the Digestive System

or..lunch conversation with Erin and Jilly.  I picked Erin and Jill up at school yesterday when they had a half day of school and we headed out to lunch before going to their house.  Erin decided to tell us what she knew of the digestive system, which was plenty.  She was explaining how we swallowed our food, it went to the esophagus, telling us about the intestines, and pancreas, how long it took for the food to digest, etc.
Jill then added.  "And then we  poop it out."
Erin:  Jill, we ARE eating.
Jill:  Well, we do.

I also got to hear Erin play the piano; she's something else.  When they first got into the car, Jill announced that we're going to Steak & Shake for lunch.  Erin told her that wasn't their decision to make.  Of course, I was all for it.  I fully intended for us to go to lunch someplace or another.  I'd have tried to get them to the moon if that's what they'd wanted.  We enjoyed Grandparents' day earlier yesterday morning, always a treat.

I've rented Seasons 2 & 3 or Downton Abbey which I've been watching so I'll be caught up when Season 4 starts in the fall.  I'm hooked!  And I've got a great quilt project that I'm working on, though I've not made much progress yet.

Anyway, Erin can explain the digestive system, and Jill will more or less sum it up for you.

Easter Sunday

My my..my last blog was a Halloween blog, and now Easter has come and gone already.  But Bobby posted a little about the egg roll and I thought I'd add a little more.  First of all, we didn't get even 1 picture of Brian on Easter.  I thought we got everyone rolling eggs and didn't realize until later that he didn't participate.  He claimed to have a bad back, but I wonder if he didn't want to face the agony of defeat.  Or maybe he just knew to stay away from Julie where hard boiled eggs and sticks were involved.  The intent was to softly and quickly push your egg around the course we'd set up, trying not to crack your egg.  Julie actually sent one of her eggs airborne once.  I saw something coming at me out of the corner of my eye; yep, Julie's egg.  When she and Jill "rolled" their eggs, you could hear the stick Whacking the egg.  Not a good sound when you don't want to crack your egg.  And once Erin and Jill were accompanying Judy around the course, and coming up the hill Judy fell and it was a hoot.  Erin and Jill were laughing so hard.  Well, okay, we all were laughing so hard.  And Pam actually managed to get the yolk of her egg to break free from the shell once; sort of neat.  Mark Wagner was a good competitor, and when Mark Tabler won he offered Kevin another chance to compete, but Kevin graciously accepted defeat.  Or maybe he was just too tired to try again, or was more interested in watching a game on tv.  Erin never tires out and loved rolling the eggs.  She was pretty good at it, too.
 Anyway, the egg roll was a success and will be a yearly event.  It was followed by the egg hunt.  Thankfully the weather cooperated.

So much for my blog.  Maybe I'll blog again after Derby Day.