Visit from Grampa and Donna… and soccer too!
It has been a busy stretch, with Tamara working countless hours… but we just came off of a great long weekend visit with Dad and Donna who drove down late last week. It took Marshall a little while to warm up to his Grampa, since it’s been nearly 8 months since their last visit. But it soon turned into lots of laughing and some teasing and tickling – not to mention cookies and desserts! I took a vacation day on Monday and Marshall played hooky from daycare to do a bit of shopping. We ended up finding a few bargains for our guests, and had a smoked meat lunch at Costco before Marshall retired for his afternoon nap.
We might have figured out why Dad’s blood pressure has been high lately – apparently the refs aren’t calling a fair game for the Bruins…. but we’ll leave that discussion for another day.
I’m hoping to get Donna running on a Linux box that I sent back with her… that would certainly keep things running more current for her setup, which hasn’t been terribly stable. That, and I’m told their Windows machine sounds like it could take flight at any moment.
Well tonight, Marshall attended his first ever soccer practice called Soccer Tots (level 1). This consisted of some stretching, running around, tickling, blowing bubbles, singing songs, circling a parachute, and there was even some kicking of tiny soccer balls. I think Marshall is more of a football guy though, given his stance (going down on one knee). That, and he often just wants to pick up the ball and run away with it. Overall it was pretty awesome. We’ll have some pictures to post when we get around to unloading the camera (Tamara is so much better at it than me).