Back from Trips

Saturday, May 19, 2007
Well, we are all back. Tom had to go to Singapore for a week so, with the assistance of my mother, the boys and I went to Tucson. The boys had a blast -- they especially enjoyed being able to swim everyday in Mom's pool. Indeed, Jason was soooo delighted that he began trying to figure out how to get one in his own backyard! To say that he was not pleased when his mother vetoed the idea is to understate the case. I can understand his frustration. He is becoming a true water baby. While we were there, Jason was diving down to touch the bottom of the pool... he has progressed so far it is truly astonishing. He now delights in water where once he was terrified of it.

Xander, of course, is a born water baby. He would go into the pool head first -- though after watching the tentative way his mother and grandmother approached it, he began to say 'Getting into the water is a slow process' Then he would get out of the water and start all over again!

Jason was also delighted because, on our very first day in Tucson, Dad took us up to Mount Lemmon. There he collected a number of birds to add to his birding list. That has become one of his greatest delights.

And Xander thoroughly enjoyed making 'Sand Angels' in Himmel Park. Grin. He managed to get sand everywhere, of course, including in his underwear, but that did not phase him in the slightest.

But in the end, though the boys were sad to leave their grandparents behind, they were glad to get home -- and the cats were VERY glad to see them. Indeed, that first night, while I was trying to get the boys to bed, the cats flung themselves bodily against the door, yowling for all they were worth. Then, the next morning, when I got up (before the boys), Papillion came and looked me over. Deciding that I was NOT the one, she marched back to the boys' door and began to HOWL mournfully at the top of her not inconsiderable lungs. Had to chase her away. She was quite displeased.

The one downside to our return was the fact that Daddy was not home. Both boys were of the opinion that mom would've done better to arrange for us to all arrive on the same day... But they were glad to go collect their father the following morning and Xander clung to Daddy for pretty much the rest of the day.