Pumpkin Family
Yesterday I carved my first pumpkin. You might have thought that I would have vast pumpkin experience by now, but alas, I was all too inexperienced. Like many things in life, I went a bit overboard; instead of making my first pumpkin a simple face, I decided to carve a detailed representation of my life. And thus, into the pumpkin I carved (slowly and patiently) a Lipka family portrait. Lindy, Molly, and I holding hands, with all smiles. Furthermore, the combined family also resembles a larger pumpkin face (Lindy and my head as eyes, Molly as the nose, and our hands and the mouth). It took a long time, but I feel that “if you are going to do something, so it right”. Speaking of Molly (how come “writing of Molly” just doesn’t sound right, or is that look right), she is growing bigger every day. This morning I noticed three more molecules on her shoulder. She can almost stay sitting up on her own and loves to stand (when someone will help her balance). She has slowly passed the