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Nothing But the Rain, Sir

The kids enjoying drawing at dinner
Photo-A-Day #4139

If you are a fan of Battlestar Galactica then you might recall an exchange between Adama and Starbuck. Part of the exchange is the line “Nothing but the rain, sir. Today was a bit rainy and so I was thinking of a title to today’s vlog, which is mostly about nothing and has me do a little freak out over a guy making me slam on my brakes. I was thinking about my friend, Justin’s vlog where he does a vlog about nothing.

We came home from the Cape today. That was after we had a nice breakfast this morning with the kids all together. We didn’t go to the beach but rather packed up and Allison cleaned the rooms. Then it was time to go. There were many tears from the kids. Eva had been there for three weeks and that is a very long time for a kid. She wanted to stay but was also missing her cats very much. I wasn’t very much because they crapped all over the basement. That is lovely during 93 degree weather with tons of humidity. I was down scrubbing the floors and getting completely soaked in sweat, not two minutes after getting home. Meanwhile, Eva thinks that James has gotten softer fur since she last saw him. The cats do love her and stayed with her most of the time that she watched shows.

I tried to get a few hours of sleep before work but I just ended up laying there with my eyes closed doing nothing, no sleep, nothing. I didn’t even have my phones with me to distract me.

Because we’d essentially been gone for 3 weeks there was nothing in the house to eat so we went to Weatherlaines for dinner. The kids were so polite and did a great job drawing. Eva starts art class next week and she wanted to bring examples to her teacher to get help on things like drawing hair. She is going to have a lot of fun in that class.

Family Dinner at The Flying Bridge in Falmouth

Mom and Dad with their grandkids
Photo-A-Day #4138

Last summer we went to The Flying Bridge as a family. One big family trip there. This year we were down two folks but were still a large crew. A crew that included four kids under 10 and three of them under 5. They were pretty well behaved overall. They kept, fairly clean as they ate but kids are kids and antics followed.

I think that the people around us were a mite unprepared with how much the kids love the Island Queen. They hopped up on their chairs and shouted to it and waved at the passengers. Twice. While this usually makes me want to crawl under a rock in embarrassment, I was pretty good with it this year. Plus, it makes for a fun video.

After dinner we took a walk along the harbor. We tried to get some good photos of the kids. Family photos, photos of just the kids, the kids with Auntie, the kids with Memere and Grandfather. I think I got a pretty decent one this year of the kids with their grandparents and then the kids on their own, both being silly and having good smiles.

Then we got home and there were more antics. I captured much of it on today’s vlog. Check it out.