Saturday, June 6, 2009

the much anticipated Chloe visit

Dennis was ecstatic to see Chloe and Dave and Ellen arrive this afternoon. He and Chloe played together, but I must report that Dennis was very very fragile today. He cried more today over the smallest things than I've seen him cry since infancy. He didn't want to share his toys--I suppose he thought he was through with sharing after Caedmon and Mirella left last weekend! There were lots of unhappy screeches and much crying today--very unusual here. They did both enjoy a wagon ride along our street, where they got to see and pet the ponies that live at the other end of the road. They got to see (and hold) red trumpet flowers and white daisy-like weed flowers (I'm not a botanist), see and smell honeysuckle, and hear lots of roosters crowing. It was a sensory wagon ride experience for sure.

They also loved playing at the playground tonight while I got my walking and running miles in at the track at the same park. We all got a workout! And we can't express our total gratitude to Dave, who taught David the joys and intricacies of brake repair. Now I have a very nice Blazer to drive for a while until the Tracker gets new A/C (David is a super husband and dad to sacrifice his comfy air conditioned car so that Dennis and I can enjoy it on errands).

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