Scattered Thoughts . . .

W e celebrated two birthdays yesterday.  Sheila and Ellie share the same birthday so Sheila took the day off from work so we could celebrate together.   Ellie didn't know that we would be spending her birthday with her so Sheila, Will (Pop) and I surprised Ellie by showing up at Echo science and nature museum on the Burlington waterfront.  Whitney simply told Ellie that they were going on a birthday adventure.  When Ellie and Whitney walked into the museum, Ellie immediately saw us in the lobby and greeted us with a big smile on her face.   Gee had previously purchased a "5th Birthday" tiara and a sash and it was gift-wrapped for Ellie to open when she arrived at the museum.  Before we left the lobby, Ellie had opened this first gift and put on her tiara and sash.  Everywhere we went, people wished Ellie a happy birthday and commented on her tiara! In this next photo, you can see that Ellie was pleasantly surprised by finding us waiting for her at the museum... Ellie is o

E arlier this past week, we went out to dinner for Lukey and Kenzie's birthday.  Gee wanted to treat them to a dinner on their birthday so we headed to Sarducci's.  The kids had chosen a different restaurant but that restaurant was closed.  Gee and Papa preferred to go to Sarducci's anyway so we treated everyone to a nice meal at one of our favorite restaurants. Due to the ongoing pandemic, it was a bit on a quiet side at Sarducci's which was fine by us.  Going out into public is something Gee and I have been avoiding at all cost for the past two years but we all very recently had the virus so, at the moment, our immunity is likely on the high end which allowed us to feel a bit more comfortable visiting a restaurant during an ongoing pandemic.  If we all hadn't just gotten over the virus, Gee and I probably would not have gone out into the infected world.   As always, I had a couple of cameras with me.  This time around, I even had a Fuji Instant photo printer with

Two weeks ago, Liza and the kids came to our house to celebrate Gee's birthday.  Yesterday, all the grandkids came to our house to celebrate birthdays for Lukey, Kenzie and Ellie. Gee started baking two dozen cupcakes first thing in the morning and by the time the kids arrived around noon Gee was about to frost the cupcakes... Kenzie is already picking out more new clothes from a catalog...   Ellie has an empty dollhouse at home so we gave her a dollhouse family of posable dolls as well as enough furniture to furnish her dollhouse... After all the gifts were opened, Lukey and I assembled his new train station.  Well, actually, Lukey did the assembling while I guided him along.  He received a Polar Express train set for Christmas so this new train station will fit in well with his Polar Express passenger train.  The Burlington F9 diesel locomotive is one of mine that we placed next to the new train station for Lukey to see the scale... After this little birthday celebration at our h