Kids Are A Young Parents' Game

 So Saturday D1 came with the boys, and invited 2 OTHER Moms with their kids, too -- lovely ladies from Dallas and the UES, with twin girls and a toddler boy. Little Man said later the toddler was "peach colored," which he in fact was -- adorable all around.

The Moms gave in to my offer of cocktails, and I poured a few vodka tonics and vodka without tonic for myself. It was delightful -- the kids ended up swimming, as we watched, and all swam wonderfully. I ordered some Anthony's Coal Fired pizzas, salads, and wings -- unfortunately Wifey was fatigued and needed to rest when the food came -- so I hosted like a bachelor grandpa.

The Mom friends had a lovely time -- really appreciated a grandparent taste. And then D1 left for home with Baby Man, leaving Little Man here for a fun filled sleepover.

I usually tell him tales of the "Night Bird," which I used to tell the Ds -- a hero bird who flies only at night and rescues lost children and animals, on sea or land. Little Man loves it, but this time HE told us the tale, and it was quite good, about a little boy starting kindergarten who was scared and the Night Bird came to his window to tell him everything would be fine. Curious -- Little Man starts kindergarten in less than 2 weeks!

As expected, at first light he woke me, and headed to House of Bagels, where, sure enough, our bagel girl was there -- she of the VERY white complexion and VERY Black speech. 2 young guys were outside and high fived Little Man for his Panthers jersey, given to him by Norman. He loved it.

But alas -- there were no black and white cookies, so we stopped at Roasters, just as they were opening at 7, and got one, and a happy faced cookie, and a few free cookies thrown in. The plan was to bring the extra cookies to Baby Man, but they had to survive the maw of Wifey first, which they did not...

Later Sunday, Wifey was still wiped out, and so I drove Little Man home. D1 and Baby Man were napping, so we hung out quietly, and then D1 told us she had ANOTHER Mom/kid gettie planned. I said hello to the new set of guests and high tailed it home -- this old guy couldn't take two straight days of little kid parties. This is definitely a young persons' game.

Yesterday D2 drove down to fetch HER baby -- the 95 lb Betsy. She told us one of the guests at her weekend at Lake Geneva was a Cubana from Miami also named Betsy, so the whole time they had to differentiate between "human Betsy" and "dog Betsy..."

We spent some nice time with her, and then she was off to the Shores, leaving us with just the elderly, Special Needs Spaniel, and D1's Spaniel Lemon, who Wifey is scheming to take from D1. D1 is plenty busy with the boys -- we'll see if she relents -- assuming VERY liberal visitation rights.

Today Wifey is hosting her mah jonng group, and my plan is to flee. Luckily Norman is free for dinner, and we have plans to meet at a place TBD. We have critical things to discuss -- Canes first game is 3 weeks from Sunday!

Ah, that most wonderful time of the year...