Birthday parties winding down
We just came back from a lighting fast visit to Atlanta. We were able to help swap permanent furniture in for Smom’s temporary furniture in her new apartment.

And we celebrated all the family July birthdays: Robert, Robert’s uncle-in-law Chuck, Steve and Loren. Loren enjoyed reading Happy Birthday to You by Dr. Suess to Robert (and the rest of us enjoyed listening in). This is the copy that came from David’s Elementary School in Augusta; the same school where Smom worked in the library — that might explain how this library book ended up in the family.

And few things can be as artistically inspiring as a visit to Loren and Susan’s house. Just check out the tomato collection that greeted us on the table when we arrived. That, and the cool art box in “his room” inspired Robert to paint some water colors.

While it was a short trip, we had a chance to catch up with Steve, Helen and Aaron, play in the tree house, eat too much (including two birthday cakes — one dairy and one dairy-free) and had a great afternoon at the pool. The pool party’s high point was Robert’s first (and second, third, fourth…) jump off the diving board in the deep end. Including, by the end of the evening, several cannonballs!!!

Lots of fun to be had by all, especially the quartet of birthday boys.