First things first

It's good to be back. We had a great long weekend in Woodstock and even got to spend a night at Aunt Maura and Uncle Greg's in Connecticut.

I've got lots of stories and photos, but it will take me a few days to get everything up on the blog.

I can tell you, however, that you'll notice Samson has a black eye in all the photos. On the day before we left, he fell --- from a standing position --- onto a small air pump he was holding/playing with.

The point of the pump barely missed his eye, but it caught him full in the cheek and he had a nice bruise to greet all our relatives with.

In any event, he was quickly ok. It took us a little while longer, but the shiner is almost gone and the scab is almost completely healed.

And, as everyone at the party with kids hastened to tell me, this probably won't be the last time.

More to come later today...