Time to say good bye

Today we said goodbye to our faithful steed "Black Beauty" as my mother affectionately called our wagon. She was a faithful machine these past seven years, but salt and wetness in the winters here in this fair state does a job on the steel frame of most cars, and she was not immune. We knew she wouldn't pass inspection and her last day to be legal is tomorrow, so it was time to let her go, and long anticipated. Thankfully, we got to use her and preserve the new van through the winter.

Last night, Constance cried and told us we couldn't do such a thing because she liked the black car.... We seriously didn't know what to make of that. Fortunately she was ready to accept reality this morning. Dante and Constance gave her big hugs and even a kiss on their way out to school this morning. The weigh in at the scrap yard was simple: she topped 3000 pounds and we walked away with some money in our pockets (granted, not a lot but still something). Kind of fun.

Good-bye old friend!

Uno!

I just enjoyed a terrific - and dare I say speedy - game of UNO! with Vivace. It took all of 3 minutes start to finish and we both enjoyed the time together. It's a win/win situation. I get the fun of saying "yes" to a game, he doesn't have to hear "No" or "I'm sorry, I don't have time right now.", we both enjoy the time together, and we're not making commitments we can't keep. I can find time for this! It was really fun game too - he made the first move and was down to one card when I finally got a turn. (He forgot to say uno!) It stayed like that for a couple moves until I was able to get him back by making him draw a half-dozen cards and shortly thereafter I won. Just delightful time together. I love my kids and I love spending time with them!