Lovely Sunday

Terry and I spent a lovely afternoon with Cathy, Rob, Joshua and Evie on Sunday. Given the circumstances of Joshua’s adventure with the washing machine drain hose and the resulting aftermath, I think that Cathy was most relieved when I called and said that we were running an hour late. 😉

It took us a little longer to get there than we had anticipated. There were a lot of Amish buggies on the road, but they weren’t causing a traffic problem. In fact, we were fine until we reached Strasburg and caught up with all of the Christmas shopping traffic heading for the outlets in Lancaster. People driving cars are far more dangerous, panicky, dumb animals than people driving horse and buggy combos. Life in this area is definitely not for the impatient. The countryside is beautiful and the Amish deserve our respect just like any other fellow human beings walking this earth, so just relax and enjoy the drive!

Anyway, Cathy’s house has a great layout to it and Rob was quite a good, talkative host when Cathy left for her rehearsal before the concert. The chorale in which she sings is wonderful! They have a great blend of voices and the concert was quite pleasant, helping to bring the Christmas spirit to life. I think we all enjoyed it. Mr. Joshua even favored me by sitting in my lap for a while. He and Evie were quite well behaved throughout and afterwards, as well. The church in which the chorale performed is the same in which they rehearse every week and it truly is in walking distance. Cathy wasn’t kidding – it was about a block or two away from her house!

I got in my “kid fix” when we returned to the house and had both Joshua and Evie climbing all over me. I think Terry had fun playing with Joshua, too. He was Joshua’s protector from my tickle monster persona. 🙂 I love kids and they seem to love me. I’m just glad to be able to hand them back over to their moms and dads afterwards. I like to be the fun aunt figure that gets on the floor and plays with them, but then I don’t have to deal with the discipline or any other hard parts of parenting. I’m awful! 😉

Sorry I don’t have much more to say, but I’m not feeling terribly verbose at the moment (shock! shock! horror!) so I’ll leave it at that.