The FBR was left in her grandparents’ care for the entirety of Saturday as her parents spent some well earned rest at a local cabin escape. The FBR promptly hit her marks with the 7am wakeup call but we must be shifting into the mundane as this morning we had to call her to come in and “wake” us up just before 8. I recounted a lot of yesterday’s adventures in my last blog post. Yesterday afternoon we were subjected to a barrage of pleas to walk down the street to visit/play with one of her best friends. She received intel from another friend a couple houses down who shouted out her window that something was going on at the other friend’s house.
The Gang
As
with most things, we find we cannot deny her anything. We checked with my daughter
and Wingman who said it would be fine, so we walked down the street with the FBR
charging ahead in her excitement. We arrived to find the mother of the friend
making last adjustments on what looked like a formal dinner party outside. We
were immediately supremely embarrassed to have intruded although the FBR seemed
blithely unaware of her social faux pas as she chased her friend around the
back yard. The mom explained she was expecting another family to join them
shortly for a Passover dinner. We apologized and dragged the FBR out for a
return trip home. Of course, as we were walking home we ran into the invited
family, including the little girl who had shouted out the window earlier. The
FBR’s first question was the obvious, “Where are you guys going?”. More
awkwardness as we tried to explain the situation to her. She bounced back
nicely though with the promise of creating a funfetti cake with he abuela.
the Cabin Escape
Funfetti Cake with Abuela
We received some great news yesterday morning when our favorite son revealed he received his company’s most prestigious award for his work over the past year in a Friday night award ceremony. He’s really grown into the expanded role they have created for him and taken upon himself to lead the company’s training program as well as juggling construction jobs spread throughout New England. I’m so proud of him and gratified that his company realized the jewel they have in him.
We
received this news when we queried as to why he missed the Family Facetime call
on Friday evening. That was the usual success although strange to have the FBR
with us for the event. She’s usually the one wanting to end it quickly so she
could get to movie night. I was truly
enjoying the usual lively conversation with Great Aunt and Soxfather when my Favorite
Panamanian and the FBR began conspiring, again, on the acquisition of a rodent
sized creature suspiciously labeled as a dog. They kept showing me pictures of
various incarnations of these beasts until I was reminding the FBR she was
cutting into her movie night time. Soxfather and Great Aunt could not stop
laughing at my predicament. 
My Son's Award
The Friday Arrival Gifting Ceremony
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Dragon Received
RECURRING CHARACTERS
BR3 – granddaughter #3, BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel - second granddaughter; FBR - First Blog Reader - first
granddaughter, ABFA – Amazing Best
Family Athlete = my daughter in law; Wingman
– my son in law; Keene Friends 1 & 2
– friends since high school from my home town of Keene, NH; Soxfather - my brother in law; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Cantankerous Friend
– friend since grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as
radical leftist to attract women; Kindergarten
Friend – friend since kindergarten whom I reunited with after many years; Pittsburgh College Roommate – high
school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which grew to monstrous dimensions
once my wife got involved in planning; Maine
and Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife – her US sisters,
my wife is the 3rd musquetera (musketeer); Riggins - also known as the Grandpuppy, son's dog; PanaGals – female relatives /friends of
my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin
Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we
have lived & their spouses; Neighborhood
Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia member, Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of
course); First Friday – celebrations
to mark the First Friday of the Week; Curbside
Girls – close friends of my daughter acquired during her single days in
Brooklyn
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