Monday, December 8, 2008

Good Fun


Here's Baxter (the grey kitten) and Chloe (the calico kitten), seven months old this month. Both are very friendly and beautiful cats. Boy, have they lucked out.


The boys had some fun swimming at the hotel pool. Here's Benjimouse sporting the latest in swimwear fashions. Those are Spiderman waterwings, all the rage among two-year-olds.

Another weekend of good company, good food and good fun. It included one of the funniest games of multiple solitaire (ok, Phill -- multitaire) ever. Graham was helping his aunt Linda play, despite not knowing the game. "Anybody have a club of five?" and "Darn it! Mom beated us to it!" And his game-winning strategy of playing cards from the bottom of the pile before those on the top (which was cheating). He thought his aunt so blind, for not seeing that she could win if only she played the bottom one first. Frustrated beyond the limits of a five-year old, and despite her laughing protests, he played the cards anyway, announced "We won!" and then sat back satisfied and smug. "I told you!" he said to his aunt. Grown-ups can be so dumb sometimes.

4 comments:

Karen said...

Guess I missed that game! One of Emily's favorite times are playing cards with our family. She and Kathy have the same snarky sense of humor! You and I, Jo, are just angels in comparison!!

Jo said...

We are! But that game brings out the beast in all of us, I think. What other times can you claw and smack your sisters, brother and mother and get away with it.

Kathy said...

ANGELS?!?! Excuse me for a moment while I recover from the coughing fit that suddenly overtook me. Did nothing strike you down after you typed that sentence Karen???

And by the way, that game where your son cheated was MINE! Good thing he's cute.

Jo said...

Yes, it is a very good thing...