So, today we partied! Here’s the birthday girl and birthday boy, my niece and nephew. Their birthdays are four years and four days apart, and so we’ve always had a combined family party on the Sunday of memorial Day weekend.

We had a nice time, though it was a long day. We left the house at 12:50 and didn’t get home until quarter after 8:00. For a kids’ birthday party, that’s long! My sister’s brother-in-law was there with his fiancee (they’re getting married in August), and my B-i-L’s aunt and cousin were there, too. It was nice, and the weather was great. A group ended up playing basketball in the driveway.

  My mother made these two, lovely, cross-stich maps of Martha’s Vineyard for her grandkids’ birthdays. Identical except for the color of the material and the frames. Wasn’t that great of her? And aren’t they beautiful?

  And here are the kids opening them. I think my niece–since she’s fond of decorating and all–liked hers just a little more than my 12-year old nephew, but I know he appreciated his, too. Or at least appreciated that his grandmother made it for him! (And sometimes, you know, true appreciation comes later, like, you know, when you grow up!)

  Here’s the obligatory cake-and-candles photo. (His is cheesecake, hers is chocolate, all chocolate.)

Chappy was good as gold all day, didn’t even bark when the other guests arrived. He was patient while we ate–which I know was hard for him because I only gave him half a breakfast this morning (since he does still have a tendency toward car-sickness and the last couple of miles to my sisters resemble an asphalt roller coaster). He was cute and charming and oh, so fluffy from yesterday’s bath!

I knitted on my sock while I was there–another inch or so of ribbing and sock number two will be done!

I also finished spinning up the apple green roving I got months ago into singles. I’m going to try to ply it tomorrow . . . and about time, too! That poor yarn has been waiting for ever for me to get to it.

Okay . . . tired. Going to bed!

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