Hanging

While the P family is in town, the party continues. Today, E arranged to entertain her friend, M, (L's brother who also moved to Ohio obviously). The boys started coming to our house at 10 a.m. and around 11, M (with L in tow, carrying lots of video games) got here.

They let us snap this picture before they left to walk all over town. (From left, JR, M, L, JD and E). The five of them first headed to Buzz Cafe, then to DiNico's for pizza slices, checked out Rehm Park (where E's BBF A joined them), stopped in at Oberweis near downtown, got sandwiches (for the non-pizza eaters) at Potbelly, checked out some stores and the Visitors Center (since M is now a visitor) before heading back here around 4 p.m. That was a lot of exercise. The boys and E hung out downstairs and played video games for two hours before they decided it was time to leave. That left E an hour to put a card together and get ready for her friend, F's, birthday party that started at 7 p.m.

Meanwhile, L treated B to lunch at Pete's, the hotdog stand down the road. We paid for B, E and L to go there yesterday for dinner. They called over their friend, IB, and met another friend (L's former neighbor, N) on the way home, so they brought him over too. They played video games and Twister, which was pretty fun to watch.

Fortunately, when the older kids came home, the younger ones left. B, though, stayed to show the teens how to play the video games.

I also got to talk to L and M's mom when she dropped them off. She said Ohio is good, just different. It's a lot more suburban where they are than here. She said the high school is new (only six years old) and small (about 400 students, I think). She said the boys had a good time visiting. Hope they come back soon.