Thursday Nights

Thursday nights are very special around here. Typically, that's the night we have dinner with our very dear friends Leca and Peter, and their baby Julia. The kids adore Julia-gasping with adoration at every new accomplishment she has-"She can stand!" "She wants YOU, mama!" "She really likes Toy Story!"-they dote on her as if she were a long lost sibling. Leca is the Reading Specialist in the Lower School so we have tons to talk about. Peter is Paul's Humanities teaching partner. Oddly enough, Peter grew up in Northern Virginia. A match made in heaven! We usually alternate between their apartment and ours, but in the last few weeks we've discovered Pasta Night at the Clube. It's perfect-dinner with friends and NO clean up! It is made better by the fact that Leca is a native Portuguese speaker and can order our capirinhas exactly the way we like them. We are so very lucky to have them in our lives here! Friends take on a whole new meaning when you are a world away from your family.