Rock Paper Scissors
Life has just been too busy to blog. I gotta say....I don't LIKE that! The weekend flew by but despite the speed has been quite lovely. Friday evening we stopped by our friends' house to say happy birthday to our beloved Bob and toast him with champagne and Ann's wonderful strawberry pie. Good LORD but that woman can bake!
Saturday....I'm not quite sure what happened but somehow late morning I said to Ernie that we should go buy iPhones. Now why I thought we could afford that I do not know but off we went. Of course now we just sit and look at our gorgeous little iPhones (his is black with a black case, mine is white with a turquoise case)....staring at them in awe the way you do with a newborn infant. Then our beloved friend Steve came over and attempted to figure out the mystery of why our electricity goes off and on in our bedroom (again I feel the need to say 'no jokes' although no one has ever made any humph). They went up the stairs and down the stairs and then up the stairs and down the stairs. So on and so forth. No immediate solution although Steve has graciously come up with an idea that he has offered to implement. He is so wonderful. And Heather and Evaline even showed up so I could sit and smile at them just like they were new iPhones....
Then we took the boys to Fries and Peanuts for New School Lunch. I know it wasn't lunch, it was dinner...and we were supposed to have taken them last Monday but stuff happens. It was quite delightful despite the delay.
We came home and all indulged ourselves. The boys played some video game with Parker and Dema until they had to leave, Ernie read the paper and patted his iPhone and I read my kindle and kept complaining about the light. I know it was nice out but somehow it felt comforting to be inside and have it dark outside....the beginning of that fall shift I guess....
Eventually I went up to bed to read and shone a flashlight on my kindle. This morning Owen woke me up and showed me that the power was back on. Sigh. Ernie made his biscuits. I take mine with a bit of cheddar, a dash of mustard aoli and some bacon on the side. He used half bread flour this morning and they were amazing.
Eventually we made our way upstairs and started on the great bedroom merge. We did the bunkbeds last weekend so this weekend we moved furniture out of Leo's room and moved in Owen's desk and dresser. This involved moving more Lego and train parts than I could possibly describe. Suffice to say, we worked through an embarrassing amount of dust. Yeesh.
The room looks great (although a tad crowded to say the least) although the great Lego room switch has yet to take place. We need another weekend for that....and God knows Leo has complicated plans for the whole thing......
At one point this morning, when Ernie and I walked into their room to get things moving, we found Leo and Owen looking like two little puppies, rolling around in the top bunk. I asked them to start doing something and they immediately started doing umpteen rounds of RocksPaper Scissor to decide who was first. Ernie stood there smiling and laughing up at them and they all looked so beautiful. I just felt the moment click into my memory. Just laughter...and then their squawks...."one more..........no, wait, three out of five" and Ernie just laughing and laughing and looking so beautiful.
Monday tomorrow....but I guess that's o.k.