D and I had a fabulous time in San Francisco. I saw lots of friends and was inspired to be around IC's summer interns as well. I'll have to give an update on how my artisan bread turns out--turns out 2 of my friends I saw are into this aritisan bread in 5 minutes a day thing! The kids did fine, if not great here, as well as Jennifer my wonderful friend who was willing to come and stay with the kids. I will have to post some pictures from before l left when I had some Jennifer time but who has time for that now? Still sharing computer with D. I almost forgot to say that we got to see the Prince family in So. California before we left. So great getting to hang with my nieces and nephews, without my kids actually, to get to know them. I now feel especially bonded to Gavin and Ben, the next oldest little people after Jesse. I won't mention to J what a good time I had with them though. And what a workout I had in the pool considering my body is not fit for exercise in the water at all.
Upon returning, we bestowed new toothbrushes (not that we can't buy them here) upon our kids and after a bit of inner working out, Luci was able to release the pink one that Jesse wanted into his hands so to speak. It hadn't been singled out for her though we knew what she would want but she was able to accept Jesse having it. What a big move for a girl who says she wants pink hair, and said today she wished the whole world was pink.
Yesterday night, the kids and I watered the tomato plants (will they survive?) and then stirred the compost and added dry stuff to that. I found that after the initial opening of the composter, I enjoyed the gradual disappearance of the ever present fruit flies. And Jesse enjoyed looking in there and dropping stuff in. Luci looked especially cute in her wellies and underpants in the garden. When I went in the kitchen, I realized that virtually all of the fruit flies from the composter had taken up residence in my kitchen. And we are still having fun with them today. Anyone know how to reduce the amount of fruit flies in my composter?
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I am not sure if the flies sleep at night or I just could not see them but dumping at night was semi-pleasant. My biggest worry was the flies sticking to my chapstick laden lips!
I need advice on the compost fruit flies, too! All I've done so far is to avoid breathing them in through my nose. That's all the wisdom I've garnered so far.
Wow, your trip seemed fast. Time does fly when you're having fun, no?
P.S. Am still enamored with Jesse & his attraction to pink, and am so impressed with Luci for her gracious (at least in my mind) handing over of the pink toothbrush.
I saw a mother/daughter in Trader Joes last week that were probably just about your and Luci's ages. The mom had blue and green hair and the daughter had bright pink. Luci's wish isn't so crazy. I must say, it was quite an adorable look.
It was wonderful to see you last week - I'm only sad time was so brief. Keep me posted on your upcoming trip with the whole fam (was it Aug?) I'd love to see you one more time this year in SF. With Africa coming (and ALL the weddings) we probably still won't make it to London for a while.
How was the rest of your week? I actually saw you & Annelies in line at Bi-Rite Creamery. Dan & I were driving by (we'd just bought of pint at Bi-Rite Market, oddly enough) and I shouted to you both but to no avail. Hope you had a sweet night with her.
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