We went Upstate over the Labor Day weekend. From Sat to Tuesday - no way was I driving on the Friday before Labor Day and on Actual Labor Day. Screw that noise. The drive is crazy long without half the country trying to get home from long weekend.
I came up with a new driving rule this trip. It rained (the entire way) on the drive. It went between misting and pouring back to hard misting to more pouring. So my new rule is this: driving without your lights while it's raining makes you sub-human. Not you! Other people who don't care about the safety of others. So there's not much I can do to let these people know they are sub-human, cro-magnon, homo habilis, australopithican, since hand gestures are discouraged while the kiddo's are in the car and, since it's raining, the crazy mad eye stare down doesn't work.
So I resort to other methods. If said lightless person wants to get over, say traffic is slow or there's a hold up, I will not let them in. If I see them barreling up behind me, I will not move over. If I could I would mount a spiked ball on a chain and use it on the Unlighted's hoods. If I could I would use a grappling hook to pull the car over to the side and, away from the ears of the kids, explain to them why lessening the visibility of their car effects me and what, and with what, I intend to do about it.
Anyhoo, here are some pics.
I have no idea why Asher did this when I took his pics but . . .
A rainy Seneca day. I took the kids to Corning Glass Museum just to get them out of the cottage. They would have killed everyone ricocheting off those walls. And they would have loved it . . . if they were 4 to 7 years older. As it was I barely got out with my skin.
Deep breath.
Charlie had her Open House for pre-school today looks like it will be . . . more of the same. Which is nice. The teacher asked the class who'd like to introduce themselves and tell the class a little bit about them. Charlie hopped right up and started talking. Another dad said, oh, a shy one.
Playing at Ikea.
What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys
See you later, can I have them please?
sigh.
A snake pit. Not sure why out living room looks like sharp Vermont cheddar, though.
We went to Dim Sum on Sunday - long time readers know that Dim Sum is Chinese for So Good I Want to My Pants. Go ahead and google translate. The food was, as always, super delicious. I even ordered the right amount with out any odd dumpling mishaps (there's lots of pork dumpling with similar sounding names. They range from tasty to heavenly).
The restaurant was super busy. As we were leaving one of the long term waitress' came over and apologized for the crowd. She said we should have come the day before, you know, since we were "always such good customers." HA! I don't even live in the same state as Hai Hong! Granted I've been going there since they were downtown and I was in high school, but still.
It's kinda awesome.
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| That's sweetened bean curd on his cheek there. |
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| Roast pork bun. Greatest thing ever. |
I got to see Jim, Jill and their newborn son AJ (Arthur James - I'm starting the rumor that they named him after me so start passing that tidbit around). He's only about 18 hours old in this pic but he's already got his dad's nose and brow wrinkle. We didn't get to spend much time with them with sucks. But is probably more than ok since, you know, they had a 18hr old baby and my monkey kids were monkeying around a hospital room.
AJ was 3 weeks early and 8lbs 1oz. Since Jim's 6 ft 4 and probably a notch above 265 I doubt any of the nurses were surprised when his kid popped out at over half a stone.
And here's a pic of my brother in law making a stupid face with Wyatt (yes, I asked to make sure he was making a face and that this wasn't just some horrible misguided smile-for-the-photo)
And the last picture is of Charlie and Asher playing with our neighbor's granddaughter, Jenny. A good time was had by all (except me since it was wicked hot and I was a sweaty mess).
you were recreating Mandy in Aunt Nana's mailbox photo...? Did I bring back that memory?
ReplyDeleteAlso, perhaps Asher has inherited mom's ability to blink when a picture is taken?
I forgot about the Mandy picture. Good connection.
ReplyDeleteI think Asher knows when he can be stubborn and have it show forever. He likes to make a really bullheaded mark. No idea where that comes from.
Yeah. NO idea where the stubbornness comes from.
ReplyDeleteAlso, in regards to rainy day drivers... I like to remain in the left lane and turn my lights off when they are right behind me. I then flick my lights off and on a few times. Be careful with road rage though. I would hate if someone cut you off with your kids in the car.