Friday, October 24, 2008

Rowdy Cousins

Here's a riddle for you: When does my surname become Wyatt's playmate?

Answer: whenever Wyatt's cousin, Kendall, comes to town.

That has been the case yesterday and today.  My mom and her husband came down for the weekend, bringing my niece with them.  The result of their visit (today alone) has produced:
  • One billy goat eating corn out of Wyatt's and Kendall's hand
  • Six sample cups of apple cider consumed Wyatt
  • Two wonderful meals
  • Four donuts (three consumed by me)
  • Five dramatic falls requiring consolation from mom
  • One band-aid
  • Two stories (The Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood)
  • Two paint jobs (a bathroom and a hallway)
  • One kid bottom brushing up against said paint 
  • Many "I almost bit someone's head off" moments by Anna
  • One trip to the Democratic headquarters leading to an encounter with a church member (to which she replied, "this is like being caught in a bar.")
  • One trip to the Court House (only to discover that Kentucky is the only state in the entire union where you cannot obtain an absentee ballot without written permission from your parents ... check.  Make that:  "only state or commonwealth ...")
  • One screwed up home accounting system and subsequent befuddled bookeeper
  • One bottle of wine
  • Two dark chocolate truffles from Donaldson's
And, to boot ... some great pictures of the orchard experience.

~Wes






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