Busy day today -- hot and sunny, two playdates, and a whole lot of errands. Dropped Rachel off at her friend Tessa's this morning, stayed to visit a bit with Tessa's mom, Helen, then raced off to do grocery shopping, mail off Mom's Mother's Day gift and made it back to Helen's by 2. Tessa was about to go down for a nap, which I attempted to persuade Rachel to do, but she pretty much refused although I did get to snooze for about a half hour. Then it was time to pack up and meet Sarah and Noah in Grant Park.
Rachel and Noah had a great time caroming around the park; Rachel tried Noah's bike (and smugly noted that, "isn't it weird that he's 6 1/2 and he STILL has training wheels?" I agreed with her but then quickly hushed her, saying Noah wouldn't want to feel bad about that. Isn't it great that kids have no filter?). Anyway, Sarah and I sat on a picnic blanket and chatted for a while until we headed to Laurelwood Brewpub for dinner, which has a play area. The kids played while Sarah and I talked more, mostly about elementary schools and our frustrations with PPS schools in general and I drank a most excellent hard cider that probably isn't sold outside Portland, alas. Noah has really warmed up to Rachel, and a couple of times he repeated to her what I kept telling her during dinner -- eat more carrots, put more radiatore on her spoonful so she eats more pasta, etc. -- and at one point he insisted that she KISS him so he could fall over and pretend to die. It was really cute watching her do so, until I suddenly flashed on them being awkward adolescents, being forced to all go out to dinner together, and then it wasn't so cute after all.
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