Wordless Wednesday

Yes, I know this is supposed to be a Wordless Wednesday, but have you ever seen such a Cute Buttsa?

Baby Boy In The House

Katie and baby boy Aaron are staying with us for the month of February while Avi travels to Israel.

It's kind of amazing how having a newborn in the house can shake things up! We've been taking shifts with him so Katie can get some rest ... I have the late night shift until midnight, and Bruce starts his early morning. Some nights are better than others, but I think we've decided that some good goals might be to work on better burping 😏 and then strive for low key evenings, so he can wind down to sleep. I suppose that once we get settled into a routine, he'll change and we'll have to start all over, as often seems to be the case with babies.

He's a very good little boy, though, and such a little love. Grandma Joyce was over the moon with holding him! We were able to get a few four generations pictures taken, too, which will be a precious thing to have in the the future.

The cats have had to learn how to deal with a baby in the house, too. Crying makes Punk and Tristin nervous. Minnie just ignores it, but Punk gets up and leaves the room. Tristin gets clingy and puts his paw on me as if to say, what are we going to do???

Aaron even had a little photo shoot done in the snow. As Katie said ... here in Minnesota, we learn to embrace the cold at a young age ... 😂 Of course that was before the bitter cold moved in. Today the wind chill is close to 30 below, much too cold for baby boy to be out and about!

I just love being grandma. 💕

Ladies Tea Bookclub

Our bookclub this week was at Mona's condo, and we had a Ladies Tea.

We all brought ladies tea type foods ... Mona ~ mini quiche and chocolate shortbread ... Sandy ~ raspberry-balsamic glazed meatballs and lemon bars ... Cathy ~ deviled eggs and blueberry scones ... Kat ~ small chicken salad/egg salad croissants and pink chocolate cookie bars.

And we wore hats. Mona's husband, Jim, was allowed to stay a few minutes in order to take our picture wearing them. We then decided to take off our hats for the rest of the lunch.

The book we read this month (and everybody actually read it!) was, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume. I guess it's a book geared toward pre-teens, but it was very relatable as it was written in 1970 about a girl eleven years old going on twelve, the exact same age I was in 1970. We decided that next month's selection will be more of an adult selection, Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence. This book was once controversial, and banned in the U.S. from 1929-1959 for obscenity. Of course we need to read something that was banned. 😂

We did spend a fair amount of time this month talking about our book selection as it brought back so many memories of growing up in the 1960's and 1970's. But, also, I think that we've become much closer as friends, and I know that I feel loved and supported in this group. 💕 Close friends are a very good thing.