April 10, 2010. San Antonio, Tx. A Busy Day.

Coffee in bed, delivered by Allison, started my day. By noon we were still all in pajamas, but in the interval Samantha baked blueberry muffins while Allison made pancakes for everyone, cooked into fancy shapes. I ate a duck and a purse. Abigail was at work on a school project, working away at the kitchen counter top, trying to complete her work so she could go to a friend's ranch for the weekend. Sarah who is 12, slept until almost noon, but she made up for lost time by spending all afternoon on her Science project. By six o'clock, she was ready to bring it down to show us her work, and what good work she had done. Abigail left with her friend at one, having passed muster from Suzanne that her work was done. She looked thrilled to leave for the weekend at her friend's ranch.

This afternoon Samantha and Allison hung out in the backyard with me, playing softball, blowing bubbles and running races. All the while, David was planting in his yard while Suzanne ran an errand in the. Tonight Sarah had been invited to a birthday party for a friend from school, so David and Suzanne dropped her off on their way to an engagement party for a friend from College. The friend is the last one from David's fraternity to get married, so they would be seeing lots of their old college friends. Ken and I went to a showing at the Greenhouse Gallery of Art, so Samantha and Allison had a baby sitter staying with them. At nine o'clock we were to relieve the baby sitter. Sarah will be brought home by a friend at ten thirty so we will stay up until she appears. We will not wait up until David and Suzanne arrive!!

It was a busy pleasant day. Nothing earth shaking or remarkable but all children and adults happy and productive. It doesn't come much better than that.