What a lovely homage to memory lane today has been. It was a lazy Sunday full of family, fun, and food. Specifically, our three girls (the two we made ourselves and the one who hitched her horse to our wagon partway through the ride) spent the day together, mostly with us. I made cinnamon rolls first thing this morning (I refer you to my post from January 14 of this year for the recipe, which I think is damn near foolproof if followed to the letter). The two girls who live in town came over around noon, to take the older one off to a group activity that counted as a late Christmas present. We all met back up at 4 this afternoon, and went to a matinee of Black Panther (which was AWESOME!--I can't recommend it highly enough). And before the girls ran off, the volunteer child got initiated into the club: "Daddy" talked her through being her own car mechanic, teaching her how to replace the battery in her SUV.
I can't stress highly enough what a wonderful weekend this was. Yesterday's surprise booze cruise of the county was a hit. The quick visit with our older daughter was a welcome treat. Her flight already took off, and she should be landing in LA by the time I fall asleep tonight. I'm even pleased with how well all my animals did with a new crowd of people laughing loudly and suddenly in the living room. Sadly, Bump did not seem to fully recognize our daughter who wanted to make sure she had a chance to say goodbye to him, before his battle with cancer ends. He enjoyed the attention she gave, but he didn't remember all of the cues she was trying to give him about their past. To be fair, Harvey wasn't sure he remembered her clearly either. She would make noises he used to respond to, but he only paused briefly, like he was wondering why they seemed familiar, but he didn't know what he was supposed to do next. He still liked her, and that was good enough.
I don't know when we'll all have a chance again to travel in a pack like the old days. So much has changed in the last dozen years since the first time we started acting like a family of five. However briefly, it was nice to get the band back together.
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