Driving Around

After a fun day with the boys, Nana and I dropped them off with Hubby and we set off to find some mansions to drool over. We headed for Darien, a wealthy area and did see some nice houses, a hunt club and pretty scenery, but there were also a lot of houses for sale; a sign that the recession had hit the little town.

Still feeling that we hadn't seen anything that really made us drool, we headed for the waterside houses in Greenwich. There we saw a beautiful neighborhood with a plethora of rather spectacular houses with breathtaking views of the harbor and sound. We felt like we were sneaking around as we avoided the gaze of the security guards posted at some of the roads (we didn't try to go in down those) and I almost expected someone to challenge our presence there as our car was not a model that fit naturally into the scene at all.

We ended the night with a trip to Stamford for a bite to eat at SBC. Nana had her usual steak with garlic butter dressing and yummy mashed potatoes. I enjoyed the pasta with artichokes. Nana made friends with Mark..the waiter and he was wonderful at helping us match sauces and steak for Nana.

Settling into Summer

Nana needed some time to recover from the journey and time change so the first day was spent sitting in the garden as the boys played with friends. It was very pleasant as the sun shone and we relaxed and caught up with each other. Ordered in pizza and pasta.

Tuesday was a strange day as I had a meeting for school after Peanut finished his baseball camp at midday. I ended up driving the Merritt Parkway in torrential rain to meet to talk about curriculum, the boys and Nana spent the afternoon playing Wii games! We ordered in Chinese.

Today we ventured forth after baseball - mismatch day -Peanut wore soccer shorts, Giant football t.shirt, baseball hat (KC) and one black, one white sock!

We then went to an old favorite of ours, The "Mary Poppins Bridge Park" which is a short drive away. Peanut and Button had a great time going over the bridges and looking for turtles. They found the 'houses' they had discovered last year in the base of trees and bushes, and even created imaginary hotels out of sets of bushes and trees. The park could take a good ten minutes to walk around at a steady pace. We too 2 hours! The way the boys are so happy there when Nana is there brings a smile to my face..when it is just me with them they moan and want to go home! The magic of Nana!!!

Nana Arrives

Nana arrived from England yesterday. We see her once a year, at the beginning of July for 3 weeks. They boys were SO excited to see her and delighted in the gifts of Lego construction vehicles that they were given within minutes of her arrival! As always, the first couple of days need to be quite, my mom has Lupus which prevents crazy action the moment she lands. Today was spent in the garden, enjoying the sunshine and watching the boys play with their various neighborhood friends.

Nana was very pleased to see how much fun the kids still have on their plasma cars which she gave them about 3 years ago. I am sure that Peanut and Button are too big for them now, but they love racing around, putting holes in their shoes as they go! We then went to TaeKwonDo and Nana got to see how far the boys had come since last year when they started as 'no belts'. Now Peanut is a purple belt and Button is on his green belt. We are now back home and will be sparking up the grill for some lamb chops..yummy!