A stormy welcome

The family got together over the weekend to officially welcome new member Benjamin Robert Groleau.  Bennie Bob as he is fondly known was a lot more interested in the playground at the beach than he was greeting his admirers, but when you are two years old, your priorities are much easier to justify.  Unfortunately, a windy rainstorm intervened midway through the festivities so we had to adjourn to Casa Monzeglio where the Divine Mrs. M and yours truly welcomed the somewhat soggy partygoers and redeployed the food and libations.   As Bennie's mom Alicia remarked, it will be a memorable family function.  Of course, Sunday was a relentlessly beautiful day, but at least it made the drive home uneventful for those who braved the trip from Long Island.