Awake: 8:15am Temp ? sleep 7+12 some sun overnight @
Indiana, PA.
We take our time going over to the Foote house today. Kathy had called
earlier only to find out: Zack & Katie were both napping on the couch; the
young Foote boys did not sleep well & consequently, Melissa did not have a
good night either. Fortunately, Kevin was able to get up early enough to
make fried eggs & toast for Nick & Eriko before they boarded the shuttle @
6:00am for the trip to the PIT airport.
Around 2:00pm we leave our hotel, make a stop @ Starbucks for Kathy’s
coffee latte & a Chai tea for Katrina & then arrive @ the Footes @ 2:35.
As we walk around the house, there is a feeling of: where is everybody?
Already the Nick & Eriko family is missed.
Later, I spend a great deal of time playing with Andrew in the dining room
& library; thus keeping him distracted & away from the playroom where
Katrina was the main design engineer for building a new train track layout
with Matthew’s approval. Also this afternoon & during Andrew’s nap time,
using long straight stick pretzels (used to be penny pretzels), Katie &
Zack dip the pretzels in warm dark chocolate or milk chocolate or white
chocolate & then cover them with candy sprinkles. This treat is a
specialty of Katie’s. So Matthew was very busy being occupied with dual
interests.
4:55 dinner: Chicken stir fry with rice. Afterward, Katie & Zack do a good
job of cleaning up the dishes & kitchen.
Mid evening, Kathy begins to grumble about always being cold & having to
sit around not only with her jacket on but also using a fleece blanket
that Katie had made + tonight, wrapped in a feather comforter trying to
keep warm. Her grumblings got so bad that the kids finally took pity on
her (Katrina, Zack & Katie) & walked to the nearby Giant Eagle store where
they bought (3) press logs to burn in the fireplace. Does the Foote family
have an adequate heating system? Why yes, of course, they do; it’s their
home & we respect their wishes to leave the thermostat set where they are
comfortable. 45 min later, our Princess Kathy removes her feather
comforter & then, a short time later, removes the fleece blanket but kept
her jacket on while moving to and sitting in front of the fire. Then, all
of us, except Melissa, play (2) rounds of the game: “Wits & Bets” a family
gift from Zack that Katie brought with her from Chi..
Back @ our hotel, I upload more pics to our Kirsch photo web site.
High temp=45 Lights out: 12:52am
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