We took it a little easier today. We got up late, except for Corwin who got up early to bug Mimi. Uncle Bruce arrived about 9 and Corwin made him go out to the drive way and play badminton without a net for while, until Mimi, Bruce and I had to go run an errand for Mimi to take care of some bank things left over from Gramp’s passing away. Mom was left with all three poopers but she seems to have survived. After that Mom and I took Alice and Charles out for some coffee (“mmmm…coffee…” said Mom). Mom did a bit of shopping and then we went back to rescue Mimi from Corwin.
Later that afternoon Corwin found a water ball game, which consists of a bat and a base that flings up plastic balls on jets of water. Corwin quite enjoyed it for a bit and then Charles came out to see what was going on. It turned out very well, Charles considered fetching the balls for Corwin to be great fun. The first picture is Corwin trying to hit the ball (which has gone up out of the top of the frame) while Charles watches with great excitement. Charles was giggling and squealing with excitement most of the time, until he got too cold and had to come in.
In the evening we went over to have supper with Uncle Craig, Aunt Linda and the three cousins Ashlyn, Bryson and Dawson. We had planned to go to the park but the kids preferred to play in the house. They played kickball in the living room for a while without breaking anything, which was quite amazing. I noticed that the cousins didn’t mind Charles’ eating, although Corwin ate with a hand over one ear. My favorite bit of the evening was a short conversation between Uncle Craig and Ashlyn when Ashlyn started playing on the computer.
Uncle Craig: “You can play that anytime.” [translation - turn it off and play with your cousins]
Ashlyn: [continuing to play] “Right now is anytime”
Uncle Craig did not find this nearly as amusing as I did.
I’ve got a couple of short video clips as well. First we see Charles reloading the launcher. The other clips shows Corwin swinging at the ball and making a hit. At the very end you can see Charles start to take off after the ball. Note how the second ball floats in the water stream.