Today we enjoyed the last Sunday with Grosi here in Arlington. We went shopping for a jacket for Grosi, some shirts for my father, a fountain pen for Angela and well for anything nice we could find to improve our house.
First we went to Burlington Mall just to look through the fountain pen collections for Angela and Ana found a nice one. We also quickly checked through Potterybarn to see whether there are any interesting furniture, after being lucky yesterday in the Outlet Mall in Wrentham with a wonderful leather Ottoman, made from the same leather as the sofas and seats (fits perfectly between our two seats in the living room). We found a nice little side table which would have fit nicely at the entrance, but they were not sure whether they had it and finally as I was not 100% convinced either we did not buy it. At some point though we need to cleanup that corner as the gloves and hats for the kids need a place, as well as Ana’s handbags which are dangling from the pantry, ready to fall at the slightest touch.
Anyway the kids started to decay and we quickly left and drove to the Freshpond mall to have lunch at Chipotle. It was great as usual but I was surprised how much the kids ate. They usually are happy with one burrito bowl but this time they also ate a large fraction of Grosi’s soft tacos…. she did not complain and we had a good snack after we came home, but that was later.
After Chipotle we went to TJMax and hunted down some jacket for Grosi and two shirts for my father. I got myself three PJ pants which should saturate my needs for PJs for the next 5-10 years 🙂 . I also wanted to get some cigars, but forgot that the store was closed on Sundays. We ended up having the kids watch some movies while they we went shopping and looking after the kids in a round robin surveillance scheme. It made me think of Ana with four kids all alone while I am in Europe.
After all business was concluded we finally made our way home and had a relaxing ‘merendola’ where the kids again put away amazing amounts of food. I am wondering where they put the food. Well, to be honest, with Gisele I got the idea after I cleaned her heavily filled diaper twice.
Before getting out the Leapster and the Didj we did play a round of ‘Fang Mich’ where Ivan tried to catch the five mice I was running…. he was complaining that I was to quick, loved it!
Later in the evening we enjoyed one of the best classical recordings of the century: Beethoven’s Triple Concert by Richter, Rostropovich and Oistrakh under the conduction of von Karajan. The night was completed with the Mondschein Sonate from my all time favorite played by Friedrich Gulda. It is a pleasure to be able to listen to all of those wonderful recordings.