RTT: Post-IT Notes from the Knight Gathering

(A few final glimpses from this year's family reunion)

• My Sister-S' two young daughters, the Double A's, standing in the hallway outside their room singing "Daddy took my blankie away - Daddy give my blankie back" over and over.
  
  [It appeared they had been temporarily evicted from the room while Mommy and Daddy packed up to check out of the hotel. The girls told me they expected to have their blankets returned in the car - but this mild protest was clearly designed to hasten the restoration of those beloved blankets.]

• Overheard* during a card game: "You're arrogant - but in a nice way."
  
  [My Sister-W...to me. Every once in a while, I just don't know what to say.]

• Cousin-A's two boys sitting in the waiting room of Mercy Hospital Cadillac - mesmerized by the Disney Channel.
  
  [They are both under age 10 - and it was impossible to tell from their demeanor how much they understood of their grandfather's condition in the Emergency Room. Of course, none of the adults understood much more than they did, in truth.]

• Littlest-A (my youngest sister's younger daughter) pretending to be be a fearsome monster in front of her great-grandmother.
  
  [This exemplary performance took place immediately following the annual Group Photo shoot outside the hotel. Her attempts to be fearsome where somewhat undercut by her overall size and appearance, i.e. small and very cute.]

• Sister-W and The Boy leaping up for a Nerf football like the deciding touchdown for a Super Bowl was on the line.
  
  [It clearly would have garnered a pass interference or unsportsmanlike conduct call from the referees (had they been present). When I called out to The Boy, "Don't hurt your Aunt-W!", he responded incredulously, "Me? Hurt her? She's trying to kill me!"]

• Watching my mother and Sister-W playing cards together - and seeing how they have become the same person.
  
  [My sister is the younger model of her mother; they look alike, they sound alike, they think alike. It's kind of frightening actually.]

• Overheard during a euchre game:
  
  Mom: I see you're wearing your sexy shirt?
  
  Sister-S: What?
  
  M: Well, you can clearly see...
  
  S: What? My nipple? I'm wearing a bra!
  
  M: No - but you can clearly see your cleavage.
  
  S: Mom - I've got no boobs!
  
  [As a semi-objective observer, the top was not very...revealing.]

Well, that's the news from Lake Wobegon...where the men play euchre, the woman wear revealing clothing and the children are all singing for their blankets.

Take care.

Uncle-R Update:
He is scheduled to be released from the hospital today. I will try to update Twitter or Facebook with more news during the day if possible.

* OK - she said it right to my face