Journal

Jonathan and Gram slept in the old house last night and per Jonathan this morning, "It was great". We lit the kerosene lantern and saw what it would have been like a hundred years ago - it was amazingly dark! Other than a 3:00 am trip to the bathroom, we slept well and woke up to birds singing and sunlight.

Jonathan and Kayleigh are great fun to have around - we've only made one day trip so far to a natural history museum in Lawrence. Jonathan enjoyed the dinosaur skeletons, the bugs and the snakes and the reverberation of the big old building; Kayleigh enjoyed running. Cousin Helen was here for lunch one day and Jonathan ate with the grown-ups and was a perfect gentleman. Yesterday, Jonathan and Gram made dill bread with fresh dill from the garden; all, including Jonathan had a freshly baked piece.

Kayleigh is an intrepid, little imp with personality plus. She squeaks with delight when she is allowed to crawl up the stairs. After a hesitant start in the swimming pool, she walked around in it even though she was shivering. And she looks so cute in her yellow swim cover-up.