Calvin's drawing of himself with Dad and Carter. Carter and Calvin are holding an umbrella, but Dad has a hat. The littlest one is Jack-Jack, aka baby cousin Victor. Note that Jack-Jack has the requisite five fingers on each hand.
Mom as a monster... I leave the interpretation to you!
The boys and I had a really nice weekend together. The main event was getting together with our friend Mary and her family. You might remember them from our adventure a few weeks back where we got stuck hanging out at a suburban train station for several hours. Well, we managed to catch up with them this time (but met at our house just to be safe!) and then got to tag along on a tour of the Ecole Militaire around the corner. Normally it's not open to the public, but Mary's son is in a Boy Scout troop, and their troop leader managed to negotiate a tour. So we got to wander around in the hidden courtyards, visit the (extensive) stables to pet and feed the horses, and visit the chapel where Napoleon himself went while he was a student. We think the stable master might be a college basketball fan... the horses each have their own saddle and tack, which are arranged by number (and corresponding name) in a big stable room, and horse number 1 is... DUC! (We'll forgive the French spelling, it's the thought that counts.) Oh, and I forgot the camera. Genius.
Today Nan arrived. The boys were so excited that they totally bought into our house-cleaning yesterday, picking up all their toys, vacuuming and making banana bread. We left her a few notes to welcome her to Paris since we weren't home when she got to the apartment:
Carter's is on the left, and Calvin's on the right. If you click to open them full-size, you can see that Carter even corrected his spelling. Calvin's writing says "NAN I L(o)V(e) (yo)U."
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That's excellent Bets, thanks for posting the story and artwork. Love from Arlington, c.
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