Officially Jon is allowed to do light physiotherapy in the pool (where he is buoyant) as of Sunday, but given the hot and humid weather Friday, we jumped the gun. It wasn’t quite as refreshing as it might have been; since we knew Jon wouldn’t be moving around much, Grandpa had boosted the heat and the pool was somewhere just over 30° C (88° F).

Jon did very well with gentle kicking and with some stepping exercises, and showed no discomfort, just eagerness to get back to action. We’ll try to keep this up as often as we can at Grandma and Grandpa’s house.

Meanwhile, we held a birthday party for Midori, who turned 14 on Friday. Laura baked a chocolate cake and Grandma and Grandpa treated us to Swiss Chalet.

We had 1 + 4 candles, perfect to represent 14. When Midori voiced a complaint, Patti scrounged up two more candles, Santa and Mrs. Claus. Now the cake isn’t perfect because it’s surreal. Whine, whine.