What would Ralp Lauren® do? (WWRLD)

We had dinner again at Sammy's Aunt Annie's last week. This time, we got to see Anne, Diane, Brian, Grant, Rose, Chris, and Mike. The day before we went, Macy's was having a sale on children's clothing. We saw a RL shirt which was a "twin" of one Michele had recently bought. Since Mike works in a high level position for the RL organization, we couldn't resist buying it for Sammy...and so Michele and Sammy showed up as "Bobbsey Twins."

The food was tasty, although yet another scandal erupted when we realized that Diane's hand-made lasagna used pre-made tomato sauce!

So at the end of the evening, Michele and Paul were asking themselves the following questions about Ralph Lauren...would he:

• sneak in pre-made tomato sauce into an otherwise hand-made lasagna?
• line his refrigerator and with what?
• let a stuffed dinosaur drown his sorrows away in alcohol?
  

The tasty but troublesome lasagna made by Diane...

RL Bobbsey Twins...

Rose holds Sammy...and any work secrets she knows about Diane...

Mike and Chris are always fun to visit with...

Sammy's cousin Brian smiles (finally!) for the camera...

Aun Annie's fridge....shelves lined with paper towels!

Sammy's dinosaur drowns his sorrows...
...when he realizes there is no RL line for stuffed dinosaurs.

Pasta at Aunt Annies

This past weekend we drove up to the Twin Cities to see Paul's sisters Anne & Diane. Sammy's Aunt Annie & Aunt Diane cooked macaroni & meatballs for us all. Macaroni & meatballs was the ritual Sunday meal that Aunt Anne, Aunt Diane, and Paul grew up on. Aunt Annie's work friend by the name of Diane and Aunt Diane's beau named Grant also were there for the meal this past weekend. After the tasty dinner we played a brutal game of Beyond Boulderdash.

Sammy's Aunt Annie and her work friend named Diane...

Sammy's Aunt Diane smiles for the camera...

Grant & Aunt Diane volunteered for kp duty...

Michele smiles for the camera...

Sammy learns to phone collect...

Not getting ice cream fast enough, Sammy takes control of the spoon himself...

...dessert...yummy yummy (note the Sammy juice bottle).