Monday, April 10, 2006

Week twenty nine: revealing the heritage

This week is a relaxing week. Monday and Friday are public holidays; the three of us can spend most of our time together. Today, we went swimming at the nearby sport club. We went with grandpa. Your daddy and I swam while grandpa did some other sport at the fitness room. We had breakfast in the club’s cafĂ©, yummy chicken noodles and fresh juices.

Afterwards, your grandma brought down a box full of baby clothes. Those clothes (and blankets and diapers) were worn by me and your aunts when we were babies. There were even diapers worn by your grandma and grandaunts! Those were sewn by your great grandma herself. There were some cute crocheted baby mantels, shoes, and bonnets handmade by grandma, but they were for baby girls. Your grandma learned it from your great-great-grandmother. Can I make a cool crocheted outfit for you? It’s really a question of patience and determination. I don’t think I have enough of them to make one for you. So unlike your great-great-grandmother, great-grandmother, and grandmother, your mother is not as crafty with threads.

In the late afternoon, we drove to your paternal grandparents’. Your eldest aunt invited us for dinner. In the end, the dinner was canceled because your uncle lost his most-important little case with his wallet and keys inside. So we had dinner with the rest of the family sans them.

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