Maybe Not Tomorrow but the Sun Will Come Out

What was I thinking when I said I would wait until the sun shone again to take another picture of what Jonge made for me?

It IS January and it IS Michigan, so I thought I'd just better go ahead and post the picture anyway.

I know the sun will shine again, but who knows when?

I've picked up a few sets of vintage Tinker Toys over the years, but most recently I found a nice set of bigger Tinker Toys at Goodwill.

MUCH easier for smaller hands to play with!

Jonge quickly set to work to make me something.

He even found a hook already in the wall for me to hang it on. Up high. Like where the stars go.

Jonge told me he made a star because there are stars up in Heaven - where Pa with a cane and Grandma in a wheel chair live now.

I think it looks absolutely lovely there. Today he made me another one for the other side. But since there didn't seem to be a hook on the other side, he told me that the second one could be a 'leaning star'.

Our morning today was so nice. They klomped around in wooden shoes for awhile. That's a fun sound. Jonge and Famke wanted their picture taken wearing the wooden shoes. I didn't notice until I was downloading today's pictures that they are holding hands. How sweet are they?

The afternoon was not so great. I was tired. Jonge was tired. Kado was tired. Famke was NOT tired. Not at all. Not a smitch of tiredness in that one.

Today I got to prove the old saying - You can put a child in bed but you can't make her sleep!