Kindergarten Ends (And Denise’s Second Birthday)
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
It doesn’t appear that we did much in the late Spring of 1978 after we had moved into our new house on Winterset Drive on April 8 – a date which corresponded exactly to Denise’s second birthday. Naturally, Mom and Dad were spending a good deal of this time getting our belongings unpacked and the house put together. We didn’t completely gloss over Denise’s birthday though. The 8th was a Saturday, so I’m not sure when we held the gathering of family but it may have been on the 9th, in conjunction with the family assistance we were getting from Grandma, Bev, Diana, and Darlene. I was very proud of the gift that I got for her: a 45 RPM record of Boogie Shoes by KC and the Sunshine Band, a song that she responed to on the radio. I was disappointed that she didn’t respond more enthusiastically. Read the rest of this entry »
I have only the most fleeting memory that we went on vacations back-to-back during August of 1981, so fleeting in fact that it would never hold up in court. However, I have one clue that our trip to visit my Mom’s Aunt Louise and Uncle Carroll immediately followed our trip to Detroit for the Classic Chevy Convention. This piece of evidence is a calendar from 1981, with the dates August 2 – August 8 marked as vacation. This was the Chevy Convention week. But the following week, August 9-15, indicates absolutely nothing at all. Every other week of the Summer has other appointments, sporting events, and reminders – but this one has nothing at all. So I’m pegging this trip as August 9-15…give or take a day on either end. 
Consensus from friends and family is pretty much becoming unanimous: February is the lamest month of the year. Although I did enjoy a nice California vacation in 
Both before and after Christmas, my Dad’s family kept busy with not one, but two birthday celebrations in the month of December. My cousin Lora’s birthday is on December 9, so she was celebrating her 9th special day. My guess would be that the little party took place after church on the 8th at her parents’ – Bill and Dottie’s – house. I only have one photo from this gathering and as you can see below, I once again was at the ready with my assistance in blowing out the birthday candles.