Dear Mom,Who is coming to join us on our walk today?XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Today it’s just you and me, but tomorrow Valerie will be joining us!Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,When one of your friends comes along, the two of you talk and talk and laugh and laugh and talk and talk and no one talks to […]
Dear PoppyYou didn’t greet me when I came in the door!Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I didn’t know you were home.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Didn’t you hear me?Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I was asleep.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,I wonder if you have lost some of your hearing?Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I’m sure I’ll find it.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,I like your Can-Do […]
Dear Mom,We don’t understand the knock.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Well, you’ve got me there. Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Wait, what????XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,I don’t know what you are referring to.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Referring?XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,The knock. What on earth are you talking about?Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,We thought YOU knew!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Now I’m really mystified.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,We thought […]
Dear Mom,Winston keeps trying to take my ball.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,He’s just curious. Everyone knows it’s your special toy.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,He shouldn’t be playing with it.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,You don’t even play with it, sweetie. I don’t think you know what to do with a ball.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I know what to do!!!!XOXO Poppy […]
Dear MomWhy do you call me your little Viking?XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Don’t you like that?Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Weren’t Vikings crazy dangerous?XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,They have that reputation. But in their day, life everywhere could be crazy dangerous. And you yourself get feisty on occasion.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I’m a gentle dog!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,You are! But […]
Dear Poppy,You are up and about a lot during the night. More than you used to. I notice you disappear several times a night.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I don’t disappear!!!!!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,No, sorry, I didn’t mean it that way. But you leave the bedroom.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I go to the living room. And spend some […]
Dear Mom,That was a very confusing walk.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Interesting. I thought it was pretty straight forward. Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,We ALWAYS walk forward.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,I meant it was one of our usual walks. Sometimes we go up the hill. Sometimes we go past Rusty’s house. Sometimes past the school. And this time we went […]
Dear Poppy,I notice that you are right at the door when I get home. Before I even put the key in the lock! How do you know it’s me? We live in a busy neighborhood – there are people parking in front and walking by all the time.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,That’s so easy! I hear […]
Dear Poppy,You look lovely in your holiday attire.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Is attire the same as wardrobe?XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Pretty much the same.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I’m all dressed up in my fancy wardrobe, just like you!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,We’re all dressing up for our family party.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I knew you were going to do something […]
Dear Poppy,I’m glad you and Musso are getting along so well.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,He and your daughter visit us a lot, so I’m used to him.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,That always makes a difference.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,He says Berkeley is freezing cold. It’s practically the Arctic here.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Not exactly. It’s just he’s from Los […]
