quick Update

I must run to get Megan, but a quick update on C's arrival.

We got early enough to the pickup spot, and it was emotional when the bus pulled up. One woman was getting her girl and keeping her for the summer, and it turned out the mom was living in shelters. The girl was the cutest one on the bus!

The first girl to get off the bus was a little black girl with a huge doll, half the size of her body, and she looked all scared and brave. Then came ours. He is cute, small and thin, with his hair braided like half the NY Jets.

We dragged him back onto the parkway, and the kids showed him everything there is to do in the house. He didn't tell much about anything, in fact, he doesn't talk much, although he will say what he needs to if you ask him. We took him down for the swim meet (we LOST!) last night and then out for pizza afterwards. He fell asleep both there and back in the car! But he did seem to have fun hanging out with all the boys. They were down on the beach most of the time, just sitting and digging in the sand.

Today is his birthday and he says he wants to wait until Megan is done with her job, and then go to the beach. I think this will be his favorite thing to do. We have to get to the water park one day, and also he said he would like to ride go-karts. I think they have some at the amusement park in Keansburg.

Well, I must run. Megan is at practice and may be let out early, since there is a meet this Sunday. In other news, Molly has come through her Cape May trip and is well and happy. The cats have adjusted to our return, although Wren, with her bizarre habit of trying to bury food when she is done, knocked her bowl off the counter and snapped it in two. And we are back in talks with E, who survived her weeklong music fest trip. Next project is to get her room ready. (disclaimer: post not proofread!)