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Dave left for California a week ago Sunday. He was gone for the entire week, which was a daunting prospect for me, being left alone with two children. Well, one kid is easy, the other one is Holly, who gets into everything everywhere all at once. I don't know how she does it. Multi-tasking is clearly an innate skill in this girl. My parents graciously agreed to come down and help out. They got here the day before Dave left. Thus started a week of pure joy and happiness for all involved: me, because I love hanging out with my parents; Holly because she adores her Pa-pa; Henry because he adores his Grammy; and finally Dave, because he got to leave. We spent the nice days at the park having picnics, and the rainy days we spent playing and taking advantage of nap-time by getting some sewing and knitting done. At the beginning of the week, after the kids went to bed at night, we capped the day off with a movie, by mid-week it was tv shows, until eventually we reached the point of utter exhaustion that led us to go to bed by nine. (I will say this, my memory improved on the days following my early bed-times. I have since gone back to forgetting everything. I have not learned my lesson.) It's been a bit glum around here since they left. Fortunately, we have exciting adventures on the horizon, namely a trip to Virginia for Easter, followed by a trip to Massachusetts the following weekend.

This afternoon Dave installed his first hive of bees. He's been having anxiety dreams about it. In one of them, he got the bees and they instantly died. Poor guy. Despite his anxiousness, he's is very proud to know be able to officially call himself a beekeeper. If you see him, make sure you say hi to Beekeeper Dave.