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The little boy’s latest cinematographic endeavor…

please pardon the shaky camera work – he is only eight, after all!

I love that he pauses in the middle to play a few notes on the piano. 🙂

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Spring break starts right now!

Happy Friday!

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P.S. Julia continues to bloom her little rosy heart out.

Julia’s neighbor, Charisma, is fiery orange. The detail of the blossom is blurry in the picture, but you get the idea.

They’re perfect pals.

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Eight-Year-Old Cinema

The little boy just took the video camera from me and went off to make his own movie.

He has been doing this a lot lately.

It mostly just involves filming the walls up close and singing in the background while occasionally waving his hand in front of the lens.

Sometimes he makes funny noises and laughs at himself.

Sometimes he mumbles scenes from his favorite movies.

But only rarely does he really point the thing in his own direction.

I only hesitated about two seconds before handing him the new camera to use without my supervision. He just seemed so eager to do it himself, how could I say no?

Yes, maybe he will break it, but it wasn’t that expensive and he’s actually pretty careful.

Who knows? Maybe he will find his future behind the lens.

Here is a sample of his cinematography skills:

And just in case you prefer to see his face and hear his singing while I hold the camera, here’s Twinkle Twinkle:

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Tiramisu

I made tiramisu from this recipe last night. I was really drawn to it because of the almond extract, one of my favorite dessert flavorings. I also appreciated the omission of raw eggs and rum, neither of which are high on my list of culinary delights. 😕

This is a really good recipe – very easy to assemble – though I recommend finding heartier lady finger cookies than I did. Mine were VERY dainty and spongey, not at all firm like those in her photos. They sort of fell apart when I dipped them in the coffee. I made the best of it, used them anyway, and chilled the assembled dessert for only the minimum six hours before trying it. It’s delicious!

Thanks to Mom #2 for saving the Food Section for me!

By the way, a quick search produced this very simple lady finger recipe, so maybe that’s the way to go next time.

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Photos

I snapped a few pictures in the yard while we were waiting for pizza today. The little boy has sauce on his face for the close-ups. 😀

Our Julia Child Rose is doing really well. The yellow flowers are beautiful and cheery, but I love how the older blooms fade to a creamy white. It almost looks like there are two different flowers on the same plant.

We planted a Charisma Rose a few feet behind it, but it isn’t as happy as Julia. Our Charisma has that unfortunate white fungus on some of its limbs. We will snip those off, treat the others somehow and hope for the best. I think there’s a picture of it in there so you can see how unhappy it looks. 😦

Notice the orange-yellow Hibiscus. Just this morning, the husband mentioned how pleased he is that the plant is healthy and producing nice flowers again. An hour later, the little boy hacked off all of the blooms. 😐 Sigh.

A picture of the book I chose from my too-tall pile of options is in there too. I grabbed it as we were heading out the door to the park this morning. It was on top of the stack. I read three chapters without even noticing I’d done it. So far, it’s good. I’ll let you know if it holds my interest!

Enjoy the pictures!

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