Other than the slight difference in the angle of the keys, what else is different?
The answer is: The bottom key is valued at $150.00+.
The the moral of the story is "Don't lose your remote car key and decide several days later after an exhaustive search to replace it at the Honda dealership, pay just over $150.00 for the replacement key, drive home and into the garage, and hear your husband shout, "Oh no!" as soon as he gets out of the passenger side of the car because he has spotted your supposedly lost key lying quietly on the seat of his motorcyle."
Where it has been hiding for nearly a week, I might add.
The good news comes in two parts:
1. The lost, but now found key still opens the car remotely, and it still works in the ignition despite the Honda dealer sales guy's gibberish about how there's only a 50-50 chance the lost key would work because the mechanic maybe did or maybe didn't cancel the code for the original key through secret cyber magic.
2. Because of #1, we have a third remote key for back-up.
The next best thing to having six little cousins here is talking to them on the phone, or via Skype or FaceTime. Equal to that is getting art work and writing from them. May is a good month for that for me, with Mom's Day and my birthday. Enjoy some of the cousins' latest creations.
Mother's Day card from Hannah
Mother's Day card from Vivi
This is a cool piece done by Miles two weeks ago using alphabet stencils.
He kept all the letters in alphabeticle order, too.
Birthday greeting written by Miles on behalf of his family. I'm pretty sure he has another grandma who is also the best grandma in the world, so I hope she's willing to share the title! Look carefully for Westy's signature in YELLOW. Yellow is his favorite color. Mine, too!
Birthday card from Hannah, front and back
This is the inside of Hannah's card, and it requires that I do some math. I should love measuring... I do... and it turns out O and E love measuring, too. They verified all of H's measurements.
Owen decided to play a joke on me, so he said he was iksidisdid for me to trn 67 tomowr (he made the card ahead of time--good planning!), but he's really going to have to wait for a whole year. I hope he can sustain his excitement.
This is an illustrated story by Ethan about the suimen pool and the boy who is
kicken and slashen. I love the artistic nature of the cool slashes of water!
On the back, Ethan drew a picture of my hosw and his hosw.
I'm so glad we live in a duplex. It means I can see him more often!
Here's Ethan's sweet birthday card.
I'm looking forward to the fuchr as much as he is.
There is nothing in the world like kid-written stories
Another high energy cousin visit has come and gone. Elisabeth, Hannah, and Vivian inadvertently picked the rainiest weekend we've had in ages for their trip to MN, but somehow the kiddos managed to play outside at our house, watch E and O play soccer at Veteran's field, play on the equipment at the park by the swimming pool and at Gorman Park, ride bikes and scooters on the Bunker Lane cul-de-sac, climb a tree at the North Elementary playground, and play four seasons of sports on the Gustavus football field without getting wet. It was all in the timing.
I realize there isn't much of a need for my blog posts after a cousin visit anymore. With all the shared photos floating in the Cloud for family members to look at and add to, the Cloud is the best way to see the Big Picture, so to speak. My blog entries are a condensed version only. It's nearly impossible to choose representative photos to tell the story of the sweetness, craziness, noise, and fun of a cousin visit, but here are a few. Thanks to all the family photographers for their contributions!
Shopping at the Kindergarten Plant Sale at South ELC on Friday morning.
Owen, Ethan, and their friend Grace were on duty.
Friday afternoon visit to McKinley Elementary Leadership Day in Otown
Miles showed us his project, then introduced us to Mrs. Nelson
and to friends in his class.
Heavy backpacks for first and second graders!
Veteran's Park
Saturday morning soccer time
Post-soccer playtime with all the cousins, sunny side up...
...and upside-down
Gorman Park
Taking time out to rest. Really? These two??
Best buddy cousins
Gustavus football field: time for football, baseball, soccer, running
Owen lends Vivi a hand in blowing up a gigantic balloon
Rocket launcher guy
How many adults and kids does it take to remove
stuck rockets and balloons from a tree?
Can Uncle Charlie light 5 sparklers all at once?
He might need some assistance after all, and protection from the wind
Hurray for sparklers!
A sparkler skeptic!
Who says you have to be there to be there? Uncle Evan showed up
on FaceTime from Washington, DC, to share in the fun.
North Elementary playground
Trees are made for climbing
Who's next?
Finding worms? Building ant hills? Writing secret messages in the dirt?
Church Street
Busy getting ready to eat
Charlie, about his guac: "It's all in the presentation."
I'd say the taste matched the appearance--muy bueno!
STEM time: Making a lawn mower
Hog-pile on Auntie Beesie
This is the only selfie I'm going to include this time, partly because I've never liked the word "selfie", and partly because it seems to be the only one I can find. Does that mean the rest of the pics are selfless, I wonder?
I hope this little video plays for you. It was a highlight of the weekend. Owen is the only cousin so far who can do this. Listen carefully. A neck fart. He's the champ!
