Monday, September 5, 2016
Today we went to our first River Gardens neighborhood event. Miss Glenda invited us to her annual Labor Day Pancake Breakfast. Apparently it’s only for those neighbors who have been personally invited. Her children’s children come into town to see their parents and all the friends’ families that have grown up together over the years. It’s pretty neat.
We met Ron and Vickie who live right behind us. She is a master gardener and gave us homemade chocolates with cayenne pepper. Jeremy’s a huge fan of Miss Vickie. Apparently nobody really liked Dr. Brooks. He worked in his workshop with power tools until all hours of the night.
Selah June didn’t really have an interest in sitting at the table eating pancakes. She probably wanted to be out in Miss Glenda’s driveway running on the rocks. And ultimately that’s where she ended up. After trying to keep her entertained and under control inside for over a half hour, Jeremy eventually told me they’d be waiting for me outside. Ron visited with him while they both watched SJ run like a crazy person.
Selah June and I left from there and went to Satie’s house. While Jess and I (but really Jess) put together gift bags for the half-sib families, Selah June and Satie swirled about the living area making musical messes with a fantastic Disney toy Satie brought back from their trip.
This evening over dinner, SJ was claiming all of Daddy’s attention. If he even tried to respond to a question I asked of him, she would crane her head around to give him direct eye contact and distract him from our conversation. I told her that Daddy was “MY daddy.” (Weird, I know.) She smiled and said with a knowing tone, “Noooooooooo….. My Daddy! Selah June’s Daddy.” She waved her hand dismissively for dramatic effect. What a mess.
In other news, she chowed down on some polish sausage tonight!
And she asked to hold my hand while we all snuggled in bed…? And then promptly suggested cupcakes.