A Road Less Travelled

So it’s after Seth’s birthday party, the kids are bathed and in bed, most everything is put away and I have a moment to think. As I reflect back on the day two things stand out. First, it was a lot of work. We had the party at the church because we were expecting about 24 people and we just can’t fit that many people into our house. We ended up only having 18 people at the party, but it still had to be at the church because the party was a Carcassonne the Castle themed party. We had to cart the food, the decorations, cardboard walls Crystal had made to look like the scoreboard, the cake and all the serving dishes. And then we had to cart all the stuff we would need to amuse children while we set up. It was a lot of work, but everyone had fun. The other thing that stands out was the gift Raquel and I gave Seth. Around April Raquel had this great idea to write a story for Seth’s birthday. We’ve been working on it ever since then and we have lived in constant fear that he would find out. We had some close calls, but now we finally gave it to him!!! We had it bound and published at a print-on-demand printing place and it looks really nice. And what’s more- he likes it!!! He likes it so much he thinks we should expand on it- make it more easily understood by people that aren’t Raquel, Seth or I- and we should print more copies and let more people read it. This got me thinking about community and art within the community, but I am too tired for that now. Perhaps Monday I will write. For now it is enough that the secret is out and no one spilled the beans.