Last night after Kenny came home from work I left to go pick Mary up to go to Caroline’s. I was bracing myself for a traumatic scene, but to my surprise Rhys noting that I was on my way out the door actually escorted me out! He held the door for me and said “Bye Mommy.. See you later” and closed the door behind me. As I situated myself in the car I glanced up and saw his face in the window watching me. And then I had to go and ruin it all by having to go back inside the house. I forgot the plant I got for Mary.
For a period yesterday it was very windy. The winds were so strong that it blew a mass of leaves into the backyard and knocked the power out for just a second. It wasn’t until I was on my way over to Mary’s did I realize that Westport Heights had been wiped out of electricity since the afternoon. The signal at La Tijera was out. At Mary’s Isabelle greeted me with a “where’s Rhys?” She was so cute. I presented the plant to Mary explaining that I was mistaken and that although the plant was real, the flower was not. The directions said to be careful not to get the clay flower wet. Clay flower! It looks SO real.
This is another one that I got:
When we got to Caroline’s she gave us a quick tour of the renovation. It was dusty but it’s going to be well worth the discomfort. It’s quiet a showplace! Can’t wait to see it when it’s finished.
Truxton’s was busy but we found a nice booth and stayed for the next 4 hours! It was really great to just luxuriate in conversation with good friends and not have to worry about who’s getting into what or having to get up every 10 minutes to get something for someone. So the evening passed quickly with stories and plans for future meetings. We sat around like old ladies telling war stories of life on the home front. I told them about my decision to post my blog and promised to send them the link. But honestly if anyone should be blogging it should be Caroline. She has got some hilarious stories!
After dropping Mary off I drove the few long blocks separating our houses, to discover one of the window panes by the door was broken and had been patched up with cardboard and tape. Turns out that Rhys had been pressing on the glass and the force of the pressing caused the glass to break. Luckily he had only a couple of very minor scratches. Kenny said he was mostly scared and had quickly fallen asleep after the incident.
This morning potty training resumes. He readily allowed me to put on a pair of Superman underwear. Though after a while they were abandoned in the bathroom. He is now bottom free, but at least he’s going in the toilet. A problem that I’ve been encountering for the last few days has been his tendency to unravel all of the paper on the roll and place it into the toilet!
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Angele, Hilary and John came over after work to hang out. We ordered in, played and read with the kids for a bit. While John and Henry worked out the complexities of Pokeman, Rhys and Hilary ran around the house trying to out scare each other, and Angele and I sat on the sofa with Kitty laughing our heads off.
Kenny came home for a spell before leaving for a movie night out with the fellas. They are planing on a dinner and a show (Grindhouse) at the Bridge. Afterwards Hilary and John took Henry for the weekend. We’re planning on meeting up again on Sunday. Rhys looked like he was ready for a weekend with Auntie and Uncle as well. He was SO sad when Henry drove off! Hilary said next time they’ll take him too!
It’s a quiet night for Rhys and I. We’re relaxing in the back room watching‘Monster House’again.
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