Marvin At 2 AM
The boys and I spent a long time at the playground outside of the library this afternoon. They were running around on super hero adventures and such. While I was sitting on one of the benches a man wearing a tie-dye shirt came up to me. I think he was deaf or mute as he said nothing. He pointed to a turtle on his shirt. Not knowing what to say, I just said what it was, "Turtle." Then he pointed to the word below it which was "Chicago". I said "Chicago". There were other words on it, probably the name of some restaurant or something, but I don't recall. Anyway, after "Chicago" he walked off. The boys continued to play and after a while I saw him walking back from the direction he had gone and heading toward me with his hand outstretched. Again unsure of what to do I took his hand and shook it, which seemed to be his intent. He then pulled out a piece of paper and showed it to me. On it was written this: "Marvin will get up at 2 AM to go to Chicago". With that he left. I didn't see him again.
Tonight we went to a cookout at Laurie and Warren's house, they now back from their trip. Burgers, corn, salad and peach cobbler (was that it?) with icecream. It was a tremendously good time, which I say in part because Warren requested the address of this blog, and so I better lay on the accolades before he arrives, but also because it is quite true. Once again the boys started out looking a bit unsure of the situation, but before long they were playing and playing and having a great time. Laurie has lots of "OT" toys which the guys love to play with. One hit this time was a little bowling set.
There probably should be more to this blog entry, but it's late and, while not as early as Marvin, we are getting up early tomorrow to go to Adventureland near Des Moines, Iowa, allegedly the biggest amusement park in Iowa. They have kids rides, a magic show and a circus, but more importantly, they have 4 roller coasters. Two large wooden coasters, one small, indoor dark-ride wooden coaster and one metal looping coaster. Yeah!
Oh, and in spite of the dire pronouncement of a colleague of mine, the corn in Iowa is not lousy at all. It's great. Aside from the local corn we had tonight, we bought some almost local corn last week and it was quite good too (but not quite as good as the truly local stuff.)
Tonight we went to a cookout at Laurie and Warren's house, they now back from their trip. Burgers, corn, salad and peach cobbler (was that it?) with icecream. It was a tremendously good time, which I say in part because Warren requested the address of this blog, and so I better lay on the accolades before he arrives, but also because it is quite true. Once again the boys started out looking a bit unsure of the situation, but before long they were playing and playing and having a great time. Laurie has lots of "OT" toys which the guys love to play with. One hit this time was a little bowling set.
There probably should be more to this blog entry, but it's late and, while not as early as Marvin, we are getting up early tomorrow to go to Adventureland near Des Moines, Iowa, allegedly the biggest amusement park in Iowa. They have kids rides, a magic show and a circus, but more importantly, they have 4 roller coasters. Two large wooden coasters, one small, indoor dark-ride wooden coaster and one metal looping coaster. Yeah!
Oh, and in spite of the dire pronouncement of a colleague of mine, the corn in Iowa is not lousy at all. It's great. Aside from the local corn we had tonight, we bought some almost local corn last week and it was quite good too (but not quite as good as the truly local stuff.)
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