Tomorrow evening is the Lunar Eclipse, which is conveniently timed at seven in the evening and lasts for about an hour. How often does it ever happen that you don't have to get up in the middle of the night to watch this stuff? And to be right at dinner time on a night without the children was too great an opportunity to pass up, so I invited David to watch it with me on a picnic blanket in our front field, or in our living room if it's too cold and cloudy. Either way, I'm really looking forward to the date.Over the weekend, we dealt with the jeep's tire issue, replacing the totally blown away tire and getting a second new one as well. We took advantage of the two hour wait and walked to the cinema, where we watched The Spiderwick Chronicles which was charming, delightful and suspenseful. The whole family had a grand time, and then lounged at Barnes & Noble while the jeep finished up. We all felt wonderful and picked up a pizza on the way home -- a better Family Saturday hasn't been had in a long time.
Sunday we made an apple cake together, baked in the heart cake mold that Graeme and I just adore, and it turned out to be delicious. We took it to Barbara and Charlie's celebration of his birthday, and he declared it to be so good as to rank in the Favorite category. I assured him that he could have another any time he cared to, no birthday required.
