Sunday, August 01, 2010

Nobody bakes a cake as tasty as a Tasty Kake...

It was an oddly blissful week, full of relatives and old friends.

Also, cocktails, lots and lots of laughing, and, um, yes, nostalgic eating of panzarottis and cheese steaks and peanut butter Kandy Kakes. (Can't resist this link to fun facts about Tasty Kakes.)

Lots of other kids for the boys to play with.

Lots of chlorinated water, and plenty of dirt, and tons of Star Wars battles.

Dinners were low-key; having another mother there to assuage my fears that Primo was going to die of malnutrition was wonderful, or maybe it was just the calming effect of the delicious pina coladas she made me. Never mind, the ketchup bottle took pride of place on the table, and the kids ate popsicles all day long, and everyone survived without developing scurvy or rickets.

I haven’t slept that well in years. In fact, why B didn’t come pounding on my door at 8 every morning, I do not know, but I will be eternally, shamefacedly grateful – I slept till TEN on Saturday while she plied my guys with Cheerios and sausage, and how blessed am I to have such a true friend?

The house tumbled with kids all day long, but the cacophony didn’t make me nearly so twitchy as it does at home. Even though I still had to feed and bathe and discipline them (occasionally), the week was relaxing. (The evening sweep of straightening and the preparation of meals goes much more quickly and pleasantly with two sets of hands.)

It does apparently take a village.

The twenty-first century sucks in some ways.

But I can’t hate it too much, because I wouldn’t have been able to resurrect this village of cousins and friends without its technology.

Gulp.

Thank you, Facebook.

11 comments:

blackbird said...

It sounds like bliss.

Coach Prentice said...

You and your boys were enjoyed immensely. So glad you made the trip!

Sarah Louise said...

oh that does sound nice.

Beth said...

Must repeat. Annually...maybe at the beach next year?

Kristin said...

It sounds like you had a great time. I love the idea of communal living to raise children! I just returned from a vacation with my family and am missing all of the help. Also--I read A Homemade Life based on your review and loved it. Thanks!

Caro said...

How fun. I want to have my village and eat it too. :-)

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