered him in The Shaggy Dog and carries the DVD cover for the movie Toby Tyler with her obsessively. She alternately calls him "the boy", "Moochie" (his nickname), or "Toby Tyler".

a visit to the farm

We take a trip to my parents' friends' farm each time we visit Wisconsin. This year the temperature was so warm that all the animals were hiding in the barn - and their echoing bleating was loud enough to keep Ems away. And the smell was enough to keep me away! I did get a couple of sweet pictures of them as we bought some fresh eggs.

children of the corn

I spent my junior high summer days detasseling corn - the glamorous process of marching through cornfields, picking off the tassel on each corn plant - sticky, hot, buggy work - and if I remember right, we were paid less than minimum wage because we were so young - yikes!

But this summer, I am struck with how beautiful Wisconsin looks, especially the cornfields! The green is so intense, so consistent, so lush. Even my kidlets couldn't resist the fields.

happy 4th of july!