Well, we didn't go to the arcade as planned, but had a great day nevertheless. Pat came over late morning so we could go for a run. We did a short one (2.8 miles) because we didn't want to leave the girls alone for too long. And it was cold! In fact, we got a little snow in the morning. That riled up the girls, who are crazy for the stuff.
Then we went out for a late breakfast. Our preferred restaurant had a huge wait list (that's Portland for you), so we went to Diane's, a reliable old school diner that always has a booth available. Karen met us there and we enjoyed a nice meal.
Then Pat and Karen hung out with us until almost dinnner-time! Having not seen much of either of them in a while, it was really nice to get so much time. Pat, of course, brought books. He allowed Elizabeth to borrow his book about the making of Hamilton, which Elizabeth immediately began to devour. Elilzabeth, in turn, brought out Atlas Obscura, and the girls and Pat and Karen spent a lot of time leafing through that. Pat also loaned me a biography of the author Philip K. Dick. Good stuff.
At night it began to snow in earnest. The girls thought it would be cozy to sleep in my bed, which was okay by me. Elizabeth wanted me to lie with them until they were asleep, but I had dishes to do and video games to play, so I declined. She settled for having her dreamcatcher moved from above her bed to above mine.
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| Suzanne watching the snow fall onto her hands. You can't see it, but it was actually snow. |
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| Exploring Atlas Obscura. |
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| I love that Suzanne is now reading on her own. So great to see the two sisters cozy in bed reading together. |
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| The snow came that night. |
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