Lexi had me, Jeff, Darci, Jasmine, and Paul over for chicken dinner last night and it was excellent in all ways. After dinner I suggested we go for a walk – it was a lot cooler by the seawall – and Jasmine and Darwin and I kicked around a soccer ball on the beach. Lexi gave me a frowning after I let Darwin walk through a bunch of puddles, upon which I learned that all of his shoes were now wet (give your head a shake Allegra, your kids never had more than two pairs of shoes when they were little). Anyway, I gave up on that when I made the mistake of trying to use Mr. Darwin as a croquet mallet (head first).
Lexi got complimented on Darwin’s hat (again) – it happens every time I see her, it seems. Chill Monkeys is doing awesome. I have added it to the blogroll.
It was lovely to see Darci and Jasmine, who is the most preternaturally polite, well spoken, intelligent and compassionate 4.5 year old I ever met, bar none, and cute as the dickens, besides, in her pig tails. If my dad doesn’t turn into a gibbering ball of mush upon interacting with her I’ll be surprised.
No meteors, too much skyglow.
ps Katie and Keith did not attend. Keith had a date and Katie wasn’t up for a family gathering. I’ll leave my own feelings out of it.
