Obamarama

We don't have any pictures of Barack to share, partly because I forgot to bring the camera but also because, disappointingly, the stage was behind a giant oak tree and we never were able to actually see him. They should have held it in a square that didn't have a giant tree in the middle with branches and leaves all the way down to the ground!

He sounded all right, insofar as we could listen with the kids being pretty bored. Crowd estimates were up to 12,000. I don't know for sure but there certainly were a lot.

Sat. morning Owen had his second baseball game and he has another one tonight. He got a double in the game Saturday, hitting it into the outfield past the first baseman. So far, so good. He was a little worried Friday night about the game but it seems like he is feeling better about the whole thing now.

We had some friends over for dinner last night, which was fun. Owen doesn't get to see his friend Justin very often any more now that they are at different schools. They had a blast together. I made the spring vegetable soup from The New Basics. It was quite good (despite some overflow problems - the pot was not big enough).