Spring five-r
1. Last weekend, I took Aaron to the playground and sunburned the top of my head. Yesterday, I took Aaron to the playground and it started to snow. When I left this morning, each tree was frosted with a quarter inch of snow, making my morning commute look like a gleaming journey through the forests of Hoth, or maybe the fortress of solitude and all I could think was, "Not again." It is clear. Someone has broken the weather.
2. Jenna and Aaron and I were talking about boys and girls as one of the many warmup talks I plan to have with him before I explain the birds and the bees. We kept this particular discussion more toward whether or not a given person is a boy or a girl. Aaron had it down cold. He did relatives, friends, even cartoon characters. Jenna asked him if Diego's friend Baby Jaguar was a boy or a girl. He was quite confident that Baby Jaguar was a boy. Jenna asked, "How can you tell?" Aaron replied, "I tell you with my mouth."
3. Congratulations to Katie, Jake, Emily, on their new arrival! Congratulations to Lucas Richard, who is doing quite well! And congratulations to me, for doubling the number of godsons I have!
4. We had a fantastic weekend. We ate at one of those Japanese restaurants where the chef prepares the food at your table, right in front of you while you sip Sake through a bug shaped like Buddha. For the most part, it's a great experience, because it's both a meal and entertainment, and both are good. Last time I ate there, our chef was something of a comedian, and I remember being particularly tickled by his play on the words "butterfly" and "egg drop soup." This time, however, the chef was something of a novice, so rather than dinner and a comedy, it was a little like dinner and a horror show. He kept dropping things and yet he also kept throwing sharp knives into the air. Toward the end, when eggs were dropping out of the sky and shrimp tails were bouncing all over the table/oven, all we could do was grin and nod and pray that we got through the meal with our lives. Good thing it was delicious and that Jaime and Dave have good senses of humor. Then after dinner, we saw Romeo and Juliet, starring my sister in law as Juliet, which was awesome. It has been years since I have actually seen theater performed by actual actors, so it was kind of a shock when they took the stage and didn't start reading from a book of nursery rhymes. It was a superb date night. I can't wait until we get another one in 2010.
5. Happy Birthday, Mom. I still think you're the best Mom ever, and although I'm coming to realize that I will never be able to match your impressive skills in parenting, I am able to take advantage of your also impressive skills in grandparenting. Hope you enjoyed your day!
