Brentisms.

When Brent was little he had a unique speech problem. He had a great vocabulary but the doctors said it was if he had learned to speak in Sweden. "Y" replaced "L" and "J". "Lucky" was "Yucky" and "Jimmy" was "Yimmy" - a nickname we still call him today. When Mike got to do something Brent wanted to do, he would say "Mike is so yucky!" Mike didn't like the sound of that and it usually ended up in an argument. He also had a different way of expressing things. Brent got sick once and threw up. He told me he "overflowed", which really makes sense. Instead of a "tickle" in his throat, he said he had a "giggle" in his throat. That's a happy thought. This is a picture of Brent taken in Sept. 1977 when he was 4, almost 5. Ben looks a lot like this now - just a different hair style.

Patient Papa

When David was very little - I think 2 or 3 - he and Papa would play this game endlessly where Papa would build a house with Lincoln Logs and after he finished, David would knock it down. They did this over and over and David would laugh each time. Sometimes I suggested that David not knock it over but look at the neat house Papa built - David would just look at me and then knock down the house. Papa was so patient - he never said anything, just kept building the houses. They weren't all the same either, each house was just a little different, something only those of us that were quick could see before David took care of it. What a wonderful Papa!!

Boys Today - Men Tomorrow

One of Jim's favorite things to do when he was young was to put together erector sets. He had great skills and imagination to do and redo many projects. It's interesting that today he is an engineer. It's not the same kind of engineer that would do bridges, etc., but he still has the skills and imagination.