Busy Weekend!

Sorry for not posting in a couple of days . . .our weekend started busy, and stayed that way. Here is a brief re-cap: On Friday, we went out to China Lake to visit Cindy, Dana, Toby, and Stink-a-Moe. Maybe I'm just biased, but I think Ms. Sally Piles looks pretty darn good for giving birth 6 weeks ago. She looks better than I've EVER looked, even. We had a great day, swam a bunch (even Amanda), watched Toby chase ducks off the dock, ate pickle dip, and went on a nice boat ride (without Callum this time--he was rocking with Cindy up on the porch). A beautiful day to be on the lake--actually, any day on the lake is beautiful.
The many faces of Callum Stuart: Here is one. Or, is this MY baby picture? OOPS! Can't tell. Poor kid . . .it appears, for the time being, he looks like his father. Although, sometimes we call him Little Hank, since he shows mannerisms, sounds, and faces akin to his Papa. What I'd like to know is this: what the heck is he looking at??
On Saturday afternoon, we went to Springpond for dinner--George made salmon that was otherworldly--it was Wild Sockeye Salmon, and it was delicious. We also had some kind of French potato dish and stir fried tomatoes. And we watched the offensively lacking Red Sox drop yet another one to the Yankees. Here, Callum shares a brief moment with his grandpop before he pooped himself.
Today, it was off to the Thurstons, who had us over for brunch. M-S made a couple of fantastic quiches and egg bakes, and we got to meet all the people we always read about on Mike's blog, like Tut, Kori, Alex, Burt, Owen, and, of course, Irish Mammie. We felt terrible though, since Mammie was so excited to hold Callum, but Callum reciprocated by fussing for most of the time we were there--even after he ate, and everything. I think, by nature, Callum is a home-body. Below is a BRIEF moment of him not crying. . . haha
We had a great brunch, a great visit, and then a great trip out to "Robie's Farm." Robie, a friend of M-S, lives on a farm in Weeks Mills, that operates as a Bed and Breakfast, working farm, and pottery studio--basically all the things Amanda and I would aspire to do! I got to sit on a REAL Farmall tractor, we saw Belgian Quarter Horses, huge bunnies, bug-eyed cows, lambs, and I bought a beautiful salt-glazed mug from which to drink beer (perhaps the growler of Sheepscott Brewing Wheat Ale Mike gave me )--and Amanda bought a cute little lamb pin. Click on the link "Thurston's blog" to see a much more detailed account--and more pictures--of our day!

The big event, for me, however, was feeding my son for the first time . . . . He is such a big boy!!!