Homecoming

Fans, the best part of leaving, is the homecoming. Julie arrived home last night, and spied what she thought was a little blond head watching out the front window (there was a black furry one obscuring her view!). It was! And it started bobbing up and down as she got closer. But the porch door was locked! So Julie and Joe giggled at each other, and jumped up and down on opposite sides of the glass until Ted figured it out and came to let Julie in.

Julie's mom travelled as much as she does now when Julie was little. Julie doesn't know how her mom managed. When Grandma Connie came home in those days, she almost always had a surprise for Julie, and she would always say, "Close your eyes and hold out your hands," before placing the surprise in them. Julie had Joe do the same thing last night when she gave him the monkey.