With Friday having offered more social interaction than we’ve experienced over these past three years and Saturday being our grandson Ray’s 11th (outdoor) birthday party, which saw 9 or 10 active boys enjoying the largest bouncy house with attached slide and pool that I’ve ever seen, Will and I sat off to the side in the shady area of Barry’s spacious front yard (an extensive pool excavation is underway in his backyard). We stayed less than an hour, because, following our ambitious day on Friday, Saturday saw me even more weary than usual, suggesting that my head felt too heavy to remain upright atop my neck. So back to the condo we went, both feeling relieved that Will (who’d tweaked his back—first time on the driving range in three years time) and I could stretch out along the length of the living room couch—his head at one end mine at the other where I wondered—how in the world did I go from an active Gramma who’d kept up with my grandkids to this lady with a walker, whose smile is always keeping an eye out for a place to sit down ….
Though the temperature remains in the low 70’s, I’m sure swimming will be at the top of our family’s agenda, tomorrow, being that all ten of us will have arrived in Newport Beach by sometime this evening.
As for Ray’s 11th birthday party I’d have thought bouncy houses would have been left in his past until I saw the gigantic size of the one that had so easily accommodated the exuberant energy surging so naturally from deep within 9 or 10 prepubescent boys, all of whom were enjoying themselves— thoroughly—as can be seen in the video, below …
🎂Annie
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