Andrew's Visit

Sean and Ashley came to visit this past weekend along with Andrew of course. They drove in on Friday and first went up to NCCC to view Becky's art show and then got to our house in mid afternoon. We had great fun with Andrew for the rest of the day. For dinner we gave them a choice of going over to the Steer, ordering takeout hoagies from Zios or Mom's hamburgers from Dash's. The burgers were delicious as usual. It was nice hanging out with Sean and Ashley for the evening.

Andrew didn't have a nap and fussed some when going to bed. It's always hard on the little ones after a day of traveling and then sleeping in a different bed and bedroom. He also woke up crying in the middle of the night because of a thunderstorm but that was certainly not unusual for an almost two year old.

Unfortunately it was a cold and rainy day on Saturday and we couldn't take Andrew to the zoo or even go out and play in the backyard but we still had a wonderful time with him. We had a nice morning and then he took a long nap. Sean and Ashley had a friend's birthday party to attend down in Hamburg and we babysat Andrew for the late afternoon and evening. He got up from his nap out of sorts and crabby. He was giving his parents a hard time. Eventually I took him and waltzed him around the house and he was fine as the kids slipped out of the house and on to their party. 

At one point I took him up on the third floor where he had a great time on the electronic keyboard. He was so happy playing the piano. Then he strummed the guitar too. I showed him the record player and put an album on the turntable which fascinated him. He especially liked the big speakers up there and went from one side of the room to the other while listening to the sounds coming out of them. Then he went back to the keyboard and was jamming to the Kink's Apeman. Then he explored the box of toys up there and picked out a matchbox tractor to bring downstairs with him. He did lots of drawings with Becky and loved the books we had around the house.

He was fine with us the entire time the kids were gone but then fussed a little when they got home. So very typical of a two year old. On Sunday morning we took him for a little walk around the block. He loves the neighborhood and then they were off on the road again.

It was a wonderful weekend and we are looking forward to seeing him again in a little less than two weeks for his birthday party. Katie and the kids will be there too. It should be another fun weekend.