The other has no connection to Soccer, I mean Football – oldest little girl has been quite an emotional 4 1/2 year old the past couple of weeks – lots of changes going on – Kewyson wife out of town on business (Japan); Montessori school off for the week (they have almost as many days off as on) – so I took the day off to ‘watch the kids’ (which really didn’t start too well – wife called from Japan at 8:30 a.m. eastern time – (9:30 p.m. Osaka time) – children, dogs and dad were already out in the back yard playing on the swing set – I was gleefully explaining how younger daughter (just 2 years old) was enjoying laying on her belly on the swing and pushing back-n-forth; gentle spins, etc – when all of a sudden – she takes a header (wife thought I should have been closer to her – could you have imagined, getting lectured from 8000 miles away!) child screetching, silence from Japan – wow – what an ooofda! – anyhoo – let’s leave that tangent -

Oldest young daughter and I went to the local store to get food for dinner – I wanted to make it a bit more fun – so we got ice cream first – sat outside the store on a bench – and this somewhat older (upper 50′s) lady padded by, slowly wobbling towards her car that was waiting right in front of us – she is over weight – carries a good belly – then oldest young daugher loudly, and I mean quite loud – states to me – ‘That lady is going to have a baby!’

Well, I tried not to make much eye contact – divert the attention of oldest young daughter – didn’t help too much – the next guy who walked by was carrying an even bigger belly – “He’s going to have a baby too” came out –

So, I wonder, in my strive to tackfully keep my child from stating the obvious, have I laid the ground work of the idea that only thin is beautiful?

Well, time will tell – speaking of time, it’s 9:30, and I’m typing this note to you all – with both girls downstairs, awake – why can’t we have kids that go to bed early!

Adios muchos