The day before the day before Christmas

Today, James and I played catch in the backyard. He actually catches now; he used to just bat the ball in the air and laugh as it fell. I think I will miss that.

We play almost every day since I have been on break. He assigns me a name when we play. I have been named "Struggles" and "Baby Paradise." Today I am "Kayak."

James, who also named himself "Kayak," stopped me to look at a spider climbing on his miniature basketball hoop, stopped me to look at the berry stem he found (what kind of berry is that, anyway?) and came in to show me a bee hovering over a flower. We watched the bee buzz from blossom to blossom.

Strange that three days ago James and I romped in the snow not an hour from here...












<------It took five stores to find boots.