Today was potentially our last lazy Saturday as a couple (rather than a trio) for the foreseeable future. And it was just a beautiful day in every sense of the word.
Our day started with a chat with Roz and another quick one with Sylvia who had guests over for dinner. French toast and coffee followed for breakfast.
Though it doesn't sound like much, that essentially took us to two o'clock when we departed on the centerpiece of our day - a really great, almost perfect walk up to school. Not only was the weather wonderfully cool yet sunny, but we ran into two dogs who let me pet them and a colleague of Sarah's who stopped to chat.
SAM was feeling especially vigorous today and had me in her dust as she power walked straight up the hill and to school. I followed along, sometimes ahead of her, sometimes behind her, usually next to her, taking photos and now, video, to document our last few days alone for everyone.
I had a great time learning how to edit the video and spent the remainder of the afternoon before dinner with the Koos playing around on my computer while SAM read her book. You can click on it below to watch it. The hardest part was picking the music, but once I found the right piece, "Embryonic Journey" by Jefferson Airplane, it felt like it was basically the soundtrack of our whole day. Calm, bright and beautiful.
Just a note on the video - it may not play very well on dialup. Some of you on dial-up may have to find a brand new laptop somewhere and bring it to Cafe Creme to watch. Or you could just watch it at school. :)
Dinner with the Koos was another fun experience. Joy brought Joey to an Exeter presentation and it seems my old alma mater was not very impressive. Seems the Director of Admissions forgot his passport and so couldn't come so the Alumni Affairs Director had to do the presentation. Joey said he'd rather stay home. I guess you can't win 'em all.
Now we're home and will be here for the night. Though I'm still excited to welcome Petunia into our family, after a day like today, I feel especially strongly that I'm going to miss days like these with just the two of us and am a somewhat sad to say goodbye to them. I married SAM because I love being with her. It will be interesting to see how our life will change in just a few days.
5 comments:
dearhearts, the walking is working. (I LOVE the video) miss petunia has dropped. i'm emailing you a picture that i mashed together to show you the concrete evidence. xo erika
What wonderful updates! It's been a couple of days, apparently, since I have checked in and Petunia is, indeed, getting much bigger! (well, Sarah certainly is anyway!) I loved watching the video and know that Petunia will too when she's older. What brought up the chronology of my birth? Perhaps just thinking about the up and coming excitement. I can't wait for more movies when Petunia arrives!! I love you! Talk to you tonight! (Tomorrow morning)
Oh, and I'm SO sorry that Joey wasn't impressed with Exeter. It can just do that to people sometimes. I understand. Perhaps he should look into Andover? :-)
Sylvia, I don't want to turn him off to boarding schools completely! ;)
hi guys,
loved the video! sarah looks great... isn't even breaking a sweat! nicholas was waving to her during the video! we can't wait until petunia (or as popo says, holly, arrives). love you guys!
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