04-17-21 Family day in the sun
It was an amazing day all around, even though I managed to roast myself in the unseasonably gorgeous sun.
First there was the ABC Zoom Club where great chats and laughs were had, ending with some interesting debate about The Royal/Non Royals. I agree that airing dirty laundry can be awkward but also it is the way of the world that we are all in each other’s business. It is the nature of entertainment to expose the underbelly, to be a voyeur, to escape, or compare ones own life through observing others. I may be naive some days but I also feel love for the history of the crown and hate for it and colonization in the same breath. It was sad to know today was the funeral of the Queen’s beloved husband and that reality is she will pass in this decade as well.
Next was walking with Emmy over to the playground at the elementary school the boys go to and having Roger and Rae bring them to play. It is an amazing area full of so many options for play and imagination including the newest addition of parkour.
Roger was wearing the best shirt!
From there we walked over to my place where Roger hung the hammocks while Gene raked my yard and Rae and I walked with the rest of the kids to Elizabeth Lake bird sanctuary. It was lovely but Obie was not behaving well, wouldn’t walk on lead properly as usual and was really pulling so Rae messaged Roger to come get him and I walked back with the kids. They hung out in my yard for the rest of the afternoon. We filled the small pool and Emmy especially had a great time. She sure loves playing with her cousins. They were really respectful of not coming into my house except to use the bathroom and Sawyer made a point of telling me he would not touch anything in my house or I could get ‘The Covid’ and die. Will liked his new shorts we made out of his very ripped pants.
Emmy was picked up and the three older boys walked home. Sawyer and I finished washing my car as he and Emmy had started to earlier. When we were done we tried to convince Missy to come in the house but she was still spooked from Obie trying to lunge at her earlier. We left to go to Bill and Deanne’s as they had graciously invited me to dinner there with the kids for my birthday. They have a large enough deck for us to be safe and I use wore my mask when we were close at all. Dinner was brisket which was tender deliciousness, Ashlée had made a cherry chip cake and I was spoiled. The Guedes clan gave me a 3000 piece Marvel puzzle! I will have to expand my table to do it. Ashlée gave me the coolest Jack pointillism picture to do with sticky gems and Deanne made a lovely Llama card.
I came home and finished the last of the Disney puzzle set. I have so many good ones now to look forward to.
Before we went out today Emmy and I got a card ready to send to her Dad as he had left a sock here. She picked the card and the pink envelope and then I talked her through writing her own name. I think she did an amazing job for just turned . I love that her Ms look like hearts.
triumphgal 