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Daily by krmb on Tuesday, 22 April, 2008
21 April 2008
Happy Birthday, Anne!
After a very full day of “Monday Stuff” as I’ve come to call it, I had an appointment last night with good friends, Joe and Starr Capps. Joe has honoured me by asking for me to make him a Tudor noble outfit. So, in the coming days, I’m sure there will be photos here on the KRuMB of his fabrics and trims. But, tonight, after designing and planning, and measuring, we all went out to dinner—the four members of the Capps family and Kyle and me.
As we so often do with friends, we introduced them to No Frills Grill, and we all enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere and low prices that help earn the place its name. We played some trivia and ate tasty food and enjoyed each other’s company. Alex, the one-year-old, was a major focus for our table, as one-year-olds are wont to be. I was especially entertained and charmed when I learned that no matter how upset he is before, once he spots the camera pointed at him, all is well! The way he smiles and flirts with the camera would put most super models to shame. I tried to take a number of photos, but all of them came out blurry or just plain bad. I know Kyle got at least one really good shot, so I suspect that when he posts for this date, Alex will be his subject. But, fourteen-year-olds hold still better!
My photo is of Troy, Starr’s firstborn son. I know I’ll probably embarrass him a little, and for that I’m sorry. I hope he’ll forgive me. But, Troy has always been one of my very favourite kids. He was only slightly older than his little brother is now, when Kyle and I first met him and Starr. We often brag about this wonderful kid that used to go everywhere the adults went, and would just curl up under the table when he got tired and go to sleep, no matter how loud the music! He knew his way around the Scarborough Faire site better than I do now, by the time he was about seven! He’s always been the most polite, best-behaved, most socially comfortable kid I’ve really ever known. And, now, he’s a teenager, and his voice has deepened, and he (and his mom) gave me a photo of him with a date at a prom, for my birthday! He plays football and the saxophone. He’s taking Latin and is in a gifted and talented program at school. He was an active part of costume discussions last night at the house, and despite the earphones (I mean what self-respecting teenager goes anywhere without his MP3 player?), he participated in dinnertime conversation and trivia playing as well! This is one awesome kid.
I know that they say raising a teenager is like trying to nail jello to a tree—I love that analogy—but I’m thinking that all the amazing parenting that Starr has done, and that now, Joe admirably assists with, is making this kid a little bit easier to wrangle!
Okay, so if he reads this, he’ll blush. But, at least he’ll know who to come ask for a reference letter for his college applications! 
~MB
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