Dervishes

John, Liz, Katya, Elena and Elliot were here overnight. The kids (5, 3, 1) are cute as can be -- no surprise given their parents -- and adorable. But HIGH ENERGY! Elliot spent all his time crawling around finding everything that could possibly be taken apart and put in his mouth. He even found the mouse tail this morning before anyone else did. At least he didn't find the paw and put that in his mouth, too.

They have gone on to Chicago and will be back Sunday afternoon to stay over and recuperate before finishing up their trip home to Minnesota on Monday.

John Scharbach also headed to Chicago today, to be back at some as-yet-unknown date. He has to get his driver's license and take care of some other things. The job hunt continues.

Monday we expect Michelangelo to arrive for a week, a delightful surprise. He had so many things planned for the summer that we didn't think he would make it up here, but now we will have him to entertain us.

Michelangelo, the kids and John are all dervishes in their own way -- the whirling kind!