My family so makes me laugh. I love them all dearly, but I don’t think that we’re normal! We all got together last night for dinner, and to visit with my aunt before she flew back to CA. Mom and John, auntie, me and chris, nate/carrie/kids. Our idea of “after dinner fun” was to rearrange the house. Now don’t get me wrong- I love decorating- but I don’t think families usually do this. We chatted about paint swatches, where to put this chair, that loveseat (chris won out on this one), this table, that table…and that table and that table…
We also discovered that my mom and her fiance are perfectly matched for one another, sheerly based on their extraordinary amounts of tables. You’ve never seen so many tables! Anyway, though, we had so much fun together. We moved and discussed and moved some more, visualized future changes to the lot of it, all while my husband was sneaking cookies to the kids in the kitchen, after which they ran like tiny maniacs around the coffee table.
anyway, tables or no tables, i guess that’s what family is for. It was a blast. 
thatsathought said,
March 10, 2008 @ 10:53 pm
I had the BEST time moving table after table (after table…) with you guys! And tell Uncle Chris he’s on probation. I had NO IDEA that’s why the kids were so wound up. Grrr.
abbimarie said,
March 11, 2008 @ 2:19 pm
that’s what uncles are for- but i’ll pass along the reprimand.
Although I think he may have been winding them up more with his wild game of peekaboo…ella gets so excited it’s like she’s going to pop!