Today is Saturday the 19th, it's a very hot, steamy day today. We woke up about 9:30(I was expecting us to sleep until noon) feeling refreshed believe it or not. Joan (Erick's mom) had already walked to the bagel store to get us fresh, hot bagels for breakfast. They were delicious. Richard (Erick's dad) made coffee, it's just not Dunkin' Donuts...boy was it strong! After being up for a couple of hours and trying to plan out the day, I felt the need for more sleep and took an hour nap.
For lunch we got to have our pizza from the night before.
Erick got a chance to chat with his mom and dad. Alexia was playing with the dogs, Dana and Jodi.
This afternoon we went over to Erick sister Celeste's house to swim with Alexia's cousins, aunts and uncles. Celeste showed Alexia her neighbors' horse (yes she loved it) and other animals like a peacock and chickens (and they say NH is cow country). This is in the middle of $600,000 homes. It's like a petting zoo. The next door neighbor is a Polish priest that speaks some english. They have chickens and fresh farm eggs. Then it was over to Erick's other sister Mariette's house for yummy NY pizza, dessert, drinks and fun family time. Yes, Erick comes from a large family of 6 kids. It is like carb-heaven in Long Island. It was so great to see everyone. Erick got the pleasure of going for a ride in his brother Chris' mini-cooper, his pride & joy. And another 15 mins away is the former house of Erick's grandmother. It was really strange to see the house after all these years. All that time as a kid seeing grandma and her house is right there. The funny thing is that grandma used to live in a modest country kind of setting with lots of space. Now the area is all million dollar homes in an exclusive neighborhood. Funny how things change.
(Erick is writing) At the end of the night we all watched the tape of the TV show that I was on in 1988. The show (Fast Forward) was filmed at my high school for one episode. It ran on Thursday nights before the Cosby show (remember that?). It ran for 6 episodes. All the kids were laughing at the styles that we had in clothing and hair. What is so funny about that, right?
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