On Memorial Day, we went to Peter and Bethany’s for a cookout, along with Myers and Laura…and all 8 children.
Myers made a fruit salad in a watermelon (he’s very into watermelons).
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We had a great time–getting to hang out with them is a delight, and now that most of the kids are in school, we don’t have our regularly scheduled playdates all the time. They missed each other–and so did we!
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Except for the tiniest, the children are old enough to get their own food, and I found myself marveling at them, suddenly so independent where even last summer, we had to be much more hands-on with their plates.
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Jude makes up for whatever inconvenience his littleness causes by being adorable–and the only one who doesn’t avoid the camera.
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They were being wild things, playing Kutelopes all evening, getting covered in mud, bouncing on the trampoline, sneaking extra cookies, hiding in the boxwood like some site-specific Twelfth Night, running through the lawn, playing on the swings. I don’t think there is a more perfect start to summer than enjoying a conversation with my favorite people while our children delightedly entertain each other.
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