08.14.07

Just Odds and Ends

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Last weekend turned out to be a memory lane of sorts. For one, I stumbled across some of Brian’s baby pictures. Ha! It’s just too cute that I had to share it. For some reason at times when I look at Brian I think of him as a little boy and how cute he must have been. Well, he was a cute baby. Check it out. . .

Tee hee hee! Isn’t it funny to think that this little baby would eventually be a father of three boys?
This weekend my youngest son, Aaron, and I went to visit my aunt and uncle. They live about 40 miles away in a direction we don’t usually go, so it’s been a long time since we’ve been to their house. We usually see them at my parents’ house or some other Filipino gathering. Actually, I have gone there on occasion, but the last time Aaron had been there was when he was about 4 years old or younger. So I was very surprised when we walked into my aunt’s place and he said, “Oh, I remember this place. They used to have a light blue carpet, and I remember the kitchen. . . ” Aaron is now 13 years old, so that surprised me. His memory was right, they did have a light blue carpet years ago, and I think I know why he remembered their kitchen and refrigerator, too. My aunt’s sister-in-law worked for a place that made those plastic food displays, and so my aunt’s refrigerator was covered with plastic food magnets, ha! It’s funny what we remember after years go by. The memory my aunt had of the time that Aaron had last visited her house was that Aaron kept asking her throughout the day, “Is it night time yet?” Ha ha! He was waiting for his daddy to pick him up because years ago when I had babysitting problems, I took Aaron to my aunts to watch him until I could get babysitting issues fixed. She only watched him for about a week. I would take Aaron to my aunts in the AMs, and Brian would pick him up in the PMs because he got off work earlier than I did. It was a 40-mile drive one way so by the time Brian would get there, it would be night time and that’s why Aaron kept asking if it was night time, yet. We had never let any strangers baby sit any of our kids, so we did the 40-mile drive that one week. So here we are at my aunt’s place almost 10 years later where Aaron remembered Auntie’s light blue carpet.

The next thing we did was go out to a Filipino restaurant called, Max’s Chicken. Wow, that’s another thing I hadn’t done in a long time–go to a Filipino restaurant. Here’s Aaron letting me play with my crocheted animals while we waited to be seated. Nice of him to put up with my antics, huh? Ha! These little critters are actually destined to go to the Philippines this Thursday with my parents. They’re heading off to their new homes, heh. Here they are sitting with “Pinkie,” who is off to keep my other auntie in the Philippines company. My uncle recently passed away last month, so I wish I could visit personally, but Pinkie will have to go in my stead.

Oh, which reminds me, here’s a picture of Lester. He’s one of my crocheted rabbits who my other aunt recently adopted as well. This is him at the car ride to Auntie’s house.

And here he is in his new home. Looks like he’s already got a new friend, too! Ha! Well, I do have a lot more pictures of them and other new critters I’ve made, but it would be a bit much to put them all on here. So, I’ll give it a rest for now, ha! But be prepared to see more later, ack! It’s funny how people take to them. I just make them, and they get snatched up. But suffice it to say that this weekend was definitely memory lane as my aunt had a photo album full of a bunch of old family pictures and old family stories. I wish I could share some of those pictures, too. Maybe some time I’ll upload a few of the old pictures I did find from my mom’s place. There aren’t many of the old black and white ones, tho. I’m told most of them are still back in the Philippines with the other relatives. I’ve asked my parents if they could bring some copies back when the come back in a couple months. Hopefully they remember. Funny to see how much more formal people dressed back then!

Before I sign off, here’s one last shot of a couple Filipino desserts. Filipinos love desserts just like the rest of the world, ha! The one on the left is a green mango shake, and the one on the right is called buko pandan, hmm hard to explain what the ingredients are in that one. I wished my family had ordered some of the other more popular Filipino desserts so that I could share those, but this is all they ordered this time around the table. I didn’t have any, eh, doesn’t fit in my diet. Oh well.

Marlakins

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