Dinner and Brunch

Fridays, Maurice and Mom get one or two boys from school. This time, to aid their relaxing weekend start, they took only Cassius. By the time Maceo and I got there, Cassius had been having a great time and was excited to see us, and Mom and Maurice were not the least bit harried! The boys and I started movie night on the couch watching "Wallace and Gromit and the Case of the Were-Rabbit", eating crackers, and drinking a kir royal.

Photo courtesy of one M. Belanger.

After a superb dinner of roast chicken (Maceo had 4 or 5 helpings!) and cheese and crackers and sliced turkey and apples (that's Cassius's, of course!), we headed home. 

On Saturday, we had friends coming over for brunch! The house needed tidying, of course, so we got down to it.

Maceo patiently waited for his turn with the new mop. It squirts!

Our guests were Melissa and André and 2 of their 3 kids, Oliver (in Cassius's class) and Elise (in Maceo's grade). 

Anxiously awaiting our guests.

Unfortunately, it wasn't nearly as warm as it had been yesterday. But after a bit of time indoors and eating frittata and french toast, we finally got the kids outdoors! The zip line and the fort got some use, and then there was a Jenga tournament.

Cassius explaining the game to an attentive observer.

After they left, Maceo expressed his approval. "Oliver is very cute and he's pretty strong, too." "Yeah, yeah, yeah," joined in Cassius. "But I can throw him to the ground." "What? How do you know that?" I asked. "Well, he took my turn on the zip line, so I throwed him down on the ground."

Hosting magic, what can I tell you.