Yesterday I rounded up just a bit of coin.

27 small dollars, 1,600 quarters, 350 dimes and 240 nickels didn't produce anything.

700 pennies had four Canadians and one US nickel.

Found: 1 penny

Happy Mother's Day ...Where Ah You Dad!?

Happy Mother's Day everyone! It was a bit crazy at our house, but we had some good memories as always that helped to counter balance the crankiness, etc. Here are some pictures.



Meg wanted a picture of her with the kids, but Henry wasn't into the idea. Cousin Liam was!



Henry and Cousin Liam.





Henry helped me in the yard a bit. It was a great time. He listens pretty well when I tell him to, "seed lightly." We were quite a sight with our two wheelbarrows. He asked lots of cute questions.



Henry took a break from working to play with Hazel. He then when inside to watch me with Hazel.

It's hard to remember all of the things Henry says, but one I particularly like was his saying very loudly downstairs today at 5:30AM (before Meg and I were up), "Dad, where ah you?" It was the first time he got up and went downstairs before either of us.

8,000 half dollars rounded up eight 90% silver halves (1934, 1963D, 6 x 1964), eighty-two 40% silver halves (2 x 1965, 16 x 1966, 26 x 1967, 24 x 1968D, 14 x 1969D) and one proof half (1984S).



This Walking Liberty half wasn't a new one for me, but it was a pretty good one and I haven't been able to put up a picture of a new one for some time!

5,000 pennies yielded forty-five Wheats and thirty Canadians.

1921, 1935D, 1936(2), 1937, 1939, 1940(2), 1941(4), 1942(3), 1944(2), 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1950D, 1951, 1953, 1953D(4), 1954, 1955(3), 1956, 1956D(4), 1957(2), 1957D(2), 1958D(3)

Found: 1 dime

Just a quick coin posting ...

2,760 small dollars produced nine mint set dollars (3 x 2002P, 2003D, 2004P, 2004D, 2006P, 2007D, 2008D).

18 half dollars had nothing.

1,800 quarters had just two Canadians.

300 pennies turned up six Wheats and four Canadians.

1919, 1936, 1945, 1949, 1955, 1957D

Found: 1 dime, 2 foreign coins (1 Thai 1 Baht, 1 UK penny), 1 game token

Yesterday Meg met up with a college buddy to go the science museum. She has two kids near Henry's age so it works out really well. They had a lot of fun there even though Henry insists that they are "Mom's friends." Henry was particularly into gears, pulleys, planets, dinosaurs and the escalator. Hazel did pretty well there too Meg said. I wish I could have joined them.





249 small dollars produced one Canadian $1.

3,600 quarters yielded one silver Washington (1942), one Canadian, one UK 10 pence and one US nickel.

1,800 dimes had just six Canadians.

1,040 nickels turned up two War Times (1943P, 1943S), ten Canadians (1 Ni), one US penny and one Greek 1 Drachma (1967).



5,250 pennies rounded up twenty-five Wheats, thirty-three Canadians, two US dimes and one Euro 1¢.

1911, 1920, 1929, 1939, 1940, 1941(2), 1942D, 1944(3), 1945, 1946(2), 1948, 1949D, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955D(2), 1956D, 1957, 1957D(2)

2,920 quarters turned up just eight Canadians and one Bahamas 25¢.

1,600 dimes were also not much fun. They only had one Canadian.

1,080 nickels produced one War Time (1943P), one Canadian and one Bermuda 5¢.

16,850 pennies turned up one proof penny (1987S), one hundred thirteen Wheats, one hundred twenty Canadians, five US dimes, two UK pennies, two Euro 2¢, one Trinidad and Tobago 1¢ and one Russian 50 Kopek. The proof penny is only the second I've found in rolls. It's in great shape. Only 4,227,728 were minted and so this one is now my third rarest by mintage.



1917, 1929, 1930, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940(9), 1940S, 1941(2), 1941D, 1942(6), 1942D(2), 1944(9), 1945(6), 1945S, 1946(6), 1946S, 1947(2), 1948(5), 1950, 1951(4), 1951D(2), 1952(5), 1952D(5), 1953(2), 1953D(5), 1955(4), 1956(2), 1956D(11), 1957(4), 1957D(4), 1958(5), 1958D(4)

Found: 3 pennies

What I Dream About?

Yesterday Meg took Hazel to the doctor. It seems she has another ear infection. We're hoping the medicine kicks in soon because she hasn't been herself for days now. (Unfortunately Henry is jealous of her getting medicine and tells us he doesn't feel well and needs medicine too ... it was cute the first time.)

This morning Henry started a conversation with a familiar question, "What I dream about?" "I don't know. What did you dream about?," was Meg's response. He then told us how he had a dream about teeny tiny green balls and how he was pretending Nonnie was there and then she was there with him. The night before he had a dream about his friend Owen. He was at our house and eating with Henry in the dream. I guess sleeping on the floor has been good for dreaming!

Meg and I have also wondered lately when Henry will say his sister's name correctly. He still refers to her mostly as something close to "Dizz," but at Trader Joe's this weekend he finally said "Hazel" with a special emphasis on the "HAZE." "Why Evan call Dizz that?" he said. We explained. Now he calls Hazel by her name about 1/3 of the time.

1 large dollar, 78 small dollars and 1,280 quarters didn't have anything.

2,400 dimes produced five Canadians and one Aruba 10¢.

2,480 nickels yielded two War Times (1943P, 1944P), two Canadians, two US dimes, one Red Sox token, one Italian 50 Lire and a Indian 50 Paise. The Indian coin is a new one for me.

It was a another busy weekend for us and it was pretty crazy at some points, but we had some good times too and got some house stuff done.

On Friday we went to Old Sturbridge Village. We weren't there very long, but it was a really nice day out and was great to walk around. It felt really good to be able to eat outside again and not wear jackets. In the evening we went to the "red chicken place" (Indian) for takeout. Henry asked for a lollipop, but instead got a free mango shake. He was very happy with it and finished it before we were halfway home.

On Saturday and Sunday we worked outside a lot to create two raised beds for gardening. Even with the mini-van we took many trips to Home Depot to get soil and manure for the garden. It was difficult to determine just how much soil we needed in the beds. We might have to add more after a good rain comes as well. Meg also reorganized our sun room, the living room and the kids' rooms. It feels good to have gotten all this done.

Unfortunately we had a few meltdowns this weekend and Hazel still seems really off. We're hoping the doctor can give us some cure. Henry's sleep situation has improved somewhat. His remedy has been to voluntarily sleep on the floor through the night ... whatever works!



Hazel in a summer tank top.



Hazel at OSV playing in the play garden.



Henry play shoveling.



Meg and Hazel watching some sheep. Hazel seemed to really like watching them.

Forty large dollars didn't have anything.

1,121 small dollars produced one proof dollar (2010S Franklin Pierce) and twelve mint set dollars (5 x 2002P, 2002D, 2004D, 2005P, 3 x 2005D, 2008D). The proof is in pretty good condition.



(I'm really going to have to spend some time perfecting my photos of these dollar proofs. On some of the better condition ones, like this one, I can see a really nice cameo effect at certain angles. I've seen online pictures of coins come out with this effect, but attempts to get it have been hit-or-miss.)

8,049 half dollars turned up six 40% silver halves (2 x 1966, 2 x 1967, 2 x 1968D) and five proofs (1979S, 1982S, 1983S, 2000S, 2008S).

1,700 dimes had nothing.

400 nickels yielded just one Canadian (1 Ni).

11,800 pennies rounded up fifty-four Wheats, ninety-eight Canadians, two US dimes, two UK pennies and one Bermuda 1¢.

1918, 1923, 1924S, 1925, 1935(2), 1939, 1940(3), 1941, 1942(3), 1944(8), 1945, 1946(3), 1946S, 1947(2), 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952(2), 1952D(2), 1953, 1953D, 1953S, 1955, 1955D, 1956(3), 1956D(3), 1957(2), 1957D(2), 1958(2)

Found: 3 pennies, 1 dime