We didn’t get up this morning until close to 9:00. Amanda got Milly and we lazed around for a bit before deciding to walk to the store to get some milk. We ended up getting a few other things too. There’s a cashier, Jennie, who always talks a bunch to Milly. She said it brightens …
We went downtown after breakfast this morning and spent a good bit of time just walking around. We stopped by Port City Java, where Milly had to be bribed with a chocolate chip muffin to give Michael a hug. Next we stopped by Java Dog, where Jenn greeted us at the entrance to The Cotton …
The Johnsons joined us for dinner tonight and brought presents for Milly, since they will be leaving before her birthday. Milly was extremely excited to see that she was getting prizes. Prizes are was she calls surprises, which, over the last few weeks has been toys, food, dessert… all kinds of different things. Tonight Milly’s …
Michael wanted to eat at Outback for his birthday, so we did. We had a nice time there at our local Wilmington Outback Steakhouse. Good food, good service. It was a decent-sized group: me, Amanda and Milly; his parents, Karen and Phil; his grandparents Peggy and Earl Lemons; uncle/aunt/cousins Barry, Anna, Hannah and Kirsten Frazelle; then …
I got Milly up this morning, fed her, then, when Amanda got up, I mowed the lawn. When I finished mowing the lawn I decided to start pulling up some of the grass that was growing over the walkway in our front yard. I had poured boiling water on some of it before, and that …