Boxing Day 2007
It's Boxing Day and I am in Little Rock. It is also my only grandaughter's third birthday. she was born on the day of the Big Tsunami. I remember a certain buzz in the hospital and that word being said. I'm not sure I had ever heard it before. If I had it certainly held no import.
When we found out the magnitude of the event, our tiny new life became even more precious.
It was a harrowing trip down to Arkansas. Not because of the weather, although indirectly it was. A big storm in the midwest held up the plane we were waitng for in Newark. I was carrying a box of live lobsters , packed in ice (or so i thought, it turned out to be a bag of frozen peas!)
They were a gift for my daughter and her family from her sister. they were a precious cargo.
But they arrived safe and delicious after sitting around in the Newark airiort for 6 hours.We dumped them into the bath tub in the morning and the boys had lots of fun watching them and fishing them out with a net to put in the pot. We even got brave enough to carry them in our bare hands to the pot.
They were some of the tastiest lobsters i've ever eaten. One had a whitebeard, we called him Santa Lobster.
Our Christmas has been wonderful. Lots of excitement on Christmas morning. Santa was very generous to the three little boys who live here. They got lots of toys and a big surprise of an Xbox and a brand new computer.
My daughter cooked a wonderful supper of roast beef and roasted vegetables. I'm so glad my appetite came back and i enjoyed every mouthful. We had a triffle and a cake that was from my son in laws family traditions.
I's been sunny and warm, up until today, when it actually snowed for a second. The boys ran around the house yelling "it's snowing! it's snowing !". That was not music to my ears. We've had banks of snow since the first of December.
Today we lazed around reading, playing games and watching movies. It's been a lovely day. I had a nice long nap. The baby and I curled up and read his new Christmas books.
When we found out the magnitude of the event, our tiny new life became even more precious.
It was a harrowing trip down to Arkansas. Not because of the weather, although indirectly it was. A big storm in the midwest held up the plane we were waitng for in Newark. I was carrying a box of live lobsters , packed in ice (or so i thought, it turned out to be a bag of frozen peas!)
They were a gift for my daughter and her family from her sister. they were a precious cargo.
But they arrived safe and delicious after sitting around in the Newark airiort for 6 hours.We dumped them into the bath tub in the morning and the boys had lots of fun watching them and fishing them out with a net to put in the pot. We even got brave enough to carry them in our bare hands to the pot.
They were some of the tastiest lobsters i've ever eaten. One had a whitebeard, we called him Santa Lobster.
Our Christmas has been wonderful. Lots of excitement on Christmas morning. Santa was very generous to the three little boys who live here. They got lots of toys and a big surprise of an Xbox and a brand new computer.
My daughter cooked a wonderful supper of roast beef and roasted vegetables. I'm so glad my appetite came back and i enjoyed every mouthful. We had a triffle and a cake that was from my son in laws family traditions.
I's been sunny and warm, up until today, when it actually snowed for a second. The boys ran around the house yelling "it's snowing! it's snowing !". That was not music to my ears. We've had banks of snow since the first of December.
Today we lazed around reading, playing games and watching movies. It's been a lovely day. I had a nice long nap. The baby and I curled up and read his new Christmas books.
posted by bluebird of paradise at 9:50 PM
2 Comments:
Sounds delightful.
Merry Christmas Bluebird!
I'll bet not many people in Little Rock celebrated Xmas with live lobsters. You are a genius to have given your little boys such a marvelous story to tell when they get back to school.
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