Rain-day 5

Is this a case of "be careful what you wish for"?  Five days a gentle -and not so gentle-soaking rain.  It is August and today we went out with jackets.  We have extra quilts on the beds, and everything feels damp.  However, we don't have to work in the garden-bonus!(Although it's getting so out of control that "somebody" should be working out there.)

Yesterday, Young Samantha came to spend the afternoon so that the rest of the family could go to a baseball game. Evidently it is soe promotion where young ball players are out on the field, and get to meet players.  Jessica's team was selected for yesterday's game, and Samantha didn't want to go.  I guess she has spent a lot of time on the sidelines while the older girls play.

She brought a laptop so she could play her computer games, and after getting it into the household WIFI ( Password? We have a  password?), changing all of the plug ins, etc the game lasted about 15 minutes, before she became more interested in what I was doing. 

So Samantha took the first steps in learning to sew on Grandma's big sewing machine.  She made a blanket for Barbie, including ironing the seams.  I chose the big machine, instead of one of the two simpler machines, for two reasons: it had a start/stop button and she didn't have to learn to control the foot pedal, and I could turn the operating speed down to " bull low".  She was careful and suitably cautious, doing a respectable job for a 6 year old.  Then, by the time she had done some painting, and had lunch ( cooked her own in the microwave), and a little more computer time, Grandmas had time to set up something a little more challenging, and she tackled a simple wallet, although Grandma had to sew on the Velcro.

Overall, a good afternoon was had by all, and I still managed to get my work to the stage I had hoped, by supper time.  Then I spent time thinking about how children manage to adapt to society.  Samantha was able to turn on her computer and set up the games she wanted--she played several over the course of the afternoon,  She had no trouble cooking Kraft Dinner in the microwave. She told me that she is learning to ride a two-wheeler.  Within the society in which she lives, all of these are just a matter of course, for six year olds.

David has asked about the blueberry muffins, so we may tackle that in the next day or so.  Tomorrow I plan to head out to Selkirk to talk to a lady about buying some beads she no longer needs.  She may not remember that I know she bought them cheap at a thrift store, so I anticipate a bit of bargaining.  Since the latest A&W coupons arrived in today's mail, we may even stop for lunch!