Mini-Vacation - Connecticut

We needed a break from the norm...Michael wanted to go visit the Peabody Yale Museum again...and, well, Chewy was feeling a tad overwhelmed...so, a mini-vacation on Father's Day weekend was in order!

We got a nice hotel, we left on Friday late afternoon--and had a wonderful dinner at the Vernon Diner. 

The weekend was a blend of the old and the new, the remembered and the found...we all got some family togetherness and some alone time...it was a good start to the Summer (including some slight sunburns for dad and mom).

There were very few snits/arguments/getting on nerves/snoring...it was mostly a perfectly relaxing, fun weekend! 

Sometimes you just need a good re-charge...and that was our Father's Day weekend 2018.

Vernon Diner - Cakes!

Father's Day Brunch on the Waterfront!

A really great Clam Chowder

Bob Clam Dylan

Nutella Berries Waffles - for me!

Dad's Steak and eggs!

Michael's lobster roll

Yummy desserts!

Yale Peabody Museum

The Creative Child

Both my children are creative and imaginative, but I have noticed it seems to go in periods of inspiration.

Right now, Willow is in a creative high.  She is very interested in musicals right now (as well as just music in general)...the amount of times she has asked to listen to Hamilton the Musical in the car is astounding...to the point that she can sing along and also continue the songs when our GPS is interrupting with directions.  We both cannot wait until we see it in September!  Meanwhile, I think it might be time to pull  out some old Rogers and Hammerstein movies...

She has also been writing a lot lately.  She writes journals about how she is feeling, she also writes incredibly intricate and imaginative fictional stories (often with a scary bent--as she is also into listening and reading scary stories).

And...she is drawing.  To the point that she wants a "professional drawing pad" - we can get her a sketch pad at the local crafts store soon...

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Wish we could have kept the costume...third costume change for "This is Me"

This doesn't even include the piano and singing she has been doing through her teacher...a recital this past weekend was the highlight (and the exhaustive objective of all the past few days).

There are times she very much reminds me of myself at 10 years old.  But--there are a lot of times...she is just my incredible Willow....

Dad and Michael got her flowers!

Just my Willow!  She begged me to get her this giant sombrero...she is upstairs with it on in her room--drawing on her Kindle...

#MicroblogMonday: The Cats

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So often I want to put something down in the blog, but I find the time suck is enormous lately...which is so weird, considering the fact that I am unemployed currently...

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One post I had been thinking about doing is in regards to our cats and their personalities:

Delenn -- the shy one.  She eats her food slowly, unlike the other two cats, who often eat her food before she has finished it.  She doesn't like to be held, but she loves coming up to  you and rubbing herself on you.  She especially loves to have her belly rubbed, and then she does this weird flipping thing, like she is rolling over like a dog.  She is one of the nighttime cuddlers in our bed.

Lennier -- Delenn's brother, he loves picking on her every so often.  He also loves catching mice, and scratching up door jams.  He is the trouble-maker.  He often lays near, but not next to, the other cats.  He also only really likes Michael.  Michael can hold him and cuddle him and rub his belly...no one else seems to do for Lennier (or, as Michael nicknamed him--Lenny)

Kif - The old guy.  He is chubby and wise, he is the social one who comes up to everyone and rubs against you and lays on your chest while you pet him.  He also loves the kids, always on one of their beds, always there to be hugged and cuddled (even when he decides that is too much).  He is the ultimate wake up cat and loves to lay on the bed, keeping you from wanting to get up in the morning --unless he wants food...then you best be getting up!

Kif

Delenn

Clean Laundry--yes, I will lay on it!

Delenn and Kif often cuddle up together.

Lennier -- he is too precocious to get caught on camera!