Plumpy

Upper West Side, Studio A/Henry's room, Portugal, Alana, Max, Lacie Foreht, European vibe, American vibe v. European vibe, Lisbon, Porto, Santiago de Compostela, Very European, Face-to-face communication, Walked, ate, drank, had a lovely time, Ren & Stimpy, Plumpy, Candyland, Board game, Move around the board by picking cards, Plumpy sent you back to the beginning, Trips to Florida with Gordon, Katie, Zachary, and Noah, Milo, Max, Alana, and Daryl, Playing Candyland with the boys and nephews, Daryl would spot Plumpy and set it aside, Uncle Daddy, Boys and nephews doing a song and dance about Uncle Daddy drawing Plumpy, Milo doing the robot, Boys continued to humor me over time, Noah must have known, All must have known eventually, Uncle Daddy got Plumpy dance, Like Chutes & Ladders, If someone's going to finish last it will be Uncle Daddy, Alana would play the boys in ping pong and beat them, Daryl struggled to allow himself to beat the boys at games, Alana and Daryl complementing each other in this way, Learned many important lessons about toughness and grit from Alana, and other lessons from Daryl, Alana is an amazing athlete and great tennis player, Daryl less good athlete and much less good tennis player, Daryl would feel bad for opponents, Not so Alana, Alana was routinely crushing people, Plumpy story is some evidence of the different approaches, Maybe Alana was also celebrating when Uncle Daddy got Plumpy