Labor Day has come and gone and this year we spent it as we typically do, down in Massachusetts. Prior to shoving off to Mass, on Friday night we went to Chad and Cadens house for a cookout. JD and Adam, you both enjoyed playing on Caden’s new swing set, hunting for fairy houses, and blowing (spilling) bubbles that Chad picked up. We stayed pretty late into the night and had a great time. Lots of laughs as I recall.
This year, like last we had a cookout planned at Cauf’s house for Sunday and one at Nana’s on Saturday. Nana and Uncle Don have had an awful summer dealing with Gram and Grampy. Truly. Usually I do a good job
of seeing the glass half full, but in the situation it’s difficult. Anyhow, we thought it would be nice for Nan if Meg and I and our families had a nice quiet Saturday together. The kids got along fantastic. This was the first time, now that Adam and Dave are getting older, that the adults could kind of just hang out and talk. Asbury and Brick got along for the most part and Livy even warmed up to them at one point. She is fiercely afraid of dogs, not sure why, but she is. As is a good dog to get warmed up to, as he wouldn’t and probably couldn’t hurt a fly.
The next morning, Mom slept in and the three of us met Cauf and Riley at the playground at Oak Grove. We stayed here for a good chunk of time. You both created a game on the slide where one of you would stand over the slide and the other would slide through his legs. Riley even took part of this game a couple times. Cauf and I had a chance to catch up and make dumb jokes while you three did your thing.
Soon enough the afternoon arrived and people started to filter in to Cauf’s backyard. Dunph, Mikey, Kraby, Beniots, Lagos and others ‘arrived early, and we got to eating tips from the Meathouse. JD,
you went off to play with Casey, Jamie and Bryan Kane, while Adam spent time with Riley, Noah and Jordan. This was yet another place where the parents are realizing that the kids can play with less supervision and stress than the prior year. We ended the night here with a nice, solid listening session. You both had gone back to Nana’s to hit the rack, but the Cauf’s, Benoit’s, Mom and I, listened to Bruce and drank whisky well into the night. We took turns picking songs and there was quite a bit of dancing and singing to go around.
We arrived home early on Sunday and did a bunch of yard work. We had a nice weekend but were happy to be home. The week ahead was a big week for you both as school was about to begin.
