Saturday

We try each night during family dinner to ask everyone the following two questions:

What was the best part of your day?

What was the worst part of your day?

More often than not, Ben answers the second question by saying, “Actually, I had a pretty good day.”

Saturday, we all had a pretty good day.   We spent the morning at a grape stomp festival at a local winery.  We missed the stomping competition, due to tired and soon to be very cranky kids.  But there was much fun to be had, meeting up with friends, wine tasting, enjoying the beautiful scenery and snow cones on a hot summer day. 

In the evening we celebrated a special birthday (and recent retirement) to all of Casa Watson, Mark’s Aunt Ann.   Aunt Ann lives in the Seattle area and we do not see her nearly as much as we would like.  She has always been a big fan of this little blog here, it is a great way to stay connected and give her the chance to watch Ben and Clara grow. 

Aunt Ann loves cats (especially her Rusty & Mimi), with that in mind, for our virtual celebration in her honor we thought kitty cat cupcakes would be perfect.   Everyone made their own cupcake ­— Ben wanted Mommy to help with his, to make sure it looked just right, Clara wanted orange ears, orange eyes and to steal as many licks of frosting as she could, Mark’s poor kitty looked like an alley cat and well…you can imagine how Leah approached the project. Clara also insisted on a dance party for the festivities and accompanied the ipod playlist with her special take on the drums.

We toasted, we sang, we chomped on cupcakes and thanked God for Aunt Ann, for family, for all the ways we are able to stay connected to those we love thanks to the wonders of the modern age.   And for kitty cats (doggies too).

Actually, it was a pretty good day.

Auntie Kaitlin and (Great) Aunt Ann during our Watson Weekend in Ohio