Today I served breakfast at the tea table in my bedroom/study. We discussed iPads and Kindle, the differences, the preferences, the speakers, what we liked and what we didn't.
We tried, as we always do, to lure Belle into camp mode by offering treats. She has always shied away from Jack and Tom. Today, we were in for a huge surprise. The cat marched into the kitchen, took her place at her bowl, and accepted the pieces of food that the boys offered her!
Bell spent breakfast curled up on the floor at the foot of the bed watching the boys eat bacon and biscuits. Later, she took up a position in the dining room. When Jack tried to play with her, she chased the mouse on the string! "I think she likes us now," said Tom. She should! She's known them since they were born!
Mid-morning, we went on a field trip to Books-a-Million. I was surprised that the boys had never been. We chose some primary readers and a couple of educational toys. Then we discovered a fiber optic lamp! Oh, yes, we had to have that, too!
Back in the car, we voted (3-0) to go home for mac and cheese, lemonade, and fruit instead of eating out. Tom dashed to the linen cabinet and set the tea table with a square of Belgian table cloth and the small napkins that go with it. Jack set the fiber optic lamp in the middle of the table and turned it on. They closed the blinds and made the room as dark as they could.
From the kitchen, I heard someone say, "Granny, we are having a romantic lunch." Not my words. His. I had to chuckle!
After lunch, we usually rest for awhile with iPads or a movie. Not today! Today, we sat in the very back of my clothes closet - on the floor - with the door shut, amazed by the fiber optic lamp. We touched the fibers and also the base of the lamp, put it on different settings, and enjoyed the beautiful quiet. Tom got the Kindle and played the music from one of his games. We stayed totally in the moment until someone thought of the cookies we had thawing.
So, we took our chocolate chip cookies out to the porch and watched Squirrel play until Beth came. One of the books was chosen for tonight's reading lesson/story time. Beth got a fiber optics demo and maybe she remembered to grab a cookie! Lots of waving goodbye, until tomorrow.
