Bridges, bean bags, birthdays, blossoms....

The alliteration is not hyperbole, this weekend found us with all things B, except the quality of the weekend which by all means an A+.  After some quick sewing on the last couple of patches to find their way onto Sophia's vest we headed to the gym for the bridging.  Sophia had a her bridge ceremony on Friday night and she bridged from a Brownie to a junior girl scout.  Grandma and Grandpa came over to watch and brought with them the now obligatory EC cheese and cream pie.  It was a fast trip over and back for them but much appreciated by the kids and I.  Friday night, as the kids liked to giggle about, found me with my first sleep over in a very long time.  When my friend Joe spent the night rather than a lot of wasted time on the road between his 'part-time' job.  Saturday morning found us up and at them and we spent some time in the gardens and flower beds and pruned and weeded around the new tulip blossoms. The weather was cold but we did find time to hit a couple of thrift sales and look for treasures and Merrick found a 50 cent radar gun which paid it forward for when he later got his fingers slammed in the truck door. Merrick had a bouncy house birthday party to go to and Sophia and I decided we would head to the burger joint while he was practicing his kangaroo escape patterns.  The afternoon we did some general domestic stuff and Merrick camped out pretty early, all bounced out.  Sophia did learn to sew on Sunday morning and not only is a natural at the patience and tightly placed stitches but also took a great deal of well earned pride on the rice-bag she made.  It was taken to school on Monday for show and tell and will come in handy on both cold nights warm from the microwave as well as to soothe the aforementioned crunched fingers and bonked heads.  The weather warmed and we spent the afternoon lounging in the backyard sun with some friends, the kids played the adults discussed the beauty of life with kids and all was good in the world.  Even the robin that now lives in the garage thought it was a pretty good time likely smiling a whimsical smile at all the kids in various wildlife costumes around the yard.