Look Look She's Done It Again.

Yesterday a few of us went out to have ice cream at Cracker Barrel. It was to celebrate Christopher's birthday. Well that was the plan anyway-just ice cream. But the delicious smells of hot dinners wafting from their kitchen encouraged most of us to eat a yummy meal before we got down to dessert. My husband and I love Cracker Barrel.

Now I say a few of us went because it was only about half of what could have gone, but we did have 4 generations there. One great-grandparent, 2 grandparents, 4 parents and 7 children. Yep, that's about half ;)

We played musical chairs at the table the first first minutes confusing our server, Marcy. My mom who is 95 and mostly deaf and mostly blind communicates by the use of a dry erase board (she does have a couple hearing aides as well). But the lighting in the restaurant and the background noises made hearing and seeing almost impossible for her. So that Mom wouldn't be totally bored I moved her in between a 6 year old and a 18 month old. She adores children and so was thrilled by their touches and giggles.

Brian confiscated the dry erase board and began drawing. He has a huge fascination with tractor trailers and so began sketching them (Brian plans on being an Ice Road Trucker). Spencer was on the other side of 'Maw Maw'. He was all giggles and kept giving her his pacifier to hold. She really didn't know what to do with it and so just held it as she tried to eat. Every now and then he'd take it back and then return it to her.

I thought it funny and took a photo.

Matthew and I were sitting across the table a few seats down. Matthew is 3 and is always taking his younger brother's pacifier, sometimes hiding it behind or under things, sometimes pocketing it, but mostly just taking it for his own personal use. We are constantly chasing Matthew when this happens (which Matthew thinks is pretty funny).

Matthew sees that his 'Maw Maw' has Spencer's pacifier and starts yelling "She's got it, She's got it. She's doing it again!" "Take a picture"

Matthew has my camera and is trying to take a photo. Maw Maw never knew that she'd been tattled on by Matthew. All she knew was that she'd had a lovely afternoon out with the family and that her great grandchildren are getting taller by the day. Mostly she's good at guessing which child it is by their height but they are all growing fast at the moment.

We all had a lovely Saturday afternoon out together, the weather was beautiful, no rain and a lot less heat than we've had in a while. The sun was shining, but mostly it was great because we were all together. We sat on the front porch and just enjoyed the day as we rocked back and forth. There is something very relaxing about rocking in an old fashioned rocking chair watching a checkers game.