Lucas is 5!!!

Was I the one who didn’t want to take a camera and didn’t care about the photos? Now I want to put one Africa scene on each blog as I change my desktop often.

It’s been terribly hot at your place since all the runners yesterday were collapsing. Were they in front of your condo? Three friends and I walked a half marathon Saturday morning and it just took us over 3 hours. That’s because I was a little bit in shape from walking the 12 km transects over rough savannah grasslands.

Lucas did have a great birthday with five little boyfriends from his daycare. They have been together since they were babies so they had a great time wrestling in the Bounce Castle and decorating Halloween cookies. Mostly they just enjoyed running, jumping, falling and screaming, in unison of course.

McKenna had her birthday yesterday also and Lucas and I spent a few hours at her house visiting as Grandma and Grandpa were there with two homemade cakes, one small for McKenna and one for everyone else. The little babies are quickly growing.

Here’s what cookie baking looks like.
I’m doing dishes, Barb is in charge and the cute girl is Phyllis’s granddaughter with another friend. It helps to have young ones assist. We’ll be there tomorrow for another fast baking session.

Why were you out collecting dead birds in the city and what causes their deaths? Maybe the Chicago air?