The kids can say amazing things sometimes – hilarious things that make me laugh until my belly hurts. Take tonight, for example. We’re watching the end of the Buckeyes Rose Bowl victory and playing with Play-Doh, when Jack yells, top of his lungs, “GO BUCKEYES! LOOK AT MY MEATBALL!” which he had just rolled himself. It was a pretty good meatball, by the way.

This was one of those few moments in life that seems too good to be true. It was a near-perfect day in Chicago together, capped by a mind-blowing intimate evening with Bono and the boys at Soldier Field.

U2 set list Saturday at Soldier Field

1. Breathe
2. No Line on the Horizon
3. Get On Your Boots
4. Magnificent
5. Beautiful Day/Blackbird (Beatles snippet)
6. Elevation
7. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For/Stand By Me (Ben E. King snippet)
8. Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
9. Unknown Caller
10. The Unforgettable Fire
11. City Of Blinding Lights
12. Vertigo
13. I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight
14. Sunday Bloody Sunday/Oliver’s Army (Elvis Costello snippet)
15. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
16. MLK
17. Walk On/You’ll Never Walk Alone (snippet)
18. Where The Streets Have No Name
19. Encore - One
20. Encore - Bad/40 (snippet)
21. Second encore - Ultra Violet (Light My Way)21
22. Second encore - With Or Without You
23. Second encore - Moment of Surrender

It was the perfect mix of elegant, pretty, cute, yummy, messy, and pink.

The State Fair, the zoo, and getting a tennis lesson with Uncle Brad and the cousins, those were some of the highlights of the summer. We also had to christen the newest Montgomery Inn, right here in our own backyard in Dublin.

There were teeth to lose, dandelions to discover and dismantle, concerts to sing, and slip-n-slides to slip-n-slide on.

This was as fun as it looks, with an amazing cake complete with TWO balls coming out of it. There was lots of licking and general yumminess. Makes me want cake now…

There is guilt, what with the long silence and the no pictures and such. I feel I need to explain myself. Alas, no. I choose to act, not to speak. The time for speaking is past, and I chose not to. We begin with winter.

The Scene: Two children watching an old Charlie Brown episode on YouTube with dad.

Brother: MOOPIE-DOG!!! MOOOOPIE-DOG!!!!
Dad: Yes, that’s Snoopy Dog. So silly, isn’t he?
Sister: Yeah, so silly.
Brother: MOOOPIE!!
Dad: What do you think of that Lucy, huh?
Sister: (Dismissively) That’s not Lucy, Dad. Her name is Peppermint Patty (rolls eyes). Brother: MOOPIEDOG!!
Dad: Ah, right, of course. Patty. Kinda overbearing, isn’t she?
Sister: Yeah.
PAUSE
Sister: Hey Dad, is Peppermint Patty a boy or a girl?
Dad: Uuuuum, she’s a girl. I think. Yes, yes, a girl.
Sister: Oh. PAUSE… Huh.
Brother: Moopie.

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