Not Kidding:Secret Admirer Note For Becket in Our Mailbox This Morning

I walked out to send the kids off on the bus and decided to slide over to grab the mail.  There was a long 12X18 piece of paper rolled up with a rubberband around sitting in my mailbox.  It was unlike any of my other junk mail:)

When I opened it this is what the note read:



It was straight out the Valentine Bernstein Bear book where Brother Bear gets a letter just like this.

After taking fingerprints and CSI-ing the evidence I have come to some conclusions

1) They chose the words "mushy and gushy" to express their sentiments to Becket, meaning that they know he HATES this holiday. Most 3rd grade boys do and it's clearly demonstrated in the picture below.  He's running over the Valentine's bear and the girls are frantic to save it. Would you look at that smile on his face?  He's enjoying this thoroughly-sisters screaming and love destroyed.



2) We don't have many kids in our neighborhood, so that means it was driven to our house and dropped off--getting the parents involved in it too.

I love a mystery and a challenge. Don't reveal yourself too soon, I'd like you to stew a little until we think up something clever.  We Harrises have a long history.

If you truly are a young spring chick that has your eye on my science absorbed, deep thinker, some times not giving you the time of day Becket, well, then come talk to me and ignore the above.

Oh! And somebody must be madly smitten with me because he left the frozen blueberries in the fridge.  I am so consumed by his thoughts that he can't think straight :-)

Books I've Been Reading

I stumbled into this author, Patrick Taylor, in one of my Mom's Reader's Digest books.  Reader's Digests have four books that have been condensed for my reading pleasure.  I usually don't like all of the fluff and wordiness, I'd rather just get the gist.  Anyway, this is the 6th book and it was easy to dive into, now I need to go back and read the others.  It's about two single doctors, one older, one younger, living in Ireland.  It's a small town with everyone knowing everything and boy how the word travels.  I love stories about a community and their Irish way of talking is charming. I also have a thing for doctors:-) I'm now on An Irish Country Wedding, because the last book The Irish Country Courtship left me hanging. I leave this book downstairs for reading during the day.

My 2nd book is one that I keep upstairs by my bed is called Edenbrooke, suggested by a book club.  Philip is very entertaining and has made me laugh out-loud at times.  It takes place in England, one of those Pride and Prejudice clean books. The girl, Marianne, is not as well refined as her twin sister Cecily and finds herself in all sorts of embarrassing situations.  Love the awkwardness.

Sleeping Through Anything

Mat and I didn't know what was going on when we went and checked on the girls one night.  I stood there just trying to figure out how Micah could get her foot up to her chin. It should have dawned on me sooner, I know.  Here's what the lifted covers revealed:

Happy Groundhog's Day and V-Day For that Matter (Well for most of us)

A girl after my own heart

I usually am the one to proudly wear my groundhog hat (purchased in Puxatawny, PA in the winter of 2003) but Gretchen has taken a liking to holidays just as much as I have, so I passed my groundhog crown to her---as long as she crossed her heart and hoped to die that it would come home.

I also got out our other Valentine treasures.  Becket has made it known that he does NOT like Valentine's Day because of all of the kissy kissing.  He will have nothing with it. He'll run over anything screaming Valentine's with his scooter which in turn, causes the girls to scream with it.





As for this girl--she is just happy to party!