May 21, 22, 23, 2016


Met Tim at Costco at 6:30 ish. Courtney was at work.
Made the swap with him.

Deeya was anxious for us to get to the house because Buku wanted to play with them real bad.
I typed out a lot of notes the other day about this weekend but my computer crashed and I lost them. So I am just going to do the best I can on remembering.
Azure brought along some multi colored yarn and had been crocheting a doll for herself.
Zarah said a couple of funny things while we were in the car, but as of yet I can’t remember them.

The girls said that they were hungry so we went through the White Castle Drive Through right by Costco.

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I tried to get a Veggie Slider but they were out of them so I got Mozzerella Sticks. Azure was amazed when I told her that a White Castle was 10 cents when I was little. She said
They had White Castles when you were little?

As soon as we got to the house Buku came down stairs and met us at the door. She was anxious to show Azure and Zarah her redecorated bedroom. The girls loved it.

 

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Later they went downstairs and Buku played and sang a song on Azure’s keyboard (Lost boy). Azure danced while brooklynn played it. Zarah sat on the ledge in front of her seemingly very memorized by it.

 

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Later the girls played Modeling and walking the runway. I filmed one of thier demonstrations.

Somewhere in the time frame someone took a picture of me practicing guitar. I was TRYING to learn “Beyond the Sun” by Yngwie Malmsteen.

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Then the girls stuck pillow in their shirts and played Sumo bumping on the mattress.

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Later I got them some lemon-aide. Buku read a Dr. Suess book to Zarah while Azure crocheted.

 

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Frank and Deeya sat out on the back deck and looked at the new birds and talked. The girls all watched a movie but I can’t remember what it was.Buku stayed down in the basement until 11:30 or so. I was surprised that she stayed up so late.

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After Buku went to bed I crashed in between Azure and Zarah on the mattress on the floor. The next morning the girls wanted cereal. I sat Azure up a table to finish paintingBuku had a Soccer match at 11:00 and one at 3:30. Around 10:00 Deeya asked me if I would pickup some drinks and snacks for Bukus’s team for after the game. I said sure.

 

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After Deeya and Brooklynn left we loaded up some chairs and I got a cooler from the barn and then we drove to the Wal-Mart in Noblesville. I got water and gatoraide and chips and cheese crackers for the kids.

We walked out to the field and sat by Deeya and watched the game. There was a Church behind us that was played a recording of Bells quite loudly. Azure thought that they sounded creepy. I guess they sort of did. They were a little out of tune and it made it sound eerie. Zarah kept wanted the soccer ball to come to her when it went out of bounds.
It was a perfect day out with huge white clouds flowing over head.

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After the game was over Brooklynn wanted to ride back to the house with us. I gave each of the girls a Pudding snack pack. I mowed the front yard of Deeya’s house and put a new wheel on the wheelbarrow. But I can’t remember if I did it before the game or after it.

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Frank got home from work a little later and then at 3:00 Brooklynn had another soccer game at the same place. Azure and Zarah and I went again. On the way I looked over and I could see quietly rolling down Azure face. It broke my heart. I asked her what was wrong and she said that one of the eyes fell off the toy doll she had crocheted (bob I think it was). I said “don’t be upset we will stop and get some new eyes for him”. That cheered her up. Man I love that little girl. Seeing her sad like that about killed me. We stopped the Dollar store by Wal-mart in Noblesville and bought a bag of Googley Eyes and two pair of Kids glasses.
We didn’t sit with Frank and Deeya this time. Zarah spent some time digging around on a hill of dirt at one end of the soccer field.

 

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After the game we packed up and left. Since we were so close to Fry’s I wanted to go thier to return some blank Blu-ray discs that I had purchased about a week before. They were the wrong “Model”. We went in and looked around at the movies and stuff. I bought a blu-ray recorder for 52 bucks,
That was a pretty good deal. Zarah kept telling me not to buy it. Azure said that it was because she wanted me to spend that money on her. Somehow I think Azure may have been right…lol
. Azure and Zarah wanted to eat in the cafe in Fry’s but I talked ’em out of it. I said there are lots of close places to eat. After we left Fry’s we passed an IHOP. I swung the car around. I said “Who wants Pancakes for dinner?”. They both seemed excited by that.

 

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We went in and got a booth. Azure got the Cupcake Pancakes and Zarah got the plain jane pancakes.. Not surprised. Azure was amazed that they had “Chicken and Waffles” on the menu. I said believe it or not lots of people like that.

I didn’t want anything sweet. And there weren’t many food choices for me other than pancakes. She said I could get the Kids grilled cheese. I said O.K. I laughed when we got our food because My sandwitch was cut into four triangles.

The girls loved their dinner. We had a nice time together. After we left Azure tried to read a book to catch up to her “20 Book” assignment at school. Zarah fell asleep in the back seat.

 

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After we got back Azure and Brooklynn used a Hot Glue gun to Glue Googley Eyes on to Azure Creation. It turned out good. We were all happy. I have always wanted Zarah to be a more active reader, but she really hasn’t had a big interest in it. So I told her I would give her 3 dollars if she would/could read a Dr.Seuss book to me. She sat on my lap and read “Hop on Pop”. She read the whole thing to me with no problems. I was sort of surprised. I hugged her and kissed her and praised her over and over. I told her I was super dooper proud of her. She seemed to catch the reading bug for the rest of the weekend. I couldn’t have been happier.

 

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Later, Deeya and Frank decided to light a bonfire out in the backyard. They bought Hot Dogs and Smores. We all had a really nice time. We listened to Jazz and Sinatra and roasted Marshmallows and talked.

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Around 10:30 the party ended. Frank stayed back to relax by the fire. Deeya and Brooklynn went to bed. THe girls and I went down stairs. Zarah immediately

started reading again. Azure Played Keyboards. I practiced “Beyond the Sun” on guitar for while. I texted Deeya… Dad Practicing Guitar, Azure Practicing Piano, Zarah practicing reading… I AM ONE HAPPY DAD…….Later Then Zarah played ABCMOUSE.COM on the Laptop, Azure finally fell asleep with her “bob” doll. It was cute.

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The next Morning Frank had to Work. The girls and I got up around 8:30. I had told Britney that I would mow her yard this weekend. I wanted to do it before it got hot. The girls read Dr Suess in the car. Zarah read outloud the whole time. I was really proud of this new little reader…..We went to the McDonalds in Cicero and ate breakfast. And then we went to the Speedway that was next door. Zarah wanted to collect on her $3:00 treat for reading to me the day before.

 

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Then we headed for Tipton. Which is about 6 miles north of Cicero. We got to Britney’s She wasn’t home. I mowed for about a half hour while the girls played. Eventually they had to go to the restroom. I stopped the mower and drove them to the Rickers station in Tipton. When we got back around noon. The mower wouldn’t start. I tried over and over but got nothing.
We packed up and left and went back to Deeya’s. I saw a sign on the way back that said 73 degrees.

 

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Zarah drew a few pictures while we were on the way back

We got back to the house about 12:00. Deeya and Brooklynn got back from Church a little later. I set up a table for Azure to work on the paintings for Missy, but she soon got distracted by Brooklynn wanting to play.

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Azure kept wanting to play outside. But Brooklynn didn’t want to. Deeya eventually ordered them to play outside. Deeya got a Donald Trump shirt in the mail for Brooklynn but it ended up being too small for her so she gave it to Zarah. The girls tried to play outside for a while they rode bikes on the trail and magic wands and potions. I spun Zarah around.

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Supergirl Forever

but ended up coming back inside to the basement. They played Dodgeball with the red exercise balls and then started watching the Barbie with “Malucia” again.

Deeya suggested getting Alexanders Ice Cream for the girls. Zarah said that she would go with me to get it. I was glad to have my little side kick with me.

We got to Alexanders in Cicero and the line had about 20 people in it. I decided to go to the Dairy Queen in town instead. There was only one car in the Drive thru. Azure and Brooklynn got Vanilla Shakes and Zarah got a chocolate cone. I got an Ice Cream Sandwich.

 

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While we were out I asked Zarah if she would like to pick out a couple of Dr. Suess books from Half-Price books later. She was excited and said Yes.

 

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We got back to the house. They watched the movie and had fun. Then around 5:00. I said Hit the showers and pack up. We left and headed towards Half-price books on the wast 86th street. Azure and Zarah each picked out a couple of books. I got the new Vogue with Taylor Swift on the cover. (For half Price) …. Courtney showed up looking for a book for Tim called “How do I get through to you?” ( I think ) … She actually found it for 3 dollars.

I told Courtney about My new job that I was starting on Monday. But while I was telling her there were two African American Women  in the store loudly talking about how much they hated America and Dick Cheney and George Bush. We were so taken aback by their boisterous complaining that we really didn’t get to have a conversation. Eventually I had to leave to get ready for my big day on Monday. We all walked outside at the same time. I gave Courtney the girls stuff and 4 money orders and said our goodbyes.
I headed out and went to Chili’s to celebrate my new Job….


May 23rd, 2016 by