Weekend Update

This one will be quick as it's late and it's a "school night."

We've had a lovely weekend up here in A2. The kids have both been waking up early (EPM was up yesterday at 5:20) which sometimes makes for a looonnnggg day but both days were both full, busy and a lot of fun.

Here's a recap...
Saturday: EPM and her father driving around at the crack of dawn, ostensibly to get her to sleep. No such luck. But I did get an Egg McMuffin out of the ordeal. IEM declared the Mickey D's sausage biscuit to be "not as good as Danver's."

We played at home in the morning, then went to the farmers market to shop, grabbed some lunch at Monahan's Seafood Market in the Kerrytown shops, visited with another fellow and her three kids, bought IEM a $2 bottle of "Noise Putty" which, upon returning home, entertained him for two straight HOURS. Went as a family to the Y and went swimming. Used our first ChiO babysitter and Zack and I met Christy & Steve and Challen & Wendy at Zingerman's Roadhouse for dinner (www.zingermansroadhouse.com).

Sunday: Had another early morning with EPM's 6:15 wake-up call. Went to breakfast at Angelo's (www.angelosa2.com) which is my type of breakfast place. The kids love it too because they bring you a basket of toys as soon as you sit down. I wish they brought a side of Lysol but oh well. They make French toast with homemade raisin bread, what can I say. Drove by my parents' apartment where they lived in A2 back when I was, you know, conceived. Went to the store this afternoon and had our friend Hilary over for dinner. Hilary has Irish parents, grew up in Wales and now lives in London where she works at the BBC. She and IEM had a great time playing her type of "football." She brought the kids cookies for dessert. And as they say Across the Pond, she's just brilliant and we all had a great time. Here she is with IEM in our backyard.

Hope that you had a good weekend as well, and thanks for stopping by.