In Panama

Yes it is a jump and I shoulda put in a transition blog and I shoulda blogged before now and I should brush after every meal and that is about it. Well I might miss a few Spanish verb conjugations but other than that— good to go.

We are here and on the 24th floor. We have new additions to a place that needed something else. Not one but two kittens. (technically one belongs to the intern but I am not thinking the intern is not taking the cat back to the US of A).  The kittens are amazing!! do not tell PETA but these cats must be masochists. They come looking for the children, ride in their grocery carts, tolerate every and anything.  

Clinton especially tolerates his Mom, here he is blissfully unaware that she was about to leave for a few days in Boston and Vermont.

Fortunate for me. We actually got along very well, we could "aaaahhhhhh" and "hhhhooooooo" at one another quite loudly, especially in the elevator.

Clinton preparing to pester, yes he does pester older brother. Older brother allows "his goat", as Dad would have said, to be gotten about once every 30 or forty minutes.  Clinton knows a few things about pushing buttons, of course Raleigh is no novice about pushing buttons either.

I have seen this behavior with matchbox cars before. Cousin Isaac all the way around the world did the exact same thing. Intricate play while laying on his side with matchbox cars — all the while very very quiet. The pillow is the famous and important 'blue bear'.

Grandmama has tons of patience and is willing to put up with a helper when it comes to cooking and making things that little boys and guys who walk through the kitchen like.

Patt and I like quiet mornings — we do not have quiet mornings in Panama very often unless we get up very early and sometimes not even then but they are sometimes very interesting. A drama in a few photos follow

Clinton with his bedtime toy, pacifier which is not supposed to be out of his bed (oh well, Mom is in Boston), the cat and Deuce. Deuce likes the cat, the cat plays with Deuce.

Patt enters with Raleigh who is in need of some TLC as is often the case in the morning. A pop out of the bed, lets-go-get'em boy in the morning he is NOT.  Slow and gentle, easy does it is the order of the morning.

Clinton sees Grandmama with Raleigh getting some TLC.

Clinton takes grocery cart with bedtime toy, leaving Deuce and cat and climbs on couch to push a button or two.

Clintons makes presence known.

Point made. Disruption accomplished, done all I need to do here.

Leaves Raleigh to snuggle with Grandmama and look at videos Patt took yesterday and pass judgment. Raleigh loves his grandmama.

And our next to youngest grandchild may be our best actor.  This the expression when we learn there are no cupcakes on the menu.

More later now that the dam has broken, Heidi, Edgardo and Eliot have been here, Stephen and Jen are back and things are in their natural order once more.