Saturday, August 07, 2004

the farewell dinner....

ok, so last night, after we stopped at a farm stand for sweet corn......our nephews brought over their families for a little farewell dinner...........ecw's sister has two sons, both a shade over 30 at this point.......with a total of 6 children under the age of 7...and another on the way..........for our little group.......myself at nearly 50, my spouse, a nearly grown son of 17 and a pre-teen of 11....we were taken by surprise at the level of chaos that ensues with so many little ones.........and the attention that must be paid by their parents..........3 in high chairs, plus another three at the little people's table.......and everybody wanting up for some reason or another...........how soon i have forgotten all of that..........the cutting up food so it can be eaten with hands, or a tiny fork.......the sippy cups......the food on the floor............on the other hand....my inlaws looked so absolutly delighted with their grandchildren...so that was special to see..............one of my children announced that he may just have dogs and no children just to spite me.........when i mentioned that i was also looking forward to little ones around some day........makes sense that the meanmamma would bring up a meanoffspring............so i should not be surprised................

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