Today was the rain date for the annual neighborhood picnic. Turnout was rather low, probably because of the rescheduling. When I got there with Alice and Charles, there were a good number of adults but the only other children were Mara and her sisters (Zina and Amalia). Later a couple of other children arrived, but it was pretty sparse.
Alice, Charles, and I had arrived before Mom because she hadn’t gotten the cookies completely baked. Shortly after we arrived, Polynomial showed up unexpectedly. I actually tried checking her tags to make sure it was really her, but they were missing. Apparently Poly is smart enough to realize that we had gone to the pond (which is a good distance and well out of sight of the house) and went there after she managed to escape from Mom. Naturally, I didn’t have a leash and it was fun watching her while trying to keep Alice and Charles from drowning in the pond.
The kids had a good time and I came within spitting distance of socializing with some of the neighbors. So it was a good picnic.
Oh, and Alice got to wear her new swim suit —
