Yesterday Jonathan celebrated his plenty-9th birthday! No work for him--instead he baked brownies and came over to visit Amanda and her class. While there he was asked by a thoughtful child, "how come you don't have kids yet?" Jonathan replied, "she has 19 of you."
Later we went out to dinner to Patois, a favorite restaurant of ours. We love their mussels--and they did not disappoint! Much to Jonathan's (slight) discomfort the waitress and Amanda sang "Happy Birthday" to him. Otherwise a very low key birthday, just what Jonathan wanted.
We came home to see Lars and the Real Girl. We both loved it immensely. It's sweet and heartbreaking and just simply lovely. The acting in it was sometimes breathtaking, we just love Ryan Gosling and adore Patricia Clarkson.
Today we're busy planning for tomorrow's picnic!
