Snocones!

Let it burn in her new fire dress

Water balloon fight prep

Angel in the clouds

Outside children's museum after camp.. Only 97 degrees

Without you

Z: how old will you be

M: 41

Z: I guess i will have to live a short life. I will kill myself when you die. I do not want to live without you.

M: oh no, you must not ever do that for any reason. Half of my DNA made you, you are half of me in so many ways. It would make me very sad for you to die.  The world needs you and the things you will do. If am in the room with you or not, my love is part of you too, forever. It will always be there.

(Conversation in bed... Sometimes it is as if I feel like time has warped and although I know it is Zoë, is this the 7 year old one or something else.

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“Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.”
Chinese Proverb


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Dr. Amy Ashurst Gooch          http://www.sci.utah.edu/people/agooch.html
Research Scientist                                          amy.a.gooch at gmail.com
Scientific Computing and Imaging                          agooch at sci.utah.edu
University of Utah               
   
(801)-649-3923    (SLC Virtual)
(250)-483-5941    (Canada)
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Yeah cat litter

I got my new food processor today.. Happy early birthday to me from me.. And so I was busy making granola bars... Just ground up all the nuts and Zoe reached over the dish towards the chocolate chips and spilled a small percentage of the nuts on the floor.. I had my quick burst, then remembered myself.. And said... Accidents happen, will you please get the broom and scoop and let's clean this up.. Zoe and Finn did it together, then Zoe said, "now mom, can I scoop the cat litter.. I really want to do the cat litter... I'd rather do that than clean the kitchen floor.  Oh and you don't have to pay me.. You can if you want, but you don't have to."

The back story is that she wants to earn some extra money and is looking for jobs to do.

I should also note that Finn is up to the sink.. Just did all my dishes from baking and asked: "can someone give me something dirty!"

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“Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.”
Chinese Proverb


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dr. Amy Ashurst Gooch          http://www.sci.utah.edu/people/agooch.html
Research Scientist                                          amy.a.gooch at gmail.com
Scientific Computing and Imaging                          agooch at sci.utah.edu
University of Utah               
   
(801)-649-3923    (SLC Virtual)
(250)-483-5941    (Canada)
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What I did at the truck dealership today

Mom

Z: what's it like to be a mom?

I answered "wonderful"

What else could I say?

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“Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.”
Chinese Proverb


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dr. Amy Ashurst Gooch          http://www.sci.utah.edu/people/agooch.html
Research Scientist                                          amy.a.gooch at gmail.com
Scientific Computing and Imaging                          agooch at sci.utah.edu
University of Utah               
   
(801)-649-3923    (SLC Virtual)
(250)-483-5941    (Canada)
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Yes ma'am

Where I grew up, the saying "yes ma'am" or "yes sir" would be considered patronizing.. But that is not true here. Everyone, and I mean every one, says it. Quickly I began to worry, am I going to have to reach this to my kids? It feel so unnatural for me.  By I just as quickly decided that our kids are good at blending, code switching to fit in.  I was sure I would not have to teach anyone but myself. And indeed, last night I asked Zoe if she had her B-braces ( her backup braces as she calls them, a retainer to me), and she replied: 

"yes ma'am" 

and it did not sound patronizing at all.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    
“Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.”
Chinese Proverb


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dr. Amy Ashurst Gooch          http://www.sci.utah.edu/people/agooch.html
Research Scientist                                          amy.a.gooch at gmail.com
Scientific Computing and Imaging                          agooch at sci.utah.edu
University of Utah               
   
(801)-649-3923    (SLC Virtual)
(250)-483-5941    (Canada)
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Zoe in disguise

Leaving messages

Dinner last night

Sleep overs

A common event here is to have Elizabeth over for a sleep over. Here they were playing Kim and teenage daughter.