No cancer stuff today, yay.

I have a cute Nik story relayed to me by Jay.

Nik makes me play catch with him all the time. I
showed him how to throw the ball up in the air and catch it with his glove,
and how to throw a tennis ball against a wall. I told him that I had to do
that all the time when I was growing up because my dad was older and so were
my brothers and sisters. He was shocked and said "you didn't play catch
with Romy? I play catch with her all the time and she's really good."

Hee hee!!! Love that kid!

Mom and I visited Jay, Alicia and the kids today. Why does it rain every time we go down to Hastings? Grrr! 

I brought bubble gum because the kids love it when I blow big bubbles and they smash them with their fingers to pop them. I have to say that Bubblicious bubble gum is the best for doing this because it doesn't stick to my face when they pop the bubbles, unlike the cheap stuff.

Miss Ellise was very intent on smashing as many bubbles as I could produce -- one time getting so excited that she jumped the gun and socked me in the face quite nicely. That kid has spunk.

Anna can now blow her own bubbles! Yahoo!

We went outside, after having some homemade pizza and some of that fermented mushroom tea for lunch (thanks Alicia & Jay!), to watch Nik ride his four wheeler. Ellise squealed with delight as mom and I cried our protests as he flew by VERY FAST.  Of course he had a huge smile on his face as he whizzed by at the speed of sound.

I got a little sample of what Alicia has to deal with in her youngest one. We were sitting on the porch, which faces out to the beautiful back yard, which is essentially a cleared area surrounded by forest, and Ellise was climbing on the rail right in front of me. There was a pot of flowers hanging off the top of the railing and Ellise picked one of the flowers and showed me. Then she picked another one and let me smell it. Then she went to grab another one, and I told her she shouldn't pick any more flowers. She picked another. I told her, "No, you better not pick any more or they will be gone." Sure enough she reached up and picked another. She didn't care how many times I told her to not do that. She picked the basket clean. She does what she wants to do! She is hilarious.

I hope the photos I took of everyone turn out. Nik doesn't understand why you can't see the photos I take on my camera right after I take the shot. I have to tell him that I have a really old camera and I have to get the photos developed first.