Every Friday afternoon we experience a fleeting joy when our work week is done and the weekend has arrived. We will sleep in, we tell ourselves, and take it easy... I did say fleeting. Maxim went to her second dance class on Saturday. Marcela and Maxim had bought the dance "Zone" required outfit - black leotard, white tights - during the week, so Maxim was excited to be dressing up. Marcela brought Noah along too and they walked around downtown while Maxim learned some new steps. Saturday was also our neighbor Jake's 30th birthday. By early afternoon, people were beginning to gather next door. All four of us got cleaned up and wandered over with a small gift for Jake and beverages for the food table.
Hot dogs and hamburgers were grilling and salad was spread. We ate a delicious ("Delicioso," as Maxim likes to say.) lunch and met more interesting Maynard people. At 3:00, Noah went to sleep and Marcela brought Maxim to Elizabeth's fifth birthday party, where Gwen and Lauren and Ahwa and Griffin and Joey and Sammy and Connor and Nicole and, well, pretty much the whole Teddy Bear room of the Community School, played and ate cake and played some more. Maxim returned with an extra gift bag for Noah. At dinner time, we noticed that the birthday party was still going strong next door, so we wandered back over and found the grill still grilling with hot dogs and burgers and many more of our neighbors sitting around amidst Jake's friends.
We were offered dinner and cold beer, which we gladly accepted. We nibbled in the twilight catching up with people while Maxim and Noah and Catherine and Emmaline ran around under the trees and made houses in the grass. On Sunday, after breakfast, Gordon came over and picked up Maxim so he could take Gwen and her mushroom hunting in Stowe. We distracted Noah and he didn't seem to notice Maxim was gone. He likes to play around in different rooms and make up games that involve grunting and pushing things. Maxim returned from the mushroom hunt exhausted and Marcela had already lain down with Noah, so she climbed quietly into her bed and only bothered Marcela once to look for her blanket. I made curry and Gordon made kuchen and Marcela made salad and we ate dinner together while Maxim, Gwen, and Noah played at the end of the hallway.
Perhaps the other notable thing this past weekend is the completion of all the big painting on the house. Front, back, side to side, all of the trim and body and about 1/3 of the basement, is covered. It was a bigger job than we thought, but it is mostly complete. For both of us, Marcela and I, it is a nice relief to know we beat the cold weather and rain and can gear up for next Friday, when for a fleeting moment, we will feel a momentary elation as the work week comes to an end. We can sleep in, we'll say to ourselves, take it easy...
Every Friday afternoon we experience a fleeting joy when our work week is done and the weekend has arrived. We will sleep in, we tell ourselves, and take it easy... I did say fleeting. Maxim went to her second dance class on Saturday. Marcela and Maxim had bought the dance "Zone" required outfit - black leotard, white tights - during the week, so Maxim was excited to be dressing up. Marcela brought Noah along too and they walked around downtown while Maxim learned some new steps. Saturday was also our neighbor Jake's 30th birthday. By early afternoon, people were beginning to gather next door. All four of us got cleaned up and wandered over with a small gift for Jake and beverages for the food table.
Hot dogs and hamburgers were grilling and salad was spread. We ate a delicious ("Delicioso," as Maxim likes to say.) lunch and met more interesting Maynard people. At 3:00, Noah went to sleep and Marcela brought Maxim to Elizabeth's fifth birthday party, where Gwen and Lauren and Ahwa and Griffin and Joey and Sammy and Connor and Nicole and, well, pretty much the whole Teddy Bear room of the Community School, played and ate cake and played some more. Maxim returned with an extra gift bag for Noah. At dinner time, we noticed that the birthday party was still going strong next door, so we wandered back over and found the grill still grilling with hot dogs and burgers and many more of our neighbors sitting around amidst Jake's friends. 
We were offered dinner and cold beer, which we gladly accepted. We nibbled in the twilight catching up with people while Maxim and Noah and Catherine and Emmaline ran around under the trees and made houses in the grass. On Sunday, after breakfast, Gordon came over and picked up Maxim so he could take Gwen and her mushroom hunting in Stowe. We distracted Noah and he didn't seem to notice Maxim was gone. He likes to play around in different rooms and make up games that involve grunting and pushing things. Maxim returned from the mushroom hunt exhausted and Marcela had already lain down with Noah, so she climbed quietly into her bed and only bothered Marcela once to look for her blanket. I made curry and Gordon made kuchen and Marcela made salad and we ate dinner together while Maxim, Gwen, and Noah played at the end of the hallway.
Perhaps the other notable thing this past weekend is the completion of all the big painting on the house. Front, back, side to side, all of the trim and body and about 1/3 of the basement, is covered. It was a bigger job than we thought, but it is mostly complete. For both of us, Marcela and I, it is a nice relief to know we beat the cold weather and rain and can gear up for next Friday, when for a fleeting moment, we will feel a momentary elation as the work week comes to an end. We can sleep in, we'll say to ourselves, take it easy...
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