Saturday, July 10th

Passed up on a lot of fun events today (b-day party, community BBQ, John Street Jam, train ride). It was a busy back to work/school week, and I felt content enough to stay home instead...that's okay!

Started the morning with Alan interested in.....puppets. Hauled out the puppet theatre. He wants to act out the Billy and Apple story we've been working on. It lasts all of 20 minutes!! NEXT!!!

Then off to take a Zumba class, and the boys go out for breakfast..... Couldn't be more prouder of Jules, who kicked off her first class by motivating us to burn calories with a hot combination of hip swirls. Very proud of her!! (FYI, two years ago, I introduced Jules to this fusion of Latin dancing/aerobics, and what a good match for her it was!!!!) So happy that she is certified, and she no doubt will have a following....she is an accomplished singer/dancer/actress/performer, and a beautiful person inside and out. I love you Jules!!

THen upon returning home, Alan and I cleaned his room. He needs more room for his "studio"/music room.

Went to Adams to pick up a few things including peaches for tomorrows cobbler!!! We are hosting the sea chantey folks for dinner, and wanted to make this special group of people something special.

Home in time for lunch....funny thing happened...As we all know the background of the sour cream stories in this household. Well, Alan and I were just finishing up lunch, and Bob was practicing his guitar....looked like he was practincing a new song. He starts singing an old Pete Seeger song, one that no one ever heard of before about sour cream!!! Alan gets a real kick out of it. I run to Alan's room to get a tamborine to play along...Alan looks at me, then runs to his room to get his violin, just in time to return for the last verse and we all kick it up a knotch to this silly ditty about sour cream. Musicians are a strange crop!!! Thanks Uncle Pete!!

ANYWAY, Alan has been working hard to earn his new drum set....We run back to Kingston later that afternoon and he picks out an affordable set!!! I put it together in about 10 minutes, and he is ready to rock....for the rest of the night actually!!!